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Musician, craftswomen, engineer - the latest DJ to step into the Select spotlight wears many hats. Salma Baset by day, DJ Khorda by night, the Cairo-based spinner takes us on a sonic ride that travels through everything from industrial club music to glitchy electroacoustic compositions, stopping off at the kind of genre-defying sounds that Khorda credits with indirectly inspiring her to make her o...

This week’s select comes courtesy of DJ, style maven and party planner, Sarah Hardan. A regular at Dubai’s hottest parties, she has previously played alongside global major acts such as Kid Francescoli, Rampa, Honey Dijon and more. She brings us a chill, groovy house mix imbued with comic flows that feel like the perfect soundtrack for a late summer night friends gathering. The set features an ecl...

This week on Select, we welcome Cyber Witch, a Palestinian DJ, producer and sound engineer, whose sets are an avant-garde patchwork of Mediterranean alternative influences, meshed together with experimental electronic, techno house and ambient textures. Cyber Witch is also a curator and resident at Radio Flouka, where she hosts ‘Witchy Hour’, a monthly show dedicated to spotlighting talents from t...

This week on Select, we welcome Palestinian jazzist and vinyl maverick, Felonious Funk. Her penchant for crate-digging has taken her to various record stores from Brooklyn to Mexico City, Paris and Dubai, accumulating over 1000 vinyls. For the 354th episode of Select, she spins a fully analog mix, weaving funky, jazzy and synth-heavy house cuts of both classic and new jams. The set kicks off with...

This week’s Select mix comes courtesy of a man who has gained a following for his unique grime, UK dubstep and experimental hip-hop influences. When he’s not wearing his DJ/producer hat, Palestine native Sami is the brain behind the Dasam party series, though he curates events that spotlight emerging, forward-thinking talents from both the local and international underground electronic scene. For...

Hailing from Morocco, DJ and co-founder of Frangements collective Rikku has developed a niche mixing style, drawing influences from oriental classics, rock and metal, as well as disco, pop, old-school rap and R&B. In his takeover on our Select series this week, he brings us an exclusive mix of minimal, electro and house, packed with feel-good vibes and an eclectic selection of tunes, such as ‘1981...

Curating our mix this week is Paris-born Big Dope P, currently one of Europe’s most exciting DJs and producers, known for his signature blend of electro funk, bass/club, ghetto house and rap. He has previously shared the decks with some of the world’s biggest names in dance and rap music, including Basement Jaxx, Kaytranada, Pusha T, Maya Jane Coles, Lil Wayne, and Todd Edwards, just to name a few...

In this episode of SceneNoise’s mix series, Select, we have Cherry Lee, a staple in LA’s DIY electronic landscape and the creative force behind the underground event series Club Cherie. She is also a resident of Pegasus ,and a producer and resident of Incalls Only. Cherry’s sets are often unplanned, inherently spontaneous and unpredictable, presenting a dance-centric melting pot of multi-cultural...

Hailing from London, Kizzi is currently one of the most exciting talents in the global electronic scene, known for her distinctive blend techno, club funk and house, often imbued with her own South Asian spice. Her sets have lit up prestigious stages at major international festivals and venues like All Points East, Fabric, and Toronto’s Drake Underground. She also holds residencies at Ministry of...

In this new instalment of SceneNoise’s Select series, we have German-Egyptian DJ Mirshak. His sets often draw on influences from the German house music scene, blurring the boundaries of genre into groove-laden mixes. He has also shared the decks with a slew of global electronic heavyweights, including Laurent Garnier and Ellen Allien. For our Select 348, Mirshak brings us a mix of his favourite fl...

This week on Select, we hand it over to Beirut-based DJ, producer, and label head Looswing, whose mix delivers an hour of groove-heavy, deep house cuts that speak to a lifelong love for digging and a deep connection to the genre’s roots. Born Elio Abdo, Looswing's style reflects his musical upbringing at the cultural intersection of Beirut and his spiritual ties to Detroit and Chicago’s house lega...

This week on SceneNoise’s select series, Matthew Benjamin, AKA Bushwacka! - one of the pioneers of the global electronic scene - will be taking over with a very special set. Bushwacka! was at the birth of the acid house era and sowed the seeds of the first wave of tech-house in the UK in the 90s. Initially a percussionist in the London School Symphony Orchestra, Bushwacka! became a member of the R...

This week on Select, Cairo’s underground favourite Nour Fahmy is coming through with a razor-sharp house mix that cuts through the noise, blending acid-leaning beats, crisp electro breaks and hypnotic minimal grooves. A masterclass in underground sound for the true professional ravers. Bon appétit.

Select 344: Mixed by mishmish by SceneNoise

This Saturday on our Select series, we have a special set from Zdat, a Cairo native DJ and the co-founder of techno party series Veldt. With a penchant for digging up unconventional sounds and taking cues from the underground scene in London and New York, Zdat blends hard techno, dance and ghetto-techno with industrial percussion and broken rhythms. On our Select 343, Zdat stitches together an unp...

Taking over our Select 342 this week is A.M.I.R.A, hailing from Casablanca, Morocco. She is known for exploring a variety of techno sub-genres, weaving groovy and hypnotic beats into her sets, which she also showcases in her new podcast series Return to Groove. Her Select set is a techno mix driven by deep basslines and featuring rhythmic claps, crisp drum patterns and hypnotic vocal loops, over m...

This week’s Select mix comes straight from a high-voltage night where MSIYAN played alongside I Hate Models, an evening that carved itself into the memory of everyone in the room. Born Mahsa Asiyan, the Iranian DJ and producer has become known for her euphoric yet tightly controlled sound, navigating fast techno and trance with a groove-heavy sensibility that hits the chest before it hits the floo...

This Saturday on Select, Paris-based Apple Music host and DJ Naomi takes charge. Her sets are known for being irresistibly danceable, where Afro-Caribbean rhythms and bass music pulse through rap and R&B tunes. Naomi has been a resident of Rinse France since 2021, curating two monthly shows: Club Gems and R&B Gems. Her select set is an energetic summer-leaning mix of percussive, synocopated rhythm...

In this edition of Select, we spotlight Vegie, a genre-blurring DJ whose curiosity and obsession with sound have made him one to watch in the region’s leftfield scene. Known for his fearless blends and emotional unpredictability, his sets pull from bass-heavy UK club cuts, lo-fi rhythms, and dancefloor catharsis. Vegie’s musical journey started in his early teens, experimenting with mashups on a d...

Rebequita takes the helm of our Select series, delivering an hour-long mix full of diverse sounds that have shaped her eclectic journey. Expect high-energy blends of electronic beats, hyper-pop, and unexpected genres, as she merges sounds that defy traditional boundaries and explore new musical territories. The mix features recent favourites, unreleased gems, and tracks that break down the barrier...

This Saturday, BENN - a Taipei-based producer, DJ and founder of Over My Body dance label - is taking over our Select series with a one-hour mix of his recent productions and current favourites, blending Asian influences with sharp broken beats. The set features tunes like ‘Shiny Surgery’ by Cortical and ‘Veil of Dusk’ by Yes Reven. BENN has been igniting dancefloors across several continents with...

Select 336: Mixed by Kira by SceneNoise

For our latest Select, we have Lebanese vinyl maverick, NeighborsByMusic. Her penchant for discovering new sounds has led her to build an extensive repertoire over the years, blending diverse music styles from different cultures. Her sets often incorporate influences from oriental, Brazilian funk, hip-hop and jazz. NeighborsByMusic treats us to a special vinyl-only set–initially recorded at JIVE i...

Select 334 comes courtesy of Jean-Philippe Kaya, aka KAYA, a Los Angeles-based DJ and producer hailing from Bordeaux, France. Dubbed a Future Talent of 2025 by the Pete Tong DJ Academy in Ibiza, KAYA is known for fusing various musical influences from his Cameroonian and Congolese roots, as well at classical piano compositions, with contemporary electronic music. His music has traversed dancefloor...

This Saturday, we have Cairo-based DJ Azzouni with a special mix that’s a little bit of everything from outside the club, packed with touchdowns in various sonic territories from Jamaica, Nubia, and Capo Verde, just to name a few. One of the most riotous DJs and producers in Cairo’s underground electronic scene, Azzouni is known for his signature genre-hyphenated experimental sets, mixing ambient,...