The 10th edition of Sunburn saw some great first time DJs as well as headliner performers that rocked Pune’s Kesnand Hills. Sangeeta Yadav reports
What was the best way to bid adieu 2016 and welcome 2017IJ Well, dancing on some great electronic dance music (EDMs), camping on the hill top and gorging some amazing food. This is what over a lakh people experienced in Sunburn 10 — four day festival that took its fans away from the hustle and bustle of city to explore music on the 30-acre Kesnand Hill in Pune.
The main attraction was the 500 feet high main stage — Dance Garden — where headliner and support performers rocked the stage. Said to be the world’s biggest electronic music festival, it featured best DJs as headliner performers like Afrojack; Armin Van Buuren, Axwell & Ingrosso, DJ Dimitri Vegas & like Mike and KSHMR.
Day one saw hardcore music by Angerfist followed by Tom Swoon who turned up the energy with his progressive and electro house music. Dannic performed an electrifying high energy set with the dance music anthems composed under grade-A production. The day closed with the trance legend Armin van Burren who performed his chartbusters like Intense, Pulsar, Not Giving Up On love, Mirage and many others for two hours.
Day-two saw Indian artists like Anish Sood, Shaan, Zaeden and Kerano rocking the stage with their innovative sets. Headliner performers like Belgian DJs Dimitri Vegas and like Mike made the evening electrifying with live combination of DJ sets and crowd-busting MCing.
The closure set was by Grammy Award winner Afrojack (Dutch). He played some evergreen hits like Turn Up The Speakers, Ten Feet Tall, Can’t Stop Me, The Spark and many more. The other artists who played on the rest of the days included AJJA, Eats Everything, Mattn, Nucleya, Arjun Vagale, Bass Jackers, and many others.