Suraj K, also known as Suraj Kurian, is a Houston DJ and organizer associated with the bass-music event series Gritsy. Emerging from the city’s rave and jungle communities, Kurian helped establish Gritsy in 2006, creating a local platform for dubstep and sound-system culture. In 2017, he and his wife opened The Dive in downtown Houston, a small venue that hosted house, techno, drum and bass, and other electronic music until its 2022 closure. His work connects performance, promotion, and venue-making within Houston’s continuing underground dance-music history.
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Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2012, an edition the act played. Free Press Summer Fest 2012 lineup poster. Printed copy reads JUNE 2 & 3 × ELEANOR TINSLEY PARK, HOUSTON TX, with The Avett Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson, Afrojack, The Flaming Lips, Primus and Descendents at the head of the list. The print carries no artist credit; the artwork is credited by the curator. Artwork: Jermaine Rogers. Free Press Houston Archive holding.
One appearance documented on a Free Press Houston bill. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.
