Scenenoise Podcast

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 in Beirut–that meshes together threads of Brazilian bossa nova, funk, and Arabic oldies from Simone and Hamid El Shaeri with 90s hip-hop and a hint of jazzy house here and there. The colossal proportions of the set, fitting together a multitude of different sounds, are somewhat reflective of the organised chaos that Lebanon is known for. Featuring a thoughtfully curated selection of feel-good tunes, such as Ezra Collective’s ‘Palm Wine’, Mtume’s ‘Juicy Fruit’, and Simone’s ‘Mabsouta’, the set ends abruptly, as if alluding to a typical electricity cut at midnight in Beirut.

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 dancefloors at some of the world’s biggest festivals, including Glastonbury, Coachella, and EDC Las Vegas. His select set is a hypnotic mix of melodic and afro tech-house grooves, featuring some of his own productions, along with a selection of his favourite tunes, such as ‘Oumuamua’ by Sauaro, ‘Eyes on Me’ by TMPLE and ‘Back 2 Me’ by Malachiii.

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, breakbeat, grime, jungle and deconstructed club sounds. Instead of a traditional mix, Azzouni dug deep into his sonic library to bring us more of a three-hour, 33-minute and 33-second playlist, chasing joy outside the club vibes. The playlist is inspired by a recent trip Azzouni made to a pristine natural beach in Wadi El Gemal protectorate, called Ras Hankorab (which is currently facing a threat of being turned into a luxury resort. The set is a patchwork of various sounds that skate across swaggering funk, dub reggae, blues, jazz, and everything in between, featuring a thoughtfully curated selection of eclec

Joining us on this episode of our Select mix series is the one and only Cheb Runner. A musical hurricane rooted in Moroccan soil, Cheb Runner is a DJ, composer and producer who represents a new sound of in-betweenness, nurtured by a diverse array of musical influences that run back and forth in time. His sets often feature first-hand recordings from his expansive sample pack of traditional instrumentals. In addition to being a fixture at some of the biggest clubs and festivals across Europe, Cheb Runner is a resident at Ghana’s Oroko Radio, a familiar face at Brussels' finest Kiosk Radio, and part of Rotterdam’s (A)WAKE collective. Most recently, he has also joined the Brussels-based Not Your Techno family. For his select set, Cheb Runner delivers a playful analog mix, supported by a unique set of synthesisers, where traditional Maghrebi sounds and shaabi rhythms pulse through deep techno, disco and Dutch gabber.

Select 331: Mixed by Rubbishhh by SceneNoise

Joining us this week on Select is Peter Al-Khabout, aka PAK, an emerging selector who has been recently making noise in the electronic music scene across Syria and Lebanon with his genre-blurring sets, packed with bold track selection and unexpected twists. For our Select the 330th, PAK takes us on a deep hypnotic journey of fresh grooves, heavy basslines, and dramatic, but also euphoric, buildups. His mix moves through lush house, relentless techno and atmospheric electronica. Think Dorisburg’s deep textures layered up with DJ Koze’s serpentine-like twists, and a dash of the driving energy of Ben Block. The set features a selection of eclectic tunes such as Shiffer’s ‘Magnum’, Aera’s ‘Running Hot’ and Luke Alessi’s ‘Walk On By’.

This week on Select, we have one of Cairo’s freshest young producers and selectors, Delrady, known for his innovative approach to tech-house, blending groovy house with classic funk, disco and blues, as well as hip-hop and rap. Since his emergence in the region’s electronic scene, Delrady has already released five EPs, such as ‘Big Big Dreams’ EP on Gawdat’s DancIN’ label, along with numerous singles and remixes, which have gained widespread recognition from leading DJs and producers across the globe. One of his tracks, ‘Keeping Working’, was played at Burning Man earlier last year. For his select set, he treats us to a taste of his infectious tech-house mixes, spinning in iconic rap tunes such as Central Cee’s ‘Doja’, and Drake & Lil Baby’s ‘Yes Indeed’, along with some of his original productions such as ‘Big Big Dreams’.

Back on our Select mix series for his annual takeover is the legendary Wookie warrior, Chewie. Known for digging up fresh, groove-heavy tracks, whether it’s sweat-soaked disco-house or heady minimal rhythms, Chewie is delivering an hour-long journey into the cosmos of house. This is a warped, high-energy set that would make Kessel Run look like a stroll in the park. Buckle up!

Select 327: Mixed by Fouad Darwish by SceneNoise

This week on SceneNoise’s Select series, we have the one and only DJ Habibeats. Born and raised in San Francisco’s Bay Area, DJ Habibeats is an internationally acclaimed artist who has been actively pushing Middle Eastern sounds in the global clubbing scene. He has built up a reputation for his culturally-charged electrifying sets, combining club sounds from the Middle East with afrobeats, amapiano, house, baile funk, and Brazilian and Latin influences. For his Select set, DJ Habibeats cooked us a culturally-charged house mix, featuring a kaleidoscope of musical influences from the Middle East and North Africa, India, and Brazil all wrapped up in deep club cuts. Expect some fun detours, and tunes like ‘Walhala’ - DJ Rony, ‘Merzzy’, ‘Gqom Do Pam Pam’ - Bronka, ‘State Off’, as well as some original productions by Habibeats himself.

Born and raised in Tangier, Yassir is one of the most exciting and versatile selectors in Morocco’s underground electronic scene. His sets mesh together sonic textures from jazz with pulsating house grooves, always featuring a fine selection of eclectic tunes from the likes of Cobblestone Jazz and Rhadoo. He has been dominating dancefloors at major clubs and festivals in Romania, UK and Morocco, and sharing the decks with global techno icons the likes of Traumer, Ricardo Villalobos, and Sonja Moonear, just to name a few. Yassir takes over our Select today with a trance-inducing mix of breakbeat, progressive house and techno, featuring tunes from some of his favourite record labels and producers like Kosh, Jeku, Olsvangèr, Rudolf C, and Sansibar.

This Saturday on SceneNoise’s Select, HALAWA - arguably one of the most promising selectors in Dubai - takes us on a colourful house journey that gradually builds in velocity from ambient to heavy rhythmic basslines. The set is packed with an eclectic track selection such as Calabasas’ ‘Bubble Trouble’, Delicious Inc’s ‘The Poem’, and Trik’s ‘Feel Good’.

Taking over our latest edition of Select is Bahrain-based DJ Sudz. Having initially begun his journey in the electronic music scene seven years ago spinning Jungle and Drum & Bass, Sudz has recently started dabbling more into the techno spectrum. He has quickly built a reputation in the region for his vigilant crate digging and multi-layered sets that traversed dancefloors in Dubai and Amman. His select set, which marks his comeback to the night life after a brief hiatus, encompasses sounds from his earliest influences, toeing with the peripheries between chill hypnotic melodies and dark ominous grooves –all wrapped in a relentless 4/4 drum pattern. The set features eclectic tunes by international artists such as ‘RB208’ by Oscar Mulero, ‘Forgotten Dunes’ by Funk Assault, and ‘Linear System’ by Kosher.

This week on Select, Cairo-based DJ Omar Ezzo returns to our Select series with an Afronic-flavoured mix of deep house and tribal rhythms. Omar Ezzo has built a reputation for himself in Cairo’s clubbing scene with his fresh take on afro-house. He’s also shared the decks with a latitude of international acts with the likes of Boris Brejcha, Magdalena, Giorgia Anguili, Sebastian Leger, Adana Twins, Andhim, Edu imbernon, Hannes Bieger, Massano and many more.

This week on SceneNoise’s Select, Egyptian DJ, producer Awadly takes us on a flavourful journey of groovy house and minimal tech, serving up some spicy high-energy with a generous amount of feel-good vibes and kicks. A prominent feature in the nightlife scene, Awadly previously shared the decks with a roster of the world’s biggest DJs the likes of Pawsa, Dennis Cruz, Whomadewho, Ricardo Villalobos and Sonja Moonear. Listen to the full set below

Up next on Select we host Sherif, an up-and-coming DJ from Cairo with a bouncy house mix that dabbles into the upbeat side of the spectrum. Think erratic synths, quick stabs and driving basslines with fleeting moments of melodic rhythms here and there. The set features tunes from the likes of Dennis Cruz, Paul Woolford and Le Femme.

This week on Select, we welcome YoungWoman, an Amsterdam-based Egyptian DJ, producer, and co-founder of Los Angles Collective. Known for her genre-smashing sets and innovative mixing style, YoungWoman has been turning heads on the global stage, performing at some of the world’s top festivals, including Rewire. Playful, energetic and surprising, her Select set is a percussive bass-driven rollercoaster ride into the left-field electronic spectrum, featuring explosive rhythms, scratchy noise textures, and a selection of eclectic tunes by some of the region’s top artists such as Zuli and Shabjdeed.

On this episode of Select, we have an eclectic b2b set from Tunisia’s budding selectors formiq and Belgaida, who are the co-founders of the mix series Unspoken Sessions –a platform that serves as an outlet for rising regional DJs to showcase their unspoken tastes beyond the packed dancefloor and club environment. Recorded at the 13th edition of the Tunisian electronic festival Fabrika, the set is an improvised ambient mix with sustained mellow synth notes that journey through different corners of the electronic spectrum, where genres blur into one cohesive sound that feels evermore cinematic and dreamy.

This week on Select, we have Brenda all the way from Colombia. Throughout the past three years, he has galloped through various sonic territories within the global electronic music scene, establishing himself as a figure that is hard to define and one of the most innovative DJs in the globe. In his selection and mixing style, Brenda embraces the idea of ‘plunder-techno’, a collage of traditional Latin rhythms, encompassing dembow, cumbia, djembe and guaracha, interspersed with variations of bass music, while incorporating noise textures close to IDM and club music. For his select set, the Colombia native DJ and producer brings a mix that encapsulates his passion for the multiplicity of latitudes within the global south and its diaspora. He meshes together threads of Mexican tribal, Colombian bailoteo and Andean techno with the emancipated UK bass scene across the globe, playing on the similarities between Latin dembow and the new waves of electronic music from the Middle East region. “It’s an x-ray of my i

In this episode of Select, we have the Dutch-Kurdish DJ/producer duo CHAMOS, who have built a cult following across Europe with their club edits, fusing traditional West Asian sounds with bass and house music. For our Select 316, CHAMOS is bringing a mix dedicated to their latest EP ‘From Erbil to Amsterdam’, a project that turns traditional Kurdish instrumentals into hard-hitting club anthems. The mix features their own edits of SWANA classics along with tunes by famous producers who inspired them and have been played in their club sets.