In India, the West Bengal rural rave scene sees DJs set up DIY sound systems to disturb the peace

In India’s rural villages, 100 miles north of Kolkata, vast DIY sound systems are constructed at the risk of police seizure as moonlighting DJs battle to disturb the peace at ear-piercing decibels. An underground music scene known as Dek Bass, music producers from across India travel between villages to instigate these rural raves, spending up to 500 hours building sound systems that continually face police shutdown after their completion.…read more at nowness.com _______________________________________ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness