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For nearly a decade since her emergence in the local dance scene, Cairo-based DJ Akladios has been sweeping crowds with her bouncy (and just a little spacey) sets, featuring salty minimal house beats with razor-sharp breaks.

Besides spinning all across Egypt’s hottest clubs, Akladios has played some of the region’s biggest music festivals, party series and clubs including Sandbox, Shorelines, Retrogroove, AHM, Bo18, House of Afandi and more. She has also dabbled in the global dance circuit, performing in Berlin, Bucharest and New York City, and shared the decks with renowned international artists such as Peggy Gou, Folamour, and Sonja Moonear.

For our Select 241, Akladios is bringing her contagious energy and summer vibes in an hour-long set of chill that will get you in the mood for a sunset pool party. (Protip: her set is best savoured with a cocktail in hand).

Cairo’s budding DJs Jess and Moenes have established a name for themselves in the local electronic music scene with their uplifting sets, a melting pot of genres and juicy house and disco selections.

Heavily influenced by the late 80s house and disco wave, Moenes is known for cooking up some groovy live sounds with razor-sharp transitions. Since his emergence in Cairo’s clubbing scene, he’s become one of the youngest staple acts with his signature outdoor Terrace party at Cairo Jazz Club.

Meanwhile, Jess never abides by the roles of genres on her miscellaneous sets, playfully blending afro-beats with funk, disco and more. She has previously manned decks in Berlin, Dubia, and Riyadh, along with some of Egypt’s leading festivals and venues.

On this new episode of Select, the Cairo-based talents will be taking over Select 240 with a thumping, and all too groovy, B2B set, featuring some upbeat tunes like Disco Circus’ ‘Tod Terje & The Circus’, Work (Ft. Daves Giles II, Cor.eCE & Mike Dunn) - Honey Dijon, and more. We dare you not to dance to this.

Peachpuff’s Mardini is a minimal house producer and DJ who carved out a distinctive niche sound in the region’s underground electronic scene. Born and raised in a musically inclined environment in Lebanon, Mardini’s sonic tapestry is an eclectic fusion of blobby grooves and intricate textured rhythms, embellished with atmospheric elements.

On our 239th episode of Select, Mardini is getting us all groovy with an hour-long set of hypnotic minimal house beats exclusively created for SceneNoise, featuring some infectious basslines and sharp breaks.

Ever since his breakthrough into the local electronic music scene in 2017, Cairo-based DJ Amr has become quickly recognized for his distinctive music style, rhythmic melodies and constructional mixing techniques. His dynamic sets clearly showcase his knack for dabbling in a wide variety of genres, ranging from break-ish 90s to hard-hitting electro.

Amr initially developed a deep passion for DJing back in 2013, when he started experimenting with minimal and deep house sounds. However, it was in 2018, at a local underground party, ‘Skanat’, where he grew an interest in turntablism.

For our Select 238, Amr brings us an exclusive niche selection of house music, featuring thumping basslines, progressive rhythms and hypnotic synths intersected with syncopated vocals. Simply put, if a spaceship party had its own playlist, this would be it.

Hailing from Lebanon, Vanessa Abboud aka VNSA is a true force to be reckoned with in the region’s electronic music scene. From minimal techno to house, her dynamic sets feature sharp, hard-hitting breaks with soul and funk influences.

Vanessa has previously performed at famous venues across the region from Uberhaus and the Garten, to the Grand Factory and B018. She also shared the deck with some of the most notable names in the electronic music scene like Peggy Gou, Blond:ish, Monolink and more.

For Select 237, the Lebanese DJ brings us an eclectic mix of tech-house, featuring some infectious grooves intersected with autotuned alien-like vocals.

Born and raised in Lebanon, Cyrill is a Dubai-based resident DJ at Boogie Box – one of the longest-running house and techno event series in the UAE, and is known for digging selections with broken beats, heavy basslines and psychedelic undertones. He is also co-founder of Moist Paper Party, and founder of Riddim Section, a club night series dedicated to amplifying fresh sounds of Drum and Bass and its adjacent genres.

Since 2014, Cyrill has established a name for himself in the UAE clubbing scene, spanning at some of the region’s most notable events and even hosting his own parties. Cyrill’s versatile musical background is often reflected in his DJ sets, which are infused with metal, hip-hop, and dub.

For our Select 236th, the Lebanese DJ has cooked up a hard-hitting 57-minute set exclusively for SceneNoise. Proceed with caution.

Cairo’s electronic heavyweights STZ and DOU are back once again for their yearly Eid ritual with SceneNoise’s Select. The duo are widely known in the local clubbing scene for their immaculate house and disco selections, best savoured on a yacht (or anywhere near the beach really).

The duo go back-to-back for our Select 235, bringing an electric mix of soulful melodies, and funky grooves with pulsating basslines, a literal soundtrack for your seasonal beachside shenanigans. The set features tunes from Corrado Alunni, Dr. Packer, Harvey Ross, Michael Gray, and Birdee & Ken@Work.

Select 234: Mixed by Chewie by SceneNoise

Mishal is a Saudi selector and DJ, known for his infectious sets, a fusion of poignant rhythms across genres, inspired by his multicultural background. Since his emergence in the region’s electronic music scene, Mishal has been manning decks everywhere from intimate house parties to renowned festivals.

For this Select 233, Mishal is taking us on an hour-long sonic ride of house, infused with subtle progressive sounds and minimal grooves that linger in space. The set also features some of Mishal’s latest favourite tracks like ‘Just Don’t’ by Dana Ruh, ‘Getaway’ by Eddie Richards, and ‘Morefus’ by DJ Just-Ed.

Nantes-based Lebanese DJ and member of French collective, Contre Temps, Gaya, emerges as one of the rising artists currently spearheading Beirut’s flourishing electronic music scene. Her musical journey and lifelong love affair with electro, jungle, bass and trap music began when she first joined ‘Peach Puff Bass Unit’, a music collection based between Paris and Beirut. With her dynamic sets, featuring heavy bass waves and breaks, Gaya has been firing up decks across Europe, from Berlin’s Sisphos and Bulbul to Nantes’ Trempolino and CO2, and Paris’ L’ international.

For Select 232, Gaya crafted an hour-long set of jungle, featuring high-energy sweltering breakbeats, and thumping basslines. The set features eclectic tunes like Amor Satyr’s ‘Bebe’, Dunman’s ‘Abyss’, and Dual Monitor’s ‘Switch it’.