Color Ray

Color Ray is the moniker of progressive and deep house producer and DJ Shrinivas Sundar aka Vas. With a background in music stretching back to the age of 15, Vas is a true artist with a propensity for songwriting and innovative production concepts. While handling guitar duties in the early half of the last decade, Shrinivas was the fundamental force behind the musical direction of diverse homegrown bands like Depths of Suffering, Nemesis, and Blackhole Theory. His foray into a solo career began when he started producing and DJing in 2008. Color Ray has firmly established himself as one of the most forward-thinking producers and DJs from India, with releases on highly acclaimed labels like Particles, Dazzle On, Juicebox Music and Abstract Theory that has earned him support across the scene from international artists like Hernan Cattaneo, Sahar Z, Sasha Le Monnier, Kobana, Marcelo Vasami and renowned Indian artists like Vinayak^a, Praveen Achary, and Vipul Angirish. After discovering the sounds of artists like John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Max Cooper, and Cid Inc, Vas honed his focus towards a new and fresh musical style that gave birth to his solo project, Color Ray. Color Ray‟s music is unique & experimental, combining sounds from deep house, tech house, tribal tech, progressive house, soulful house and techno. The harmony, contemplative moods and sounds are inspired from the guitar reverberations echoing in his mind, which laid the foundations for his tunes. This combined with a natural talent for music production has paved the way for cutting-edge and standout tracks. Color Ray‟s very first dance tune Cat in the Hat was released on Italian label Abstract Theory Recordings in December 2011 and lies in warm and passionate tones with a deep sound structure embedded in a very spacey and engaging approach. This was recently included in the ELFENSTAUB, VOL. 8 compilation on City Life Records alongside artists like NHAR, Animal Trainer, Oliver Schories , NTFO and many more. In 2012, Color Ray stepped it yet again and proved to be capable of both quality and consistency by delivering a standout remix for Praveen Achary‟s Morning and Morning on Dazzle On Records that was charted by Hernan Cattaneo himself on his Resident Podcast (ep 055). This track has also received countless plays from highly respected artists like Sound Process, Matteo Moreno, Sasha Le Monnier, and Vinayak^a. This release also went viral receiving over 2,11,106 plays on YouTube. 2012 further saw a high profile remix by Color Ray for Biologik‟s Sarin on the colossal label Particles (Proton Radio). This release made it into the Beatport 10 Must Hear Progressive House Tracks for the week and was placed alongside releases by artists like Guy Mantzur, Rich Curtis, Soulwerk, and Ewan Rill with additional support from Proff, Nikko.Z, Ewan Rill, and Gai Barone.