The surge of performance invitations that followed ensured that the hypothetical band had to become a reality. That initial public jam session instantly galvanized the festival attendees into wildly dancing fans of a band that technically didn’t even exist. This isn’t too shabby for a group that was essentially pulled together last minute for what was intended as a one-off performance at the 2006 Vancouver Celtic Festival. The band averages 100 shows a year in places that have ranged from grimy, mid-2000’s LA dispensaries, to Glastonbury and Burning Man, to performing as invited guests in the Kingdom of Brunei. The beautifully supercharged complexity of their sound flows from high-level folk, alternative-pop, with contemporary training, blended and delivered across an array of acoustic instruments - dhol, tabla, violin, guitar - and electronic beats, immersed in smart, heavy, sometimes gritty, and almost invariably joyful beats. Nurtured by equal parts raucous underground bass parties and all ages folk festivals, Delhi 2 Dublin’s always distinctive sound has evolved over the past decade into its own decisive genre, freshly styled, “Subcontinental Pop” - a name that conveys both its deep South Asian roots and its expansive, crazy-fun appeal.

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