I like to produce and make music mixes for the masses. 



Zendo Stereo, Music Meditation Journeys. Live mixed music meditation to accelerate and optimize flow states, relaxation, and creativity.

The Live Awake podcast helps bring you back to your grounded center through reflection and guided meditation. 

This podcast lends a new outlook to some of life's hard landscape. Perspective is everything, and by choosing to live awake to all that blooms in front of us we begin to live a more empowered life where joy becomes our natural state of being rather than something we occasionally stumble upon.  Through living awake we become conscious participants in our life’s unfolding.

At the end of each episode you will be guided through a short meditation on the topic at hand to help loosen the spots we can feel victim to. By doing this we come to understand we can choose not our usual, painful unconscious habits but instead to live from a place of grounded awareness, free from suffering.  

Live awake is for all those devoted to their hearts, devoted to the soul behind their ribs that came here to grow and expand, to all those devoted to learning, respecting and honoring the ways they are being called to do so. 

It is a place where one can come to close their eyes and rest a while on their breath, and see all they trouble and toil alongside is truly a gold lined cloud, holding a message of great hope and learning cradled within it.


Supported by: @pauloakenfold @Hardwell @garethemery @r3hab @alltrapnation 

From accumulating over 7 millions plays on his song Paint The Sky, to performing with the likes of Tiesto, Varun is an artist that you'll definitely want to keep your eye on!

After graduating from Icon Collective in Los Angeles, being mentored by Steve Duda and studying with Luca Pretolesi, his first official remix was released on Ultra Records. In 2015, Varun’s remix of Ivy Levan & Diplo’s “27 Club” was picked up by Interscope/CherryTree Records and premiered on 102.7 KIIS.FM Electric Mix. His collaboration “Can’t Hear A Word You’re Saying” with X-Change was deemed Demo of the Week on Hardwell’s acclaimed podcast Hardwell On Air. “Future Underground” a collaboration between him, AVE & EFX and the talented vocalist KASS was supported by Gareth Emery and voted Electric For Life Anthem of the Week. After their collaborative success, Varun teamed up with the duo for several more projects including “Bill Murray” and “Paint the Sky”. Both were released under Trap Nation’s label Lowly Palace with “Paint the Sky”. His remix collaboration with Facade was named one of the top remixes of Marshmello & Khalid’s “Silence” by Billboard.com alongside names such as Tiesto, Illenium and Slushii. 

Behind the scenes, Varun has been busy at work, hired for projects with Universal, CherryTree/Interscope, Perfecto, Aftercluv and Arkade. He received mixing & mastering credits on the Moby vs Robyn & Royksopp remix of “Do It Again’. In 2017, Varun was tasked to help create music used in the Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life residency held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. He is currently co-producing with the legendary artist Paul Oakenfold. Some of their collaborations include “Waterfall” ft. Lizzy Land, “Love Escape” ft. Amba Shepherd and “Only Us” ft. Little Nicky. In recent events, he’s been able to share the stage with acts such as Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Showtek, Dada Life, Arty, Nicky Romero, Tritonal, Audien, Morgan Page, Cash Cash, Benny Benassi and many more.

For production/ghost production/mixing/mastering/remix requests please contact varun@varunmusic.com

blklght is an idea. A project led by Varun Venugopalan, a US born Indian American, with the aim of pushing what it means to be a DJ /Producer in today’s world. Known for his incredible skills both in the studio and on stage, this genre-blending artist delivers high-octane performances that will leave you in awe.

blklght has produced remixes for some of the biggest artists in the world including Paul Oakenfold, Luis Fonsi, Aloe Blacc and Azealia Banks.  In addition to touring with Paul Oakenfold, he has performed alongside Tiesto, Zedd, Steve Aoki, Afrojack, Deorro, W&W, Audien, and Nicky Romero, among many others.

blklght is the grey that lives in between lght and dark. blklght is audio. blklght is visual. blklght is photo. blklght is motion. blklght is experience. blklght is activation. blklght is events. blklght is expression. blklght is art. blklght is you. blklght is us. ⁣
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The world is dark, let the lght shine.

SADUBAS, aka The Sadhus of Bass, converges classical Indian rhythms with 70s Bollywood vibes to create psychedelic soundscapes that are one part trip hop and two parts cinematic south Asia. DJ/turntablist Ameet Mehta and tabla artist Robin Sukhadia bring a global lounge feel to their live sets, which feature classical instrumentation alongside midi controllers.

The result is a one way Air India flight from Los Angeles to the streets of Mumbai and Kolkata. Samosas will be served.

Ameet Mehta - Part Time Chiller
Robin Sukhadia - tablapusher.com


THE MUSICIANS:

Robin Sukhadia - tablapusher.com
Robin, a disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri of CalArts and the Ali Akbar College, humanizes the Sadubas sound with tabla, the classical drums of North India. Samples captured from the realms of classical Indian music, Bollywood, ancient rhythms, jazz, and film add texture to each Sadubas performance and recording.

Ameet Mehta - parttimechiller.com
Ameet uses the turntable as a pure instrument, applying skratches and abstractions to create the lush atmosphere of Sadubas. Attuned to lounge and downtempo grooves, Ameet lays down the deepest bass kicks driven by a wide range of electronic music tools.

THE INSTRUMENTS

Turntables - With far more utility than simply playing vinyls, Technics 1200s are instruments with profound tonal capability and versatility. Needles interact with grooves on vinyl records and combine with precise hand moves on a skratch mixer to produce sadubas’ abstract sounds.

Ableton / Maschine - The quintessential engine for creating beats, texture and cinematic depth of sound, Ableton is a sampler, drum machine, and sequencer in one. With a touch sensitive pad array, Maschine creates sadubas’ humanized textures and bassy rhythm patterns.

Tabla - Tabla are sacred classical south Asian drums evolving from a thousands of years old tradition of rhythm. The wide spectrum tonality combined with an intricate drumming language combine to make the tabla ideal for electronic music composition.

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