Sartek

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Sartek
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Born
Sarthak Sardana

(1988-07-24) 24 July 1988 (age 35)
India
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • musician
Years active2013-present
Musical career
Genres EDM
Instrument(s) Digital audio workstation
Labels Revealed, Armada Music & Disco:wax (Sony Music)

Sarthak Sardana (born 24 July 1988), better known by his stage name Sartek, is an Indian DJ and music producer. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

He is the first Indian DJ on Hardwell's Revealed Recordings [4] and to have all the releases on Beatport Top 100 charts.[ citation needed ] He was also the opening act for Justin Bieber, Armin Van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Axwell, Nicky Romero and others during their India tour.

Sartek has also had releases on international record labels such as Armada Music and Sony Music.

Personal life

Sartek is a New Delhi native whose past preference of choice of career was becoming a Chartered accountant, for which he passed the main examinations. He has formerly served in corporations before pursuing music professionally and full-time.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearAlbum
"Apocalypse"2013Non-album single
"Dopamine"2014
"Back to the Future"2015
"Don't Need Love"
(with Lucky Date)
"I'm Trippin"
(with Gregori Hawk)
2016
"Only You"
(with Vigel)
"My Addiction"
(with Djerem)
"Jump Right After You"
(with Ale Q)
2017
Dil Ki Doya

(with Nilayan)

2021

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References

  1. "Meet Sartek - Delhi musician who chose music over chartered accountancy - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. "Sarthak Sardana, the CA student-turned-DJ who put India on the global EDM map" . Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  3. "EDM forerunner Sartek: I never knew electronic music could make me so inspired". Firstpost. 11 December 2016.
  4. Giri, Pushpendra (2018-12-25). "8 Must-See Indian Artists at Sunburn 2018". Suffle Music Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-09.