SceneNoise
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July 31, 2025 • 55 mins
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 legacies. With influences ranging from...
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July 29, 2025 • 61 mins
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 Rat Pack after a warehouse party in...
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July 23, 2025 • 61 mins
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.
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July 14, 2025 • 60 mins
Select 344: Mixed by mishmish by SceneNoise
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July 3, 2025 • 64 mins
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 unpredictable set that moves through...
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July 2, 2025 • 61 mins
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 minimal melodies. The set features...
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June 25, 2025 • 61 mins
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 floor.
MSIYAN's mix is a peak-time tr...
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June 25, 2025 • 60 mins
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 rhythms with deep bass cuts, and subtle...
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June 21, 2025 • 63 mins
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 dusty family desktop. With a hand-m...
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June 19, 2025 • 59 mins
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 barriers between club music, experimental ...
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June 12, 2025 • 61 mins
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 his symbolic, explosive energy a...
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June 11, 2025 • 60 mins
Select 336: Mixed by Kira by SceneNoise
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June 4, 2025 • 180 mins
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 thr...
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June 4, 2025 • 61 mins
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 f...
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May 31, 2025 • 213 mins
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 dec...
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May 29, 2025 • 64 mins
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 fi...
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May 14, 2025 • 62 mins
Select 331: Mixed by Rubbishhh by SceneNoise
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May 8, 2025 • 60 mins
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...
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May 8, 2025 • 73 mins
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 gain...
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May 1, 2025 • 58 mins
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!
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