W.I.P Labs press kit

Dilli Improvisers Orchestra

India's first improvisers' orchestra. Synths, code, noise boxes, guitars and voices, composing together in real time.

Created and conceptualised by Baan G. Produced by W.I.P Labs.

A bass player in a white shirt mid-performance, with a drummer and keyboard player behind him
Dilli Improvisers Orchestra, W.I.P alt.FEST, Bengaluru

About

The Dilli Improvisers Orchestra (DIO) is India's first improvisers' orchestra. Synths, code, noise boxes, guitars and voices compose together in real time, and the music is shaped by listening and conduction instead of a score.

DIO was created and conceptualised by Baan G under the mentorship of Raymond MacDonald of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and the University of Edinburgh. Vaibhav Batra was one of its founding members and later became its co-founder.

DIO has played GIO Fest 2025 in Glasgow, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in New Delhi, CEPT University in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Dharamshala, and is available as a resident ensemble for festivals and campuses.

At a glance

Form
Large improvising ensemble, acoustic and electronic
Method
Listening, conduction and graphic scores
Mentor
Raymond MacDonald, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
Also available as
A resident ensemble and workshop for festivals and campuses

Credits

  • Baan G, Creator and co-founder
  • Vaibhav Batra, Founding member, later co-founder
  • Kirti Sharma, Executive producer

Technical needs

  • Ensemble size adapts to the venue and programme
  • Full technical rider on request

Performed at

  • Dec 2024 W.I.P alt.FEST, Indian Institute of World Culture and Bangalore International Centre, Bengaluru
  • 2025 GIO Fest, with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, Glasgow
  • Oct 2025 Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
  • Nov 2025 PORTALS, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
  • Feb 2026 Listening Otherwise, CEPT University and Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
  • Jun 2026 W.I.P aDDa, with dance and live projections, New Delhi
  • Aug 2026 W.I.P aDDa, with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra on a live link, New Delhi

Photographs

The ensemble plays in a dark room as a performer with a megaphone stands silhouetted against swirling projections.
W.I.P aDDa, New Delhi, June 2026
A drummer and a saxophonist playing on a dark stage
W.I.P alt.FEST, Bengaluru, December 2024
A conductor bends low toward the players, his shadow thrown huge across a projected image.
W.I.P aDDa, New Delhi, June 2026
A performer in white lunges across the floor while his giant shadow stretches over the projection screen.
W.I.P aDDa, New Delhi, June 2026
A keyboard player at a red keyboard under stage lights
W.I.P alt.FEST, Bengaluru, December 2024
A sitar player sits cross-legged on a rug in front of a pale projected screen.
W.I.P aDDa, New Delhi, June 2026

High-resolution photographs are available on request.