Devcon 8 · Mumbai · Nov 3–6 2026
The Music Space Committee
Nine stewards hold the Music Space — musicians, builders and community weavers — working hand in hand with the Devcon team. Every voice is a node.
music as sanctuary · the circle opens where the talks end
Founding Circlethe three who began it
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Shaka Lei Kaumaka
Founder · Open Source Orchestra
Carries the aloha — from Hawaiʻi to the playa to Mumbai, building stages where every voice is a node.
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Alaska
Subcult
Keeper of the underground current — weaving the Subcult community into the orchestra.
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Aakash
Committee
The steady hand on the ground — holding the space together from the Mumbai side.
The Six New Stewardswelcomed October 2026 — they arrive Nov 1–2 to build the space with us
Maria Shilina
quefear
Sound & Listening
Electroacoustic improvisation, modular synthesis, contact mics — sound emerging between people, instruments and space. Holds sound checks and technical care.
Ania Shestakova
4ni4
Operations & Curation
Composer of the synth opera DIFFUSION and Web3 builder — the human voice reclaimed inside algorithmic systems. Stewards setup, ops and open-jam curation.
Colorfly
Sho · genre-bending groove from Tokyo underground
Flow & Energy
Reads the room like a score — sets that bend genre to the moment. Bonded with the ʻohana since ETHTokyo; keeper of the dancefloor's pulse.
Levi Downey
Amerge × The Park × Subcult
Collectives & Collaboration
Three communities combining forces — showing how artists create, share value and release music together without the extractive pitfalls of the old industry.
Devang Gandhi
devv.playz
Musicianship & Jams
Fourteen years of piano and harmonium, teacher of two hundred students — and a Solidity developer. The bridge between the builders and the band.
Jaydeep Gadhavi
Gujarati folk · Garba
Culture & Roots
Brings the folk fire of Gujarat into the space — Garba circles where every culture is invited to dance. The local root of the orchestra.
The Devcon Teamholding the doors open at the Ethereum Foundation
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Carlota Voorvaart
Devcon/nect · Operations
The bridge between the Music Space and Devcon — every artist letter passed through her hands.
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Tomo Saito
Ethereum Foundation
Guiding the space inside the greater Devcon flow.