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Select 383: Mixed by Nad!Ne by SceneNoise

This week on Select, rising Egyptian duo Paar Muzik steps in with a special mix. Made up of Karim Attallah and vocalist May Adam, the pair have been steadily carving out space within the local underground, known for immersive sets that sit at the crossroads of afro-house and tech-house.

For Select 382, they lean into a warm, groove-led strain of tech-house, driven by rolling basslines, layered percussion, and tightly wound, hypnotic buildups, crafted for big rooms without losing their distinct touch.

In the latest instalment of our Select series, we spotlight F-Spins, one of the fastest-rising selectors in Egypt’s club circuit and the founder of the Funkside party series. Known for his high-energy sets that fuse house and progressive beats with flashes of italo-disco, the Cairo-based DJ has shared the decks with global heavyweights like Kolter, L.P. Rhythm, Peggy Gou, Carlita, and Kid Simius.

For this mix, F-Spins delivers a fast-paced run of house with unmistakable nods to ’90s grooves, threading together bass-driven cuts from Luke Alessi, Mixolydian, Gearmaster, Foley, and Nic David. The result sits somewhere between nostalgic club euphoria and the new wave of underground house. “After two years without releasing a recorded mix, I wanted to come back with something that really reflects my current sound and where I’m at musically right now,” F-Spins tells SceneNoise.

A fast-rising name on Cairo's electronic scene, Youssef Roshdy steps into our Select spotlight with a cosy, warm house mix. Rooted in classic ’90s and early 2000s house, the set is an hour-long listen that oscillates between ambient grooves, trippy textures and experimental sounds, powered by deep rolling basslines.

This week on SceneNoise’s flagship mix series, Select, Egypt’s underground electronic scene favorite, FrogMoose, delivers a special set that’s as mischievous as his quirky stage name. His productions and mixes are widely known for being meticulously crafted, blending insatiable house grooves with psychedelic-tinged bass and occasional IDM-inspired textures.

Never failing to impress, for our Select 379, FrogMoose serves up an hour of trippy house and cosmic grooves layered with abstract textures, rapid melodic runs, acid accents, and a collection of soulful, hip-shaking tracks from Barry Can’t Swim, Brunello and Connan, capped with Honey Dijon’s remix of Madison McFerrin & Bobby McFerrin’s Run. Light, breezy, and endlessly danceable, it’s the perfect soundtrack for a beach party, or, in FrogMoose’s words, “a dancefloor set, imagining I’m opening for one of my favorite DJs.”

Egyptian DJ and producer, MARTINA, stands as part of a new generation of talents who have been actively involved in pushing for an alternative underground electronic scene in Cairo. A member of artist collective, Dhamma, her sets are a patchwork of various sounds and musical styles, going as easily from balie funk to deconstructed club and left-field bass, often, if not always, imbued with punchy edits of Egyptian shaabi or rap bangers. It’s like everything, everywhere, all at once, constantly shifting, and chaotic in the best of ways.

She has done her rounds at parties across the globe, including the UK, Spain, UAE, and played at Uganda’s iconic Nyege Nyege festival, and XP Music Futures in Saudi Arabia. Her sets have been aired on international radio stations, such as Stegi Radio and Echobox. Additionally, MARTINA has previously contributed an original track to ZULI’s Places: Egypt compilation on Air Texture, and co-produced records with electroneya for Barcelona-based Le Shapeshifters, along with composing music for the Egyptian comedy ‘The Gentlemen’.

For our Select 378, she steps in with an open-format radio set that drifts away from her usual club selections to explore heavy, distorted, bass-driven music and abrasive noise, interspersed with flourishes of soothing ambient pads. The set opens with a gritty edit of Grimes’ Genesis, ending with one of her original productions, Forever, and featuring a premiere of an unreleased joint track with Moroccon producer 3xoj, titled ‘TANG’.

Speaking of the set, MARTINA says, “This is a set for anyone who feels angry at the world but still holds a little bit of hope.”

This week on Select, Cairo-based DJ Marwan delivers a one-hour mix that moves steadily between bass and techno. Drawing on underground club influences and subtle tribal rhythms, the set focuses on stripped-back grooves that build gradually into driving, hard-hitting sections fit for a festival stage. The mix includes some of Marwan’s original and unreleased material, alongside tracks by internationally-acclaimed producers like Gannein, and Klaps.

This week on Select, we spotlight British-Kurdish DJ and rising producer, Lana Baybie, whose high-voltage sets have been lighting up major clubs and festivals across MENA, including Sandbox in Egypt's El Gouna. Shaped by her cross-cultural upbringing and time spent in Cairo, her sound pulls from UK garage, funk, and Jersey club, swerving into ghetto tech, dancehall, and bass-heavy club mutations. Off the decks, she co-runs the IASC collective, curating pop-up shows across Cairo, Dubai, and London.

For Select 376, Lana shares the closing set from IASC’s one-year anniversary in Cairo, a tightly wound, bouncy run through jungle, breakbeat, rap, gqom, and percussive bass, laced with razor-sharp, ever-so slightly silly club edits. The set features an eclectic selection of tracks like 'Get Down Low' by En:vy remix, and Muhammad Ali by Lady Iykes, Scratcha DVA (remix).

Almo١٠٠ is an Emirati-born selector and an avid record digger who draws inspiration from the archives of the electronic scene in Glasgow and Sydney.

His sets are known for being packed with rare finds and timeless dancefloor staples. and Select 375, he delivers an all-vinyl mix drawn straight from his personal archive, moving from deep New York house to wavy italo detours and classic U.S. garage edits, with no shortage of electrifying club moments. The set features a tastemaking selection of tunes, such as 'Remember' by Vivien Vee, and 'What I Like' (Dub Version) by Anthony and The Camp.

ReiRei is a Cairo-based DJ and producer who has been grooving dancefloors across Cairo’s dance music scene -from intimate gatherings to main stages -with his refreshing take on afro-minimalism, often weaving in vibrant acoustic textures, 90s drum breaks, and various cultural influences from across the globe. His work is supported by some of the biggest international electronic acts, such as Keinmusik, Dixon, CamelPhat, Pete Tong, Black Coffee, Mano Le Tough, and Themba. He has also recently signed a new EP with Get Physical Music.

For our Select 374, ReiRei delivers a deep, saucy house journey with hypnotic grooves, featuring some of his unreleased productions and eclectic cuts like Fulltone’s ‘Once a Child’, Pablo Fierro’s ‘Robina’.