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Genres: deconstructed club, South Asian electronic, experimental techno/bass
Musical influences: Ayesha, Surusinghe, Hassan Abou Alam, upsammy, Amor Satyr, Baalti
A San Francisco selecta, Lil Sur's eclectic musical interests span from deconstructed club to footwork to UK bass, weaving together experimental dance music with a global flair vis-a-vis her Desi heritage.
Lil Sur (aka Juhi Gupta) has been DJing since 2018, where she got her start spinning on-air at WHPK, a radio station based out of the South Side of Chicago since 1968. After experimenting with music production in college at the University of Chicago, she moved back to San Francisco just in time for the COVID-19 crisis. During the pandemic, she threw renegades in San Francisco and the East Bay with fellow Oakland DJs Denaturant and pArt Deco. She now is a resident on San Francisco’s sutro.fm and BFF.fm, and has done guest mixes for Fault Radio, Hyde.FM, and Live from CREATE. She produces club music incorporating the sounds of San Francisco and classic Bollywood music.
Notable performances:
〰️ Played launch event for Google Labs at Minnesota Street Project
〰️ Performed at Gem & Jam Festival in Tucson, AZ in 2024 after winning a mix contest hosted by Dancing Astronaut, LP Giobbi, and FEMME HOUSE
〰️ Played Bar Shiru’s anniversary party at the historic Paramount Theater
〰️ Played at Local/Global, a party celebrating global music genres at Mothership
〰️ Played a fundraiser at Bergerac with Playhouse, a collective uplifting South Asian DJs
〰️ DJed at Creativity Explored’s gala, Art Changes Lives, at Fort Mason
〰️ Opened for Nekter (LA) at F8 Nightclub
〰️ Performed at Synthwoods, a camping festival in Santa Cruz
〰️ Played a Diwali night at Arcana
〰️ Hosted Shangri-La, a party series at Milk Bar featuring queer/POC DJs