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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) began DJing in 2018 on Chicago’s storied WHPK radio station, where she first fell in love with curating unconventional and textural sound. She hosts a residency called Kismat on sutro.fm , and has been featured on Fault Radio, Hyde.FM, and Live from CREATE. She produces electronic music sampling classic Bollywood, field recordings, and the soundscape of the Bay Area. She’s performed at beloved local venues like 1015 Folsom, F8, Arcana, and Mothership, and brought her sound to spaces and festivals as wide-ranging as Sunset Campout in Belden Town, CA; Gem & Jam Festival in Tucson, AZ; JUNA in Goa, India; The Paramount Theater in Oakland CA; and renegades up and down the California coast. During the pandemic, she co-hosted renegades across SF and the East Bay with Denaturant and pArt Deco, and continues to champion queer and POC musical talent across the Bay, especially artists pushing the boundaries of electronic music.
Notable performances:
〰️ Hosted Curators Night at JUNA Goa
〰️ 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 the launch of summer rooftop series at The Hibernia Bank Rooftop
〰️ Played Bar Shiru’s anniversary party at the historic Paramount Theater
〰️ Guest DJed Rosewater, a diasporic music festival in Oakland
〰️ Recurring DJ at Local/Global, a party celebrating global music genres at Mothership
〰️ Played a fundraiser at Bergerac with Playhouse, a collective uplifting South Asian DJs
〰️ Recurring DJ at Creativity Explored’s gala, Art Changes Lives, at Fort Mason
〰️ Opened for AYYBO at 1015 Folsom and 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