Roots, dub, ska, grime, jungle and hip hop, all through one hand built Indian sound system. Day One is Foundation. Day Two is Pressure.
Asia Dub Conference is a recurring sound system platform, built in India and facing Asia. Then the whole thing travels. Delhi is where it opens.
Every room gets the same stack, the same look and the same weight.
Artists are booked for their lineage and for how they talk to each other. Roots, rap and bass make each other stronger.
Parties before, the main edition, parties after. It adds up to a season, not a single night.
Ananda Tandava is the stage, the instrument and the look of the room. Hand built, cabinet by cabinet, and it travels with the programme. Both days play through the same rig.
Venue · Qilla, Mehrauli, New Delhi. Dates · Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2026. Tickets · exclusively on Scenes by Swiggy.
Day One traces the bloodline: sound system crews from the UK, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, live ska and reggae, and the selectors who built this culture here. Long sets, heavy weight and very little filler.
Day Two pushes into deep bass and MC culture. UK grime royalty and the voices of Indian hip hop share one stack, with a live cypher, special sets and the kind of collaborations you only get in this room.
Nine acts, confirmed and locked. More local and regional selectors to be added.
A Brixton MC and member of Roll Deep, one of the crews that built grime. His is the voice on The Bug's dubstep classic Skeng.
The voice of Tilak Nagar. His debut Class-Sikh went to number 1 on iTunes India.
Thailand's reggae and dub pioneers since 2003. Award winning Best Group Artist.
From Southall, bringing Punjabi heritage to roots and steppers. Played Boiler Room: Southall.
India's most travelled ska and reggae band. Glastonbury, WOMAD, Bestival.
He built BFR Sound System, India's first roots sound system.
Produced DIVINE's Farak. His beats shaped a decade of Indian hip hop.
Colombo selector carrying the Sri Lankan end of the Asia route, roots and dub on the stack.
The house system and resident selectors.
An open rap cypher for every MC in Delhi. The artists on the bill judge it, and whoever wins steps onto the main stack to perform live with Prabh Deep.
Verses come in from across Delhi and the rounds build online in the weeks before the festival.
Live rounds with artists from the lineup on the panel. Real stakes, a real crowd and nowhere to hide.
The winner performs live with Prabh Deep on Ananda Tandava during the Pressure day.
Two further programme strands run across both days.
Women in hip hop. Reggae and hip hop, cousins in crime. What's next for Indian hip hop, a panel with artists from the bill.
A market curated with Goa Socials, with handicrafts, independent apparel, vinyl selectors and a charity corner.
The route is built with local promoters and sound system crews who host a real exchange before and after the Delhi gathering, and everything flows back to the stack.
Core crowd 21 to 34, urban and culture first. Independent music, streetwear, nightlife, design, film, food and travel. Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Bengaluru and the cities around them.
Founder, promoter and mixing engineer, with years in India's independent music and live scene.
Handles artist booking, travel, contracts and hospitality for the whole circuit.
A hand built rig with resident selectors. It is the stage and the identity of ADC.
Two days, one hand built stack, nine confirmed acts and a cypher that puts a Delhi MC on the main stage. Tickets exclusively on Scenes by Swiggy.