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Select 309 features Kontrast, a Beirut-born DJ based in Riyadh who has crafted a distinctive sound that blends melodic house, techno, indie dance, and progressive house. Drawing inspiration from the Lebanese electronic music scene, his collaborations with international artists like Rafael Cerato, Tim Taste and Sam Gino have further shaped his unique style.

For his Select set, Kontrast delivers a fluid mix of melodic house and techno, driven by high-energy tempos, intricate acoustic drums, and uplifting frequencies. The set maintains a steady rhythm of flowing grooves. Tracks like ‘Benigne’ by Upercent, ‘Can't Stop’ by Jonathan Kaspar and ‘Flores’ by TWiiNS shape the vibe of the set.

Select 308 comes courtesy of K.led, a DJ, musician and engineer with over 13 years of experience, with notable performances at venues like Montreal's Salon Daome and Soundstorm in Riyadh. K.led’s eclectic and genre-fluid approach to sound began in local underground clubs, where his ear for rhythm and evolving style led him to shape diverse sets that speak to a broad spectrum of listeners.

This three-hour set was recorded during a recent performance at Beast House, K.led blends a mix of deep grooves and pulsating beats with moments of rough, gritty energy. The set transitions between diverse sounds with tracks like Terry Hunter & Aaron Smith's ‘Enuff Enuff’ (feat. Frankie Knuckles) and Shonky's ‘Mama Queen’ combining elegance with a bit of rawness.

Select 307 comes courtesy of Ghent-based Syrian/Libyan producer and DJ Bader Shahit, known behind the decks as Bader. Growing up immersed in Libyan tagaza majrouda rhythms and Syrian classical music, Bader has built himself a distinctive musical identity, merging contemporary club music of heavy bass patterns with various musical elements from across the MENA region.

His select set, recorded in Yalla Worldwide studio in Ghent, is a bass-heavy mix of acid, breaks, techno, electric boogies and Middle Eastern textures, featuring Mix Monster Menno on the scratch and Acid Ponch on drums. The set also features hard-hitting tunes like El Sawarikh’s ‘Ekhwaty’ and Cheb Naser’s ‘Ole Ole’.

This week on our Select series, we have Cairo’s indie rock rouser Dirty Backseat, the electronic solo project of producer and singer-songwriter Moe Hani, with an exclusive mix of a string of unreleased productions that he recorded back in 2024.

Dirty Backseat is best known for his nuanced melancholy-tinted sound that serves as a distillation of Moe’s influences of post-punk, psych-rock, synth-pop and electronica.

His select set is as dreamy as it’s danceable, featuring thick basslines, gritty rhythms and heart-pumping tunes with some of Egypt’s veterans the likes of 200 Shams and Omar Zahran.

On the 305th episode of SceneNoise’s Select series, we present Brooklyn-based Alexandria-born selector Solofan, a resident and the host of El Commodino show on Radio Flouka. Having spent years immersed in the underground scene in Berlin and Brooklyn, Solfan developed his own signature sound where he experiments with free-form mixes that unravel like symphonies.

His Select set is a high-energy mixture of early EBM, acid house, IDM and hardcore, featuring Tarab influences, African polyrhythms, and deep club cuts, intermingled with tunes by the likes of Trinity Magas and Assassins of Youth.

This week on Select, we have a special set from Egyptian-Bosnian vinyl maven Taty, whose distinct crate-digging approach and hypnotic sets cemented him in Berlin’s underground electronic dance scene.

Taty turned up with a vinyl-only set of deep and ambient techno, featuring textured obscure sound, echo-laden hypnotic beats watered down by reverb effects, and atmospheric soundscapes. Recorded on his home setup using technics turntables and an Xone 42 mixer, the set evokes a certain vibe of trance that’s certainly meditative.

In Select 303, we have Cairo-based selector and producer P.O.V with a futuristic bass-heavy electro set, exploring the interplay between sound, space and time with a fresh approach to music synthesis.

The set opens with an ethereal drone noise that seems to drift aimlessly through space, which then dissolves into pulse-pounding bass-driven beats with subtle frequency modulations and granular textures, embodying the chaos and order of the universe. The set features bumping tunes by a slew of international producers the likes of Deemphasis, Koova, Logitech and more.

This week on Select, we have France-based Moroccan DJ, producer and Radio Flouka resident Leïla Koumiya with a stormy left-field bass set, mixing syncopated Amazigh rhythms and elements of dnb with chopped rap samples from the likes of Julmud and Caïn و Muchi.

Koumiya has cemented herself in the regional underground scene with her hybrid and versatile sets, exploring the nuances of her North African roots through a poetic blend of traditional sounds, polyrhythms, rap influences and percussive bass music.

This week’s Select comes courtesy of Omar Taa’i, aka Taai, a Cairo-based music producer behind Abyusif and Marwan Pablo’s collaborative track ‘SMACK THAT’. His prolific discography features tracks with regional hip-hop artists the likes of R3, Alvin, BEGAD, and Xander Ghost.

For our Select 301, Taai cooked us a mix of hard-hitting trap beats and instrumental tracks, featuring some of his favourite Egyptian hip-hop tunes.

This week on Select, we have a special set from Dublin-based Saudi-born maestro Moving Still marking THREE HUNDRED episodes of our exclusive mix series 🎉

Expect a pumping mix of bass, italo disco and house, featuring some of his personal favourite Arabic tunes. Simply put, this is what a DJ set by Moving Still at peak time would sound like.

Jamal Sul, or as his stage name goes, Moving Still, is a veteran DJ and producer who has carved a distinct authentic niche in the electronic music scene. His sound marries the oud-scented energy of traditional Arabic sounds with grumbling italo-esque basslines and groovy house beats.

He is known for his HINRG productions and edit of Cheba Yamina’s ‘Sidi Mansour’, as well as tracks like ‘Al Disco Haram’, which not only topped the Rush Hour charts but also resonated with high-profile DJs, becoming a staple in sets around the globe. His releases have been featured on various globally renowned labels such as Cooking with Palms Trax and Dar Disku.