Karan Kanchan at his India tour with Social Selects: Karan Kanchan’s Kitty Celebration with MC AB aka Abhishek Gandhi. Photograph: Social
When Mumbai mainstay hip-hop producer and multi-genre composer Karan Kanchan had his Boiler Room set with pals in December final yr, it was the beginning of rolling out how vital experiential, curated exhibits had been for him.
The hitmaker behind songs like “Baazigar” from Divine went on to host the Karan Kanchan Experience as a stay set at Lollapalooza India 2024 and most just lately, had one other guest-heavy set at Wreckfest in September this yr. Now, the DJ-producer has launched Karan Kanchan’s Kitty Celebration as a part of the gig sequence Social Selects, which travels to seven cities and kicked off on Oct. 20, 2024 in Mumbai and just lately introduced a distinctively fun-loving and nostalgia-steeped vibe to Chandigarh and Bengaluru this week.
Karan Kanchan’s Kitty Celebration rolls on to Indore (Nov. 24), New Delhi (Nov. 29), Dehradun (Dec. 14) and Kolkata (Dec. 20) within the coming weeks. He says “I really feel like there’s numerous lot of scope and house of making an attempt out issues within the stay house, and [I can do it] due to having pals like Hanish [Taneja, sound engineer] additionally, who’s serving to me with all these stay experiences the place it involves time coding stuff or placing a present collectively on the technical aspect of issues.”
The place Wreckfest and Boiler Room units have known as for high-energy (“It’s all been very heavy and rage sort of music,” Kanchan says), the Karan Kanchan’s Kitty Celebration runs in the wrong way. With assist from artist and MC AB aka Abhishek Gandhi as host, the expertise additionally contains karaoke, housie and costume codes for company. The music, after all, sees Kanchan DJing behind the decks with a collection of Eighties, Nineties and early 2000s hits. He needed it to be greater than only a DJ taking part in “retro music.” He says, “I need individuals to return dressed up in a approach that it’s like a throwback occasion and simply convey out the completely different aspect of you. Society pressures you to be this very daring and really refined individual, however I need to change that whenever you’re coming to the Karan Kanchan Kitty Celebration.”
To create that consolation zone, Kanchan believes “audio will be the set off.” It’s an area for individuals to have enjoyable whereas they’re taking a visit down reminiscence lane, whether or not it’s listening to “Brazil” by the Vengaboys or different songs. Whereas it’s being hosted at Social retailers throughout the nation, Kanchan needs to show the membership into extra of a pleasant home occasion vibe. “I’m asking individuals to convey out their flip-phones, handicams… a few of my pals confirmed me their wardrobe picks and it’s dope,” he provides.
In a approach, the run of exhibits additionally marks Kanchan’s first India tour as a DJ. “Social acquired on board and helped us take this tour to all of the Socials on the market. We’re doing round seven cities proper now, and we’re planning so as to add extra cities,” he says. The primary idea in every metropolis is similar – to convey again the sort of hits which will have gotten forgotten within the fast-moving world of streaming and viral charts. Kanchan particularly highlights all of the music his dad and mom used to play to him rising up, from Michael Jackson to Abba and extra. He says, “I need to convey that entire dance vibe. It’s not going to be identical to well-known songs, it’s going to be the vitality of the dancefloor and all of the songs that I’ve grown up listening to, and I all the time needed to play, however in a really curated method.”
