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Born |
Goa, India |
November 22, 1989
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Years active | 2008–present |
Labels | Class Action |
Associated acts | Anushka Manchanda, Lost Stories (Artists) |
Website | anishsood |
Anish Sood (born November 22, 1989) is an Indian electronic dance music producer and DJ.
Anish Sood was born and brought up in Alappuzha, 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.
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"