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Select 178: Mixed by OAH

OAH, a Saudi musician, producer, DJ, former rapper and event organizer whose breakthrough came in 2021 hosting the first of his Circuit Event series in El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt featuring Swiss headliner Jimi Jules.

In 2022 OAH moved to Paris where he honed his skills and made further headway in his DJ career, sharing the stage with heavyweights on stages across MENA and Europe with the likes of Adam Port, HVOB, Sam Shure, and Matthew Dekay.

Get to know more the young selectors’ sound and float through this groove-filled, gliding house set featuring the likes of Sun Ra & Armonica, Matthias Meyer, Gab Rhome and a couple of his own unreleased works.

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Somalie is a DJ, producer and musician from Dubai, UAE and born to Somali immigrants. He’s been involved with the Dubai music scene since the mid 2000s. Being raised in a multicultural environment in the desert exposed him to various cultures, traditions and most importantly, musical mores from all over the world. The latter is certainly evident in his productions and DJ sets, as he travels across Afro Arab influences.

In this hour-long set, we hear this come to life as Somalie selections slide across Afro house music while “delving into his upbringing” while “displaying his Afro Arab identity.” The set kicks off with Somalie’s Afro Acid Remix of ‘Shwaya’ by Freek, and later, it grooves through tracks like Arabian Diva’s ‘Amine’O’, Jay Neve’s ‘Leylah’, and more of Somalie’s own work, in ‘Mamba Mentality’.

Mahmoud Okasha aka Zeft Funk is a drummer, producer and DJ based in Cairo, Egypt. He started playing 2 years ago with influences from experimental Arabic, disco, electronic juke, Egyptian punk and Mahragant.

This hour-long set kicks off with one of his favourites ‘02 2atr ‘ by Ana w Dada “mixed alongside a banger of a set, including tracks like El Kontessa's ‘Tabl w Zamr’ and later, Swag Lee’s ‘2aad w 2aad’ and more.

Deus Deserto is up and coming producer and DJ from Qatar, whose love for old school grooves and melancholic yet energetic beats shines through this Select set.

Focusing on bringing a positive, up-beat atmosphere to life through his sets, Deus Deserto’s music is all about the energy it creates for listeners with a goal in mind to always have them moving to the music. A staple of his infectious energy comes from his seamless blending of old school beats with modern day techno music.

In this set, Deus Deserto opens up with tracks like Iaganico Arfeli’s ‘New Light’, followed by Balthazar & JackRock’s ‘Princess of the Sun’, interwoven with his own productions, as heard in ‘Binary Crossentropy.’

3inshams is a DJ & founder of Ego Records, a Saudi-based record label created in 2022, which aims to highlight the different sounds from around the world to the underground scene of Saudi Arabia by hosting music events and delivering a unique experience to the audience.

3inshams is one of the first DJs from Saudi Arabia to shake the room with music genres such as Amapiano and Afro music, helping to introduce new and unique international soundwaves. We hear these musical genres across his hour-long set, which includes tracks like Myztro ‘Everyday iParty Waya Waya (ft. Drp Peppa)’, Jou Nana’s ‘Unlimited Soul’, and ‘43 Drums (Salutation To 2wobunnies x Major League Djz)’ by DrummeRTee924, and more.

Egyptian lawyer by day and DJ by night, Malak Basha aka MLK, presents a dynamic, high-energy set made to move the dance floor. Based in Amsterdam, MLK is heavily immersed in electronic music, which she seeks as a form of therapy, energy release, and a way to genuinely connect with people.

MLK gravitates towards high energy music that shakes the dance floor and gets everyone out of their bodies. She has a penchant for heavy bass and groovy beats, which ultimately guided her track selection in this set. In her hour-long mix, she combines hard techno, speedy bps and dancey trance to create a pure rave atmosphere.

MLK’s hour-long set cuts across a diverse mix of tunes ranging from hard techno, trance, acid and hard dance. Her track selection is mostly underground artists and producers including Matrak, Sopik, Mirzika and more.

Shiha is a Cairo-based, multidisciplinary artist, DJ, and producer that has been impacting and helping to progress the music scene for years. With a career spanning 20 years, Shiha’s distinctive sound is driven by house to deep house; minimal, tech and breaks, leading him to perform at many impressive events alongside musical legends such as Sebastien Leger, Manno le Tough, Eelke Kleijn and more.

With previous releases on labels such as Manual Records, Capital Heaven, Frisky Records, Movement Recordings, Inkfish, Magik Muzik, Black Hole Recordings, and Nueva to name just a few, you can certainly hear the explosive energy that Shiha’s foundations are laid upon. Meanwhile, 2021 saw the launch of Shiha’s very own imprint label Clubbing Purposes, this will be the platform for most of Shiha’s future releases.

Shiha’s selection features artists like Magnus Larsson, DIMMISH, Icarus, Loquace and Shiha’s own productions, mixed together in this action packed dance floor set.

Talaia is a Cairo-based architect, designer, creative director, and co-founder of Downtempo Cairo platform. But he’s also a wicked DJ. Within the first ten minutes of Talaia’s set, you will be moved to jump on your feet.

This is a dirty dancefloor set, with a rapid onset, heavy hitting basslines, future techno alongside melodic keys in Staniz’ ‘Venezia’ and stunning downtempo breakdowns that build up again into layers of rhythms in tracks like ‘First Dance’ by Eden Burns and later, the razor sharp high hats heard in 'Feel That Way' by SIT.

Select 170: Mixed by Joe Nadi by SceneNoise

Jana is an Egyptian music producer, guitarist, and DJ with an extensive musical background. She often implements inspirations from drum n bass, breakbeat, hip-hop and underground Egyptian music in her live sets, bridging the gap between Western beats and Oriental sound experimentation.

This hour-long set kicks off with one of her original productions, ‘Makulma 001’, mixed alongside a banger of a set, including tracks like ‘Ectoplastic’ by Reptant, and later, Herman’s ‘Solidarity Breaks’, and more.