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Biography
Anish Sood (born November 22, 1989) is an Indian electronic dance music producer and DJ.
Biography
Anish Sood was born and brought up in Goa, India. He attended high school in Vasco da Gama, Goa. Anish holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Goa Engineering College. He started DJing in high school at the age of 16 and soon gained popularity for the college parties he organized and performed at. He quickly moved on to playing local nightclubs in Goa and soon exploded on to the Indian dance music scene in 2011 with regular nightclub and festival appearances.
A sign of his rapid rise to fame, he has been booked to play at major Indian festivals, including the Sunburn Festival in Goa, and Invasion Festival in Pune and Bangalore. He has also performed at other major festivals such as NH7 Weekender, Enchanted Valley Carnival in Aamby Valley City and Storm Festival in Coorg. He recently performed at Antaragni 2015, IIT Kanpur's cultural festival.
Anish performed as direct support to David Guetta on his maiden India tour in 2012 as well as his second Indian tour in 2014 as well as 2017. He has also performed alongside artists such as Axwell and Ingrosso, Tiësto, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki and Afrojack.
Music career
Anish released his debut international single in 2011 on Trance legend Marcel Woods's imprint Musical Madness. It was subsequently re-released on the Dutch label High Contrast Recordings. In April 2012, he released his first EP on Dutch sensation Miss Nine's 925 Music label featuring vocals by Indian singer/songwriter Ramona Arena. He followed this up with another EP featuring Ramona titled "Hello World" and later released a single featuring British singer/songwriter Zoe Klinck titled "We Won't Stay"
Anish collaborated with popular Indian singer Anushka Manchanda and upcoming indie producer Nanok to release "Superfly", his most successful single to date. The track peaked at #3 on the iTunes India chart.
Hello World Tour
In August 2013, Anish announced a 6 city tour in to promote his new single "Hello World" with Ramona Arena. They performed in New Delhi, Kolkata, Goa, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore with Anish DJing and Ramona singing live.
Sunburn On Air
Anish hosts a weekly podcast, Sunburn On Air in collaboration with Sunburn Festival. The podcast is fairly popular in India and has featured guestmixes by artists such as Afrojack, Hardwell and MAKJ to name a few.
Unite : The Mirror to Tomorrowland
In June 2015, Belgian dance music festival Tomorrowland hosted a live stream event in Mumbai and Mexico. The stream featured Martin Garrix, Armin Van Buuren and Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike. Anish Sood played a live opening set before the stream at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai.
Awards
In April 2014, Anish won the prestigious MyFav Best House DJ and DJ Of The Year awards. He was once again voted MyFav Best House DJ in 2015.
Anish has also been featured on GQ India's 50 best dressed Indian men list in 2014 and 2015.
In 2016, his single 'Superfly' was nominated for a GIMA Award for Best Electronica Single
Discography
EPs
- Anish Sood, Ramona Arena – Wanna Be Your Only Love [925 Music] (2012)
- Anish Sood, Ramona Arena – Hello World [925 Music] (2013)
Singles
- Anish Sood & Beta 5 – Catapult [Musical Madness] (2011)
- Anish Sood – What She Wants (2013)
- Anish Sood – We Won't Stay feat. Zoë Klinck (2014)
- Anish Sood, Nanok – Superfly feat. Anushka Manchanda (2015)
- Anish Sood, Charlie Sputnik – Don't Stop (2016)
Remixes
- Nadia Ali – Love Story (Anish Sood & Rishabh Joshi Remix) [Times Music] (2010)
- Teenu Arora feat. Megha – Dreams (Anish Sood Remix) [Pearlicka Records] (2012)
- Mazzr feat. Kadri Gopalnath – Tillana (Anish Sood Remix) [System Recordings] (2013)
- Jimmy Kennedy, Aneesh Gera feat. Pryce Oliver – Once in a Lifetime (Anish Sood Remix) [Weekend Millionaires] (2014)
- Sandunes feat. Nicholson – Slybounce (Anish Sood Remix) [High Chai Recordings] (2014)
- Oozeundat - The Feud (Anish Sood Remix) [Qilla Records] (2015)
- Autograf feat. Janelle Kroll - Metaphysical (Anish Sood Remix) [Counter Records] (2016)