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Ever since moving to Berlin, Assyouti has been actively rising up through the static competitiveness of the German scene – no challenging feat for the young talent, however. With an eclectic taste for everything demented and destructive, as he told SceneNoise in a recent interview, Assyouti takes listeners on an hour-long ethereal electronic journey for SceneNoise’s 18th edition of Houseplant.

As the head honcho at Tunis-based label and record store, Eddisco, Hamdi RydEr stands as one of the most influential figures on Tunisia’s music scene, a position further cemented by his wildly popular Downtown Vibes party series, which has been running strong for a remarkable eight years. Having launched the series with co-founder, Aymen Ghannoudi, in 2013 the series went on to become a central pi...

Stepping up to the Select stage this week is 21 year-old Kokla, who has put together an eclectic mix of minimal, house and techno for the 149th edition of our set series. Music has been a part of Kokla’s life since childhood, learning to play drums at age 8. It was five years ago, though, that he caught the electronic music buzz, when he started to learn how to mix - and the rest is history. His e...

For the latest edition of our long-running Select mix series, Cairene DJ Khaled Youssry pays us a visit with a purely vinyl mix of studiously curated acid house and breakbeat tunes. A student of Egyptian DJ school, Strictly Vinyl, Youssy ‘did it’ the right way, learning his craft with vinyl before going on to learn mixing on digital equipment, which has given him a keen ear and even keener attenti...

It’s been over a 140 sets since we last saw a Nour Fahmy pop-up in SceneNoise’s Select series and, in that time, the Cairo-based DJ has evolved in his sound, and he’s eve living a double life, thanks not a new techno alter ego, AT:MA. To be precise, Fahmy stepped forward for the fourth Select slot way back when with a house-driven mix, though this time round he brings techno into the occasion, and...

After first stepping into the world of underground electronic music in Berlin, Youssef Sherif - who goes by the stage name Jobz - has been building his portfolio with mixes and selections for two years. For Jobz, mixing gives him the opportunity to dig deeper into the core of genres, and in the process he is finding his own sound. The 22-year-old DJ hopes to share his own positive outlook with aud...

Property consultant by day, DJ by night, there’s no doubt that Akladios is one of Egypt’s finest spinners, consistently delivering groovy dancefloor sets and building an enthusiastic following. With a passion for house, disco, and minimal, Akladios has become a staple DJ in the country over recent years in showing the sunny side of electronic music. Beginning by organising a student DJ campaign fo...

Inspired by the rapid evolution of Cairo’s party scene, Joe decided to get a piece of the pie and began teaching himself around 2018. For him, it seemed like the next natural step for a massive music fan like himself. With a long term goal of experimenting with sounds and introducing the Egyptian ear to some of the more unchartered sounds swirling around on the scene. His Select set is a reflectio...

Despite having to balance his budding DJing career with the demands of med-school, Cairo-based Youssef Yasser is in a constant state of hunting, digging for the rarest of rarest mind-blowing tracks - an M.O that has seen him make appearances on Rinse FM and ZULI’s show on NTS. Music has always been a part of Yasser’s life, having learned to play the guitar at a young age. It was in the realm of el...

When he isn’t performing his daytime role as digital marketeer, you can find Amrr on the decks spinning rare tracks. Known for his peculiar selections and methodical mixing style, Amrr enjoys mainly messing around with house and its sub-genres, namely deep house and minimal, as well as adding some break-ish house alongside ear-punching electro. His introduction to mixing was digital in 2013, befor...

A computer engineering student who later discovered his love for melodic techno, Marawan has been at it for almost three years as he works to continuously refine his sound selection. In doing so, Marawan launched his own series of sets, M Series and D Series, mixing melodic and deep house, before integrating both genres into one sound. Recently, Marawan and friends launched their own music label ‘...

Doctor by education, DJ by artistic talent, the young selector has made his mark these past couple of years. After turning heads with his debut in the third edition of our FreshMeat series, Alï earned himself bookings among heavyweights within the local scene, as well as various international acts. Meanwhile, over the past year, Alï launched his own party series ‘Funkhaus’, working to elevate Cair...

Born and raised in Cairo, ZEYAD entered the electronic party scene in 2017 with an enthusiasm for minimal, house, and techno. A year later, he began working with boogie platform Desimana as a party promoter, which led him to promoting for Glasshouse, Outside, Jellyzone, Funkhaus, and even our own Noise Sessions. Somewhere in between then and now, ZEYAD began mixing, practicing through the Strictly...

Growing up in Saudi, the DJ also known as Myhand began his music journey listening to guitar-based genres like rock and metal, even playing the guitar for some time. Eventually, he formed his love for electronic music and the Egyptian underground scene, which led him to Strictly Vinyl, an Egyptian DJ school, where he took his first steps in the mixing world. His genres range from minimal to electr...

While he juggles the pursuit of a Masters Degree in Berlin, Egyptian DJ and producer Deeb wants to make a scene in the techno capital. With a curation inspired by the likes of DJJ Lion, Truncate, Maya Jane Cole, and Bend Sims, Deeb presents his case. A set which goes for a lighter overall sound that incorporates raw hypnotic techno, it still hosts his instinctive inclination for hard-hitting sound...

With a Palestinian ancestry, the US-born, London-and-Amman-raised, Brooklyn-based Felonious Funk is an embodiment of a ‘child of the world’. Inspired by the life and times of American jazz icon Thelonious Monk, Felonious Funk is a self-described musical soul who was never very good at colouring inside the lines. Alongside her curation for radio shows and funky getdowns, she’s also an international...

Lyss is one half of the Caucus Kollektiv, which she created with close friend C/EL. The latter had previously featured on SceneNoise’s Select Episode 130, during which ‘La Radio Kollektiv’ was launched to boost spirits of and showcase local Lebanese artists during the party scene pauses of the pandemic. Since her teenage years, Lyss has been diving deeper into the vast sea of electronic music subg...

Almost exactly one year on from their last appearance on SceneNoise’s long-running Select series, the Cairo-based duo of STZ and DOU are back to usher in the summer with a one-hour soundtrack to your seasonal beach shenanigans. Best enjoyed on a giant party yacht on the Red Sea (a beach, a garden or even a balcony with a nice view will do) the set features tracks from the likes Louie Vega , Simon...

A rebel at heart, Cairo-based DJ, Gobara, first fell in love with music through the likes of metal, rock and conscious rap - genres he says portray “the reality of life, uncut and unfiltered.” It still, to an extent, informs his current musical tastes - he enjoys, the gritty, the chaotic and the industrial, elements you’ll find readily in his exclusive one-hour mix for this week’s edition of Selec...

Data analyst by day, DJ by night, 27 year-old Cairene, Kareem Tarek, is a travelled man. Having started spinning as a member of two-man band, YK Jelly, Tarek went on to secure residencies at several Cairo spots, initially playing groove and UK garage. He really came into his own, however, when he started experimenting and his exclusive Select set for SceneNoise offers plenty of proof of that. “The...

For the 131st Episode of Select, Cairo-based Badreya Electroneya has served up a one-hour mix that features everything from hyper-pop and breakbeat, to techno and IDM, with tracks from the likes of AG Cook, Shy Girl, and Osheyack. “Category is: escapism,” Badreya told SceneNoise of the set. “A blend of post-industrial, bass-heavy club music, advanced sound design and hyperpop, allowing the listene...

It was by an off-the-cuff suggestion that Celine Abboud, aka C/EL, first started mixing, spurred on by her close friend and fellow founder of Caucus Kollektiv, Lyss. She took to it like a duck to water, but during the pandemic she launched La Radio, a platform for artists to be themselves, play whatever they want, and just enjoy their mixes,  mainly focusing on local Lebanese DJs, and recently exp...

Hailing from Alexandria, 25 year-old DJ/producer, Fady El-Tellawy, is in the Select hot-seat this time round and brings with him a rave-ready selection of techno and acid, as well as old-school nineties ’s trance, featuring tracks from the likes of Joey Beltram, DK7, Galaxian and Vladimir Dubyshkin. “It gets a bit intense sometimes," Fady told #SceneNoise of his set. "I know that it won't resonate...

Buckle up kids, Dublin-based Saudi DJ Moving Still has hit us up with an epic rollercoaster of Arabic inspired techno, house, rave, electro and disco for our 128th Select. www. SceneNoise.com

SELECT 127: Mixed By Fardin Ameri & Massud Matin by SceneNoise