Dreamstates
Patently undaunted by the limitations of genre, Mumbai-based dreamstates’
approach to music selection is but a natural furtherance of his wide listening
habits, habits that have been in a state of positive flux for nearly two decades.
That he would make for one of the Indian underground’s in-demand DJs this
early into his professional career would have been a cautious punt even for an
18-year-old Dharam Saraviya circa 2007 as he cut his teeth playing bass guitar
in thrash and punk bands.
Time spent in the erstwhile Indian punk rock scene and then finally as a long-
term working hand behind some of India’s most iconic musical gatherings,
dreamstates’ unique position has allowed for a window into both sides of the
contemporary music divide.
A deep curiosity and a ravenous thirst for musical knowledge guides his hands
on the ones-and-twos, and whether it’s pumping house, burgeoning techno,
jagged breaks or sensitive IDM oozing out through the speakers, the signature
sound of a dreamstates set invariably breaks through the mix.
As a resident DJ on Boxout.FM, India’s only online community radio station
devoted to alternative music, dreamstates hosts a monthly show titled ‘Cosmic
Claps’. Having burst onto the scene in 2017, he’s had the opportunity to share
the console with some stalwarts of the underground sound – DJ Plead, Batu,
Auntie Flo, Mosca, DJ Stingray, Roza Terenzi, Willow and Baba Stiltz - to name
a few. With appearances at Boiler Room, The Lab – Mixmag, Magnetic Fields
festival, Echoes of Earth festival, Sunburn, A Day of Slick and Boxout
Weekender, he’s a mainstay on the Indian festival circuit.



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