Music Personality, Voice of the Sea
Biography
The world is DJ Shaan’s playground. Since childhood, Shaan dreamed of becoming a marine biologist, but at age 15, started a music career. Over the past 13 years, he’s signed with some of the biggest labels in the music industry and played festivals around the globe, including Tomorrowland, World Club Dome and Sunburn Festival. Shaan has played alongside big-name artists Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Hardwell and Martin Garrix. His most recent hit song, a remix for Akon’s Bananza (Belly Dancer), got 6 million streams! Enter the pandemic, and a pause in Shaan’s music career. During this time, his love for diving developed and changed his life.
Hometown
Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
India
"To help educate, entertain and inspire future/current divers and ocean lovers to understand the ocean for all that it can give us."
Career Highlights
- First Indian DJ to play at Tomorrowland music festival in Belgium
- Signed to Republic Records USA and release on Sony, Virgin EMI, Spinning Records and Armada
- First Indian DJ to close the Ministry of Sound twice
- 30+ releases on international labels
- Most popular Indian DJ on social media
- Completed 111 dives since becoming a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver in 2020 and achieved PADI Freediver™ certification