Get to know Indo Warehouse ahead of their Manchester debut next week
We sat down with Kahani and Kunal Merchant, founders of Indo Warehouse, to find out what to expect during their All Night Long set at Amber’s on Friday September 5th.
Indo Warehouse is fresh off the back of playing to packed dancefloors across North America, has already asserted itself as a force to be reckoned with at Coachella and made a Boiler Room debut with the Dialled In crew earlier this month in London. Buy tickets here.
What is Indo Warehouse?
Indo Warehouse is a collective, record label, and live experience series built to showcase South Asian culture within global electronic music. What started in New York as a vision between us (Kahani and Kunal Merchant) has grown into a movement—one that bridges the sounds of our heritage with house and techno, and creates a space where people can feel both connected to their roots and part of something universal on the dance floor.
You’re becoming increasingly synonymous with what you’ve coined the Indo House genre. What is it, exactly?
Indo House is our way of giving a name to a sound and feeling that didn’t fully have a name in the dance world before. Just like Afro House or Latin House gave language to movements rooted in cultural identity, Indo House blends deep, melodic house and techno with Indian classical instrumentation, folk textures, and South Asian vocals (Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and more). It’s emotional and spiritual, but also powerful enough to move a packed club at 4AM. The genre represents both our heritage and our belief that electronic music can be a vehicle for storytelling beyond borders.
Who’d you say you’re ‘for fans of…’?
Fans of Afro House, Melodic Techno, Organic House, and anyone who loves artists like that have brought their own culture into their love for house (think of Black Coffee, Bedouin, Maz and Andot, Vintage Culture, Sabo, Joeski, Hector Romero, Chus and so many more), will find resonance in Indo House. But more than that, it’s for anyone curious about new worlds of sound, who wants to experience the energy of South Asia meeting global club culture.
This is your first in a series of All Night Long sets – what’s the plan?
For us, All Night Long is about building a journey without limits. Usually our sets are condensed into 90 or 120 minutes, but with six to eight hours we get to tell a fuller story—moving from the deep, hypnotic end of Indo House into peak-time euphoria and back down into introspective moments. It’s not just about playing music, it’s about shaping an immersive world where people lose track of time and feel like they’re part of a living, breathing narrative.
With that in mind, can you share three tracks we can expect to see in two weeks’ time?
Without giving too much away, you’ll definitely hear:
- Kahani – Miami Giddha (Indo Warehouse)
- Kunal Merchant featuring Shakthishree Gopalan – Memories (Indo Warehouse)
- Kadosh featuring Shri – A Night in Bombay (Renaissance)
Buy tickets to Indo Warehouse’s Manchester debut at Amber’s here.