The hand-built Ananda Tandava stack gives every room a recognisable visual, physical and sonic signature.
Foundation information deck2026–27
A long-term foundation for sound-system culture across Asia.
AsiaDubConference
A recurring cultural platform where roots, dub, reggae, grime and hip hop meet through one hand-built Indian sound system—then travel through Asia as a living exchange.
2 programme days1 hand-built stack∞ India × Asia exchange
Current programme signal · 01Vedic Roots
ConfirmedThe foundation
Not a lineup dropped into Asia.A culture built with it.
Asia Dub Conference is a recurring sound-system platform built from India for Asia. The hand-built stack is the stage, the visual identity and the social centre: a format audiences can recognise as it moves between cities.
We are laying long-term foundations for bass, dub and reggae culture while bringing hip hop, grime, jungle and local-language MC traditions into the same physical system. The point is continuity: rooms, relationships and routes that remain after one weekend ends.
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One hand-built stack holds both days—from deep roots weight to the next generation of bass and MC pressure.
Artists are programmed through lineage and conversation, so roots, rap and future bass strengthen one another.
Pre-parties, flagship editions, post-parties and artist exchange create a season rather than a disconnected event.
Two editions · one connected story
Delhi opens.
Bengaluru scales it.
The first chapter establishes the format in Delhi. Bengaluru carries the same sound-system identity into a larger room while preserving the intimacy, curation and cultural logic that make it distinct.
Delhi opener
- Format
- Two days · Foundation and Pressure
- Audience
- 2,000 admissions across the weekend
- Venue direction
- 1AQ / Travancore House / Sunder Nursery
- Purpose
- Establish the room, the ritual and the first exchange
Bengaluru return
- Format
- Two days · same rig and cultural blueprint
- Audience
- 4,000 admissions across the weekend
- Connection
- Introduced during the Delhi cycle
- Purpose
- Carry the platform into a second cultural centre
Programme architecture
Two days.
One stack.
One evolving culture.
A living programme built around lineage, pressure and exchange: confirmed anchors, active conversations and an intentionally open local and regional layer still being shaped.
The programme is evolving. Status tags show the current booking position without presenting ongoing conversations as completed contracts.
Day One
Foundation / future · roots · dub · system history
Vedic Roots
Vedic RootsConfirmed
Vedic Roots anchor Foundation with a hand-built sound-system practice shaped by South Asian identity, roots discipline and the physical ritual of low-end culture.
O.B.F Sound SystemDelhi SultanateTyrell Dub CorpKing Kong KillahKahli Selecta
Vedic Roots set the room around system craft and collective energy. O.B.F, Delhi Sultanate and the supporting selectors carry that foundation forward without turning it into nostalgia.
Local and regional supportMore artists to be added and announced.
Delhi Sultanate✦Prabh Deep✦DJ MoCity✦Raftaar✦Dr Sel✦Paperqueen✦IXIST✦Sista Zine✦Asian guest selectors✦Future collaborators
Delhi is the switchboard
From Delhi to Asia.
Back to Delhi with more signal.
This is not a fly in and fly out tour map. It is a route made with local promoters and sound system crews who can host a real exchange before and after the Delhi gathering.
The local root
India builds the room
Independent rooms, sound builders, MCs and listeners feed the Delhi flagship. The circuit starts with the communities already doing the work here.
The outward signal
Asia exchanges the artists
Each partner city is approached through trusted crews. The purpose is reciprocal artist exchange, not a fly in and fly out booking route.
The return transmission
Delhi receives it back
Every connection returns to the stack through visiting artists, recordings, post party links and future dates that carry the culture further than one weekend.
Asia tie-up city mapCurrent outreach + intended exchange routes
Kathmandu↗Dhaka↗Colombo↗Bangkok↗Kuala Lumpur↗Singapore↗Jakarta↗Bali↗Manila↗Ho Chi Minh City↗Seoul↗Tokyo
These nodes represent active and intended crew conversations across Asia—not confirmed event dates.
Planned cultural footprint
A season,
not a single night.
The conference is designed as a connected cycle of gatherings, content and exchange. These figures describe the current two-city plan and the community channels surrounding it; projected reach remains directional until each edition closes.
Combined admissions
2,000 admissions in Delhi and 4,000 in Bengaluru across two high-density weekends.
Projected cultural reach
Artist, organiser, creator, venue and community channels across the full season.
Addressable community
Ticketing CRM, organiser databases, cultural communities and opt-in mailing audiences.
Hero aftermovies
One editorial-grade film per edition, supported by reels, stills and cutdowns.
21–34 · urban · culture-first
Independent music, streetwear, nightlife, design, film, food, travel and creator-led communities across Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Goa and adjacent markets.
Context before scale
A discerning audience that values real programming, good sound, respectful spaces and the people who make cultural exchange possible.
Open ecosystem
Built through
real collaboration.
Asia Dub Conference grows through people who care about sound, context and long-term exchange. Every collaboration begins with the role it can play in the culture—not a generic logo placement.
Play the system. Shape the culture.
Live sets, sound-system sessions, collaborative recordings, workshops and meaningful exchanges with local artists and audiences.
Host the room with intention.
Spaces that understand sound, access, production and community can become long-term homes for the conference and its satellite sessions.
Exchange knowledge and signal.
Shared sessions around system craft, selection, engineering, dubplates and the living histories carried by independent rigs.
Document what is being built.
Film, photography, design, radio, editorial and archive collaborators help the culture travel without flattening its context.
What the platform carries
The code stays clear
as the circuit grows.
These are the foundations of the format. Cities, rooms and collaborators can change; the culture, sound-system logic and exchange remain consistent.
One hand-built system
Ananda Tandava Sound System is the stage, instrument and visual anchor—not hired infrastructure hidden behind a lineup.
Foundation and Pressure
Day One traces roots, dub and system history. Day Two pushes into deep bass, grime, jungle and MC culture.
India × Asia exchange
Artists, promoters and sound-system crews connect through reciprocal routes rather than one-way fly-in bookings.
Pre-parties and post-parties
Smaller rooms build context before each gathering and keep the conversation alive after the main stack closes.
Local voices at the centre
Indian selectors, rappers, MCs and regional crews shape the programme beside international guests—not underneath them.
A living cultural archive
Films, recordings, portraits and editorial stories document the people and systems building this movement over time.
How we work together
Understand the cultural fit
We begin with what a person, artist, crew or space genuinely wants to contribute—and what the community should receive from it.
Shape a useful collaboration
Performance, hosting, production, exchange, archive or amplification: the role is made clear before any announcement is made.
Align sound, access and care
Production quality, artist conditions, audience safety, permissions and cultural context are treated as one connected responsibility.
Leave more than a moment
Where possible, each collaboration returns through another session, city link, recording, workshop or future exchange.
The invitation
Join the signal. Help build the circuit.
Asia Dub Conference is being built with artists, sound-system people, venues, promoters and cultural workers who understand that a scene grows through trust, repetition and shared infrastructure.
If the direction resonates, the next step is a straightforward working conversation: what you do, what we are building and where those two things can meet without forcing the fit.
The programme is alive and still evolving. Confirmed names are marked clearly; every other artist, venue and city reference remains subject to direct conversation and final agreement.
A living information deckThis page explains the cultural direction and current working format. Programme, venues, dates and projected footprint remain subject to artist, venue, legal and production confirmation.