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Festival of experimental music from SWANA region and its diaspora, Another Sky, announced for London
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Festival of experimental music from SWANA region and its diaspora, Another Sky, announced for London

ZULI and turntablist Mariam Rezaei feature among the acts set to perform at the event

London is getting a new festival which will focus on experimental music from the South West Asia & North Africa (SWANA) region and its diaspora...

Press shot of Nooriyah lying on a red floor. Her curly hair is sprawled across the floor and she is holding either side of her head. She's wearing a green sleeveless top and green earrings
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Recognise: Nooriyah

Nooriyah is a DJ and musical archivist who’s changing the narrative around music from the South-West Asian and North African (SWANA) region, highlighting its global influence and embedding it in her genre-jumping club sets, radio shows and socials. Alongside her party-starting Recognise mix, she speaks to Ria Hylton about her journey so far, keeping it high-energy, and encouraging others to pursue their passion

“I know I’ve hit a gem when my face muscles screw like I’ve smelt something bad, you know?” Nooriyah tells DJ Mag. “If my face...

Premiere: Muskila ‘QAAR A’
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Muskila mixes Kurdish percussion with driving techno on ‘QAAR’ EP: Listen

The Copenhagen-based artist takes visual influences from the drift driving community in Amman, Jordan on his new two-tracker

Muskila will release a new two-track EP, ‘QAAR’, next week. Listen to the A-Side below. The Copenhagan-based DJ, producer and founder of SWANA-focused club night...
Music
Premiere: Nermin Niazi & Feisal Mosleh ‘Sari Sari Raat (Moving Still Edit)’

Jeddah-born, Dublin-based Moving Still delivers a dazzling cosmic disco edit of Pakistani-British duo Nermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh’s 1984 track ‘Sari Sari Raat’ for Discostan...

British-Pakistani disco duo Nermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh have had two tracks from their 1984 album, ‘Disco Se Aagay’, remixed by Moving Still for...