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Interestingly,the turntable was far from Dippy’s initial plan of life. “I was a professional hip-hop and Latin American dancer,” he recalls. Then,seven years ago,he turned towards deejaying. “I did a vocational course in deejaying from Bhawanipur College in Kolkata,” he says.

The contest on Friday,where Dippy was pitted against eight other DJs,was judged by famous American turntablist and composer,DJ Qbert,Indian DJ Nasha and Channel [V VJ Juhi. Dippy played a mix of genres — from Get Busy by Sean Paul mixed with bhangra beats to popular Bollywood numbers mixed with hip-hop. “I decided to go old school and played a number of songs that the crowd had forgotten. This worked for me,” he says.

Dippy is the resident DJ at Kix in Kolkata,a lounge under the Mainland China group,and,like most DJ across India,he relies on Bollywood at events to please the public. But ask him about the genre he relates to the most and he says,“EDM. Electronic dance music.” His influences are UK-based progressive trance DJ Ashley Wallbridge and popular musician Ned Shepard.

He also moonlights as a visual artist. “I am the resident visual artist at the Underground Club in Kolkata. Audio-visual,in which electronic visuals complement the music,connects strongly with the audience,” he says. He has time to hone this skill before the trip to Canada,but something’s worrying him: “I am to get married in December. I hope the dates don’t clash.”

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