About
- Short bio
- Cowboy & Indian are a DJ duo from Austin, Texas, playing chunky bass house, Afro house, and disco-laced grooves.
- Medium bio
- Cowboy & Indian is a DJ duo from Austin, Texas: Joe, a Londoner who made Austin home, and Gurk, a Punjabi DJ who grew up between New York, Dallas, and Austin and has been DJing since he was 16. They built a following through their own themed parties, drawing crowds of 100 to rooftops, speakeasies, and boat parties on Lake Travis. Their sets are chunky and bouncy: bass house, Afro house, and disco edits built on big basslines and rolling percussion. In Austin they've played Jupiter Supper Club, Reina, Twins Rooftop, The Modern Bar, and Blindside Lounge, and soundtracked runway shows for Envue, including a Lamborghini-sponsored show. They're now recording sets and working on original productions, and take bookings from clubs, festivals, private events, and brands in Austin and beyond.
- Genres
- Bass house, chunky house, Afro house, jungle house, disco house
- Based in
- Austin, Texas
- Played at
- Reina, Blindside Lounge, The Modern Bar, Twins Rooftop, Hotel Viata, Assembly Hall, Club GG's, Jupiter Supper Club, and Lake Travis.
- The story
It started at the pool, with one question from Gurk to his new neighbors: "Have you ever been to the taqueria in the alley?" A summer of boat parties, karaoke nights and birthdays later, he and Joe were building the playlists together.
When Joe wanted a birthday party nobody could shut down, Gurk, who has DJed since he was 16, with 100 weddings and 10+ New York clubs behind him, booked the tiny bar at that same taqueria and they played it themselves. Wrong cables, a short extension cord, daisy-chained speakers. Fifteen minutes in, Joe was running bangers. They went back to back for seven hours, the bar did over $10,000, and they were asked back.
By SXSW the bar needed security. The rooftop at Reina followed, then a run of nights at Blindside Lounge on Dirty 6th, boats on Lake Travis, runway sets for Envue, and the parties that became Cowboy & Indian.
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