Sound Impact

For the finale performance Sarin will perform alongside the Grammy-winning British electronic music duo Chemical Brothers. Musical events on the other days too have a star-studded line-up that includes American rapper Flo Rida,bands Above and Beyond and Empire of the Sun. Another event on the same venue has Mariah Carey,Missey Elliott and Adam Lambart performing after the race gets over.

Sarin started learning music when he was seven. “I found my piano and tabla classes extremely boring. The music was too structured for a more spontaneous outlet. I would connect laptops with walkmans and try to create a turntable effect,” says Sarin,who is already in Singapore. “More than music,it is the idea of playing around with it that works for me,” says Sarin,who believes in using gadgets to manipulate the quality of sound. The musician released his first album when he was 18 and managed a slew of artistes in London. He now owns a music label called Rebirth Records.

Post the concert,Sarin will be collaborating with Chemical Brothers for an album. But his latest project,which will be a combination of electronic,house,lounge,trance,dubstep and reggae,is all set for a release at the end of this year. “The tracks in the compilation will feature collaborations with artistes like Thomas Gold,Moonbeam,Andy Moor,Yahel and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,among others,” says Sarin who also remixed tracks for Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kaal. “I thought Bollywood was the last thing that I would want to do. But it was quite fun. If you take a few elements and do a good job of fusing them around,it works,” he says.