We had to stay true to our roots which was promoting local talent. - Vijay KumarThe festival saw 4 stages. Of couse, it was impossible for me to attend the entire festival, but what I experienced is a thorough joy to remember. The first stage included the day performances that were by the pool. In the scorching heat that Rajasthan saw during the day, this was a the soothing wave. I was lucky to listen to some artists like Yudi, Oryza and Doctor Daniel who played his last set with the moniker on the second day. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4eI94AylyA[/embed] The festival would then move up the hill to the main stage. The sound here was probably one of the best all of us had ever come across in a long while. With the led screens and gripping visuals, this was exactly the kind of experience everyone was hoping for. Mr. Red opened up the stage on the first night with the backdrop of a hill and the sun setting to his right, banging his set on stage till Leon Russel took over from him and Audio Units man Ashwin Baburao took it further. The show then progressed to the centre of the area where on the second day, Qilla Records roster, Jitter, Kohra and SHFT took music duties along with local producer Reverse Osmosis and many other artists. Both nights would end with an underground gig happening in the basement going on till sun rise. The other beautiful aspect of the festival was the full moon that would rise at sundown everyday and that right above the After Party stage. The visual projections for the entire evening would grasp everyone's attention and add to the experience. The final stage was the morning stage which was organised on the roof of the castle on the last day where pioneer BLOT took closing duties and made the crowd sway for the last time before DISTRICT came to a close. Locals DISTRICT wasn't just a music festival, it was almost a family gathering with everyone enjoying things they loved equally. It was a community coming in from different parts of the country catching up, dancing together, enjoying the music and also a place to find new friends and collaborations. Organising the festival could have in no way been easy for Vijay and his team of 6. While the turnout was a small number for the festival of it's kind, it was authentic and organic. Next year, I hope it grows bigger and even better with them having more time to market and promote the festival before hand. It doesn't end here. Locals is all set for it's post DISTRICT post party tonight (16th March) at The Junction in Delhi with Calm Chor, Tasneem, Vir RC from VridianMusic and AN?M. They will also have Mosquito Masala taking visual projection duties and Gaurav Malvai from Outline Sound System making sure they remind us of the top quality sound we got at DISTRICT itself. Vijay and team also promise infinite hugs through the gig. Make sure you make it!
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