Submerge (nightclub)

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Submerge is an Indian dance and clubbing scene founded in 2002 by MTV India VJ Nikhil Chinapa, with DJ Pearl, [1] Chinappa's wife, as a co-founder.

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Submerge has been influential in the music and clubbing scene in India [2] by creating an alternative to the then existing music mainstream, playing music: techno, trance, house, progressive, psychedelic, tribal, electro and tech house sounds and unreleased or indie sounds. It is also host to many internationally renowned names in DJing and is planning[ when? ] to spread the formula all over India with big Indian and international names.

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