(From left to proper) Stalvart John, Nida, Farhan Rehman. Images: Joven Roy, Sachin Soni, courtesy of Dynamite Disco Membership
Over the past eight years, Dynamite Disco Membership (DDC) have taken over golf equipment, churned out mixes and platformed rising DJ-producers in disco and home as a label. Primarily based in Bengaluru, founder Stalwart John and his group have put collectively over 100 reveals (principally in India and Sri Lanka) and now mark 50 releases with their new EP, Dynamite Disco Cuts, Vol. 1.
Within the years in motion, John says his yardstick for achievement as a music neighborhood has been once they’ve seen extra folks shopping for tickets. To their credit score, Dynamite Disco Membership reveals have had tickets “cheaper than a cup of espresso,” in keeping with the founder. “As a result of we need to maintain issues inclusive and make disco and home music accessible to everybody. Nonetheless, folks ask for guestlist spots, principally as a result of it offers them a way of privilege. But when somebody messages me saying they’re quick on money however actually need to be there, I don’t ask questions, I simply add them to the record,” he provides.
Dynamite Disco Cuts, Vol. 1 has nostalgic home courtesy of the label’s A&R and supervisor Farhan Rehman on “Strictly Rhythm” whereas John’s “Cradle of Life” has a little bit of Afro vibes, guitars and euphoric disco components. Mumbai DJ Nida’s “The place Had been You?” has the seismic tech home basis but in addition strikes out and in of disco influences. The EP closes out with Bengaluru DJ SourFunk’s debut tune, merely referred to as “Dancin’,” which heaps on funk guitars, orchestral components and basic disco. The purpose for the EP (and all of the DDC releases) has been clear-cut. “Membership-friendly, well-produced, and filled with groove and good vibes that’s’ impressed by disco sounds,” as John sums up.
The label and neighborhood might have initially began out leaning on disco, however they’ve spent years championing home music as nicely, one thing they name a pure evolution. John says, “I’ve all the time believed that in the event you’re not true to your self, in the event you’re not genuine, it fades quick.” He’s clear that it’s not about chasing tendencies or following the market “only for the sake of it.” The DJ-producer provides, “What we do isn’t a conventional enterprise; the numbers don’t observe the standard logic. We do that out of pure love. That’s the one cause it really works.”
From a radio present to internet hosting occasions to mentoring and having a file label, the founder is assured that DDC will proceed to develop with every launch. Rehman provides, “It’s shaping as much as be one in every of our most dynamic years but.”
To that finish, Dynamite Disco Membership will double the frequency of their radio mixes to twice a month, now calling in visitor DJs along with artists on their very own roster. John guarantees “one thing particular” for 2026. He calls it “an thrilling new chapter that can launch the subsequent part of the DDC universe.”