The long story in short………After graduating from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Ashvin Mani Sharma started Djing at private parties in Mumbai and from there moved on to a nightclub in Russia. He was the resident DJ for six months at the Tequila Sunrise, the most popular club in Almaty, Kazakhstan.On returning from Russia he moved to Delhi and started DJ ing at private parties and then started doing Club theme parties with International Trance DJs like Psycho Micro, Dark Soho and many more.In August 2000 he released a Trance Album with French rock artist J.P. Dangmann under the name of “Vimana†titled “From The Darkness Into The Lightâ€. The Album was sold on the Internet and was the first trance album released by an Indian and in India. He continued to make a name for himself as one of the best trance dj’s in the country and started producing music for ad spots and jingles. Some of the campaigns like the Motorola and “India Shining†campaign were widely appreciated.He also has produced music for countless fashion shows for top designers like Rohit BAL, Tarun Tahiliani, Ritu Kumar and nearly every one else you can think of.Moving on to the next stage of Film and Television, he has successfully made the transition. Already having done the complete background score of BBC World’s “Haath Se Haath Milaa†and Lakme Fashion House for FBC media he is steadily carving a niche for himself. As far as Bollywood goes he has already taken his first step with a song on the “Let’s Enjoy†soundtrack in collaboration with Rabbi.Stepping into the most creative phase of his career he has teamed up with Arjun Vagale, Ash Roy, Madhav Shorey and G.Arjun to form one of India’s premiere electronic Live Acts called Jalebee Cartel. The band has been making waves all over the country and has moved from strength to strength in their game with an impressive bunch of releases and are now working on their debut album and touring at the same time.
He is also working on a solo project as [backspace] where he makes psychedelic progressive trance and electronica.
