So, his eye is on the future. Sarcar tells us that eventually, he wants to curate virtual experiences where you can hang out online with your friends while listening to music, like you would do at a physical gig, and even order, say, a pizza from the event's website itself, which would then be delivered to your doorstep. He's also mulling the idea of using VR headsets for enhanced quality. But the problem there is that only a handful of people have access to such devices in India at the moment. Nonetheless, Sarcar says that his immediate efforts will remain focused on bridging the gap between watching a show live offline, and doing the same on the Internet.

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Nathan Thomas aka Nate08

"We can't ever go and achieve that completely," he admits. Nathan Thomas aka Nate08, a producer who's part of the line-up for Unrated along with other DJs like Calm Chor and Ash Roy, corroborates this viewpoint. "I am not the biggest fan of the online scene since it's not as engaging," he confesses. And that's why Sarcar adds that his efforts aren't quite directed towards giving viewers a feel that they are listening to a live concert. Instead, he means to create absorbing content around the music. Unrated will thus also have visual and graffiti artistes performing alongside the DJs. "So, it's a wholesome enactment of the underlying story about the journey into space," Sarcar tells us, while conjecturing that two years from now, there might be shows on OTT platforms like Netflix where musicians are playing a live concert, but with images to accompany the songs in the form of a concept video that further engages viewers. That's not the ideal scenario, though. Preferably, Sarcar says, he would like for things to return to where they were, while Thomas also holds out the same hope. There's nothing that can match the visceral joy of a quality live concert, the latter says. But when will we be able to attend one in a physical space again? Your guess is as good as ours, honestly.

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