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For Arjun Vagale DJing has never been about choosing a few tunes, it's about understanding the feelings of a group of people and taking them to that special place. Through his unique track selection and mixing ability he has succeeded in becoming a force to reckon with in the house music circuit and has constantly raised the bar, including forming the much sought after live act, Jalebee Cartel. With his phat baselines, piercing arps and his use of the ground breaking Ableton Live software with various controllers, he has set new standards within the electronic music circuit in India.
Starting young at an impressionable age of 16, he founded DJ FAC 3. This trio played for many parties in Bangalore, while India evolved to the global House sound. Owing to his unfailing ability to mix different sounds and genres he earned his first residency at Zebra Crossing in Bangalore. In ’98 he moved to New Delhi and was resident at the legendry club, Someplace Else @ The Park. In ’99 he won the DMC World DJ Championship, Delhi, and was offered redency at Float, which was the finest club in town at that time.
In Dec 2000, he had the opportunity to visit Calcutta, where he eventually took up residency at one of the city’s oldest clubs “Anticlock” which had a large following and patronizing crowd. He headlined many events playing alongside Asian Underground Hero State of Bengal. Later that year he joined the “London Pub” @ Golden Park Hotel, which he helped, install and promote. This club established itself as a venue to promote the more underground house sound.
After spending a year at SAE, Singapore he returned back to New Delhi, India in 2002 and was offered residency at the “Fashion Bistro” @ 1 MG Road and later “Djinns” @ Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. Next was a 2 year residency at one of the biggest venues in New Delhi, “Q’ba” which got much recognition for its grand ambience and unique music policy.
From playing with legends like Judge Jules and Brandon Block to Blue Amazon and DJ Quicksilver, Arjun is on the forefront of the electronic music movement in India. He is one of the only DJ’s from India to be featured on Proton Radio and Pulse Radio. Mega event like the Bacardi Blast / Smirnoff Experience and signature underground nights is the platform he uses to help push the progressive scene onto a larger audience.
On the production front, apart from scoring music for over 15 of India's top Fashion Designers at the 2004, 2005 and 2006 India Fashion Week, In mid 2003, he released a house re-mix for Shan’s club hit Bhool Ja on Virgin Records and arranged the background score for a documentary film called 360 Degrees based on DJ's in Delhi. He is also the co founder of the Electronic band “Jalebee Cartel” along with production partner Ashvin Mani Sharma, and in October 2004 they released a remix album on Music Today entitled Chalte Chalte which reached No.3 on the Radio Charts and remained there for 6 weeks. This was under the project name Loop. They also have a video of their title track which was aired on all major music channels .His remix of “Raanjan” by the Midival Punditz also got much praise and is doing the rounds in the underground club circuit in India. He has also remixed Italian duo Tyre & Tare’s Free and Fitalic‘s No Way Out for Pure Substance Records.
In 2006 he released his first single Stomper on Moon Tribal Records with a remix from the mighty Moonbeam. It got support from DJ’s like Moshic, LeRon & Yves , G-Pal. Sasha’s manager from Excession even asked for the track. Probably the first India DJ to have reached the Balance Record Pool Charts and DJ Mag Hype Charts. This was followed by Beautiful Rising on Helvetica Recordings (under his Jalebee Cartel banner) with remixes from heavy weights LeRon & Yves and Hope records Matt Rowan. This release is heavily supported by Kasey Taylor, Parham, Mashtronic and Menz & MD to name just a few.
Discography
2006 : “Jalebee Cartel – Beautiful Rising” Helvetica Rrecordinz
(inc LeRon, Yves + Luke Star / Matt Rowan Mix )
“Arjun Vagale – Stomper” Moon Tribal Records
(Inc. Moonbeam / Paolo Le Grand Mix)
“Fitalic – No way Out” Pure Substance Records
(Jalebee’s Breakz Mix)
“Tyre & Tare – Free” Pure Substance Records
(Jalebee Mix)
“Kohra – Air Pedro EP” Soul Tribe Records
(Inc. Jalebee Gliched Pedro Mix)
“Midival Punditz – Raanjan” Six degrees Records
(Jalebee’s Bass for Breakfast Mix)
2005 : "Cherry On Top" (Independent Film)
Sound Design/Music Director
2004 : "Chalte Chalte" Music Today
Under the project name "LOOP"
2003 : "Bhool Ja - Shaan" Virgin Records
DJ Arjun Remix
+++ Out Soon +++
Jalebee Cartel - Beautiful Rising (The Remixes) // Helvetica Recordingz 2007
Jalebee Cartel - When we Fall // Baroque Records 2007
Princess Moon - Human Behavior (Jalebee Remix) // Moon Tribal Records 2007
For Bookings / Info:
www.jalebee.in
www.myspace.com/jalebeecartel
E-mail: arjun@jalebee.in
Phone: 0091-98116-27586
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