MUMBAI: Three-day multi-genre festival features some of India’s freshest talent like Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator, Big City Harmonics, Oceantied alongside favourites like Karsh Kale, The Bartender; tickets for the February 26-28 festival are on sale; French trip-hop collective Chinese Man to launch festival in Mumbai on February 13.

The second edition of the multi-genre festival, The Lost Party –scheduled for February 26-28 – will present fans a handpicked selection of some of the country’s freshest and most exciting talent, alongside established acts from India and around the world, at its new lakeside location in the Sahyadris. The Indian line-up at the festival has been curated by Pepsi MTV Indies.  

A newer entrant on the burgeoning festival circuit in India, The Lost Party, for its second edition, moves to the picturesque Salter Lake, in the foothill of the Sahyadris. In 2015,
The Lost Party made its debut in the luxe hill station Lavasa.

The tickets for the three-day extravaganza will go on sale on January 29 at tickets.thelostparty.com.

Tickets for the festival are priced at Rs 1,818 for a day pass (Aaj ka ticket and kal ka ticket) and Rs 2,929 for a season (AajKal ka ticket) pass. While the programming is scheduled for Feb 27-28, on February 26 – designated as the Day Zero gathering party – the festival will be thrown open to people who would like to help with setting up with the festival.

A confluence of music, tech, art and design, the aim of The Lost Party is to curate a more authentic festival experience – free from the stresses of bigger festivals – and
also to create an environment for alternate cultures to grow out of experimentation, innovation and participation.

The Lost Party 2016: Line-up and accommodation details Hoping to draw attention to homegrown talent and give it a fillip, The Lost Party has curated a selection of the best Indian talent across genres like bass, electronica, contemporary and world music at the two main stages, Idhar and Udhar.

The line-up includes pioneering producer and multi-instrumentalist Karsh Kale – who is presenting the Karsh Kale Soundsystem, popular live electronica outfit Donn Bhat +Passenger Revelator, Mumbai-based bass music producers Spryk and OX7GEN – who will be playing the last RECESS live set of the year, lyricist Swanand Kirkire with folk outfit Kabir’s Café, the band that reinterprets old Bollywood songs, The Bartender, alongside newer electronica acts like Big City Harmonics, Frame/Frame and Oceantied alongside experimental producers Curtain Blue and Disco Puppet and
deep electronic music producer The Sine Painter.

Joining them will be Mumbai-based ambient duo Burudu, post-rock bands Aswekeepsearching and Zokova, Mumbai-based DJ duo Bajje Squad, experimental rock band The SundogProject, drum and bass producer Dark Circle Factory, indie rock act Yesterdrive, analogue electric trio Paraphoniks with Naveen Gandharva on the belabahar (fusion of the sarangi and violin), electronica fusion project Karajimo and pop act Vasuda Sharma and the Besharams.

Also included in the first announcement are international acts are producer dEbruit, who merges global sounds with dance music and hip-hop, young German organic electro live act Moglebaum and The Funk Hunters, a Canadian duo that as their name suggests play funk and soul served with a healthy dose of electronic music.

More line-up announcements will be made soon.

The Lost Party: The experience

Inspired by the movement to scale back and borne out of a wish for a simpler time, The Lost Party seeks to create a space where people come together to connect, collaborate and celebrate.

With gaming arcades, hammocks, pillow fights and even a library to read in peace, The Lost Party isn't your typical music festival. Though the music remains at the top of
the billing, the two-year-old festival offers an eclectic experience taking in the arts, design and dance, whilst exposing the boutique festival goer to some interesting smaller acts and entertainment activities that would not normally be on the radar of larger festivals.

Some of the participating outfits at The Lost Party are the Transhuman Collective, multi-disciplinary collaborative project, which will help produce the festival with artists from Mumbai, Delhi, North East, Rajasthan, Chennai, Kolkata among other places; collaborative space Makers Asylum will put up installations and offer 3D printing on site, as well as teams from art and tech colleges from all over the country.