Janaka Selekta

Janaka plays indian classical and reggae dance music. Janaka is a multifaceted producer, renowned for sculpting cutting edge sonics, hard hitting beats,and combining them with traditional indian instruments and other instruments from across the planet.  Janaka started DJing Jungle and Drum n’ Bass to packed underground venues in the late 90’s in San Francisco. There are few DJs that have perfected the art of mixing to elevate the dancefloor... More

Janaka plays indian classical and reggae dance music. Janaka is a multifaceted producer, renowned for sculpting cutting edge sonics, hard hitting beats,and combining them with traditional indian instruments and other instruments from across the planet.  Janaka started DJing Jungle and Drum n’ Bass to packed underground venues in the late 90’s in San Francisco. There are few DJs that have perfected the art of mixing to elevate the dancefloor to frenzy quite like Janaka Selekta.  Selekta moved to San Francisco in 1997 after being heavily immersed in British rave culture for most of the '90s. He says the tastemaking 1997 compilation Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Undergroundwas a key influence on his decision to begin DJing, promoting parties, and co-founding Dhamaal Sound System in 1999 with local producer and DJ Maneesh the Twister. Many of the Dhamaal events, held at such venues as 111 Minna and Club Six, emphasized a strong mishmash of genres. They attracted an array of Asian-influenced artists  to the fold, including Karsh Kale, Cheb i Sabbah, Asian Dub Foundation, and Badmarsh. Over the years his sets have evolved to include many genres, seamlessly moving from different tempos and intensities to truly rock a dancefloor. His most recent music releases focus on writing genreless dancefloor centric songs.     Less