Mixes

As parts of the world are heading back into lockdown, this mix reflects that in-between limbo state of closed clubs, isolation and a contorted version of normal.

“This mix comes off the back of playing a handful of sets in the brief, surreal period of legal dancing before our most recent lockdown in Sydney. I find myself sticking it out in the slower tempos these days as I still feel a bit disconnected from high-tempo dance music.”

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Crack Mix 410: DJ Plead

Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2022/truancy-volume-292-dj-plead/

Soundcloud: @1djplead

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DJ Plead

Truancy Volume 292: DJ Plead

Rinse France Podcast

Takeover Nuits sonores @ Satriale : DJ Plead - 26 Mai 2022

Recording of DJ Plead & Phillip Jondo's set at Dekmantel Festival 2022.

Dekmantel Festival 2022

DJ Plead & Phillip Jondo at Dekmantel Festival 2022

DEBONAIR connects the musical dots, with a particular affinity for post-punk, techno and vintage electronica.

https://www.nts.live/shows/debonair/episodes/debonair-23rd-november-2022

DEBONAIR w/ DJ Plead - 23rd November 2022

Recorded 27.05.23

DJ Plead:
Hailing from Melbourne/Naarm and now based in Sydney/Eora, DJ Plead crafts distinctive club anthems infused with his rich Lebanese heritage. Seamlessly merging contemporary RnB, club, and dance styles with the rhythms, scales, and timbres of Lebanese pop and traditional wedding music, his innovative approach yields percussive, hard-hitting tracks. With a debut EP 'Get in Circle' on air max 97's DECISIONS label, DJ Plead has toured Europe and China, and is also half of the drum-driven duo Poison, a member of the electrifying trio BV, and the founder of the SUMAC label.

Ben Fester:
Sydney / Eora-based selector and producer, Ben Fester, emerges as a trailblazer in the new wave of prodigious talents. Spearheading the Heavenly party series and possessing formidable disc jockey skills, he continues to expand his horizons, making his presence felt. With mastery over house, disco, and the spectrum in between, Ben Fester stands as one of the nation's most noteworthy talents.

Club 77 Live: DJ Plead B2B Ben Fester

This is a re-recording of my SR set. Unfortunately, the audio recording had stopped due to a power cut earlier in the evening.

Thanks for having me Sustain Release! I'll never forget this <3

DJ Plead - Sustain Release, Year 9

Just little old me playing some tunes that I've recently been enjoying!

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DJ Plead @ The Lot Radio 05-13-2024

Recording of Deena Abdelwahed & DJ Plead's set at Lentekabinet 2024.

Deena Abdelwahed & DJ Plead at Lentekabinet 2024

Fritto FM

DJ Plead at Superflat 14.09.24

The supremely talented DJ Plead launches us into a mind warping world of percussive pleasures and dexterous genre bending, with his trademark agile club rhythms and pacy low end palpitations on full display in episode 303!

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Q. What inspiration did you draw upon when planning this mix, and what type of listening environment could you imagine it being easily enjoyed in? 

A. I actually looked through my rekordbox history from a recent Animalia night I played in Naarm and drew some inspiration from that. When listening back to the mix I can imagine it being played for a semi-casual game of Futsal or something like that. I feel like there are some light-footed tracks in there that would be useful to some nimble futsal players. 

Q. Are there any songs in the mix that are especially close to your heart, and what is it about these cuts that resonate with you so much?

A. Mata by Nidia & Valentina

It's taken off  a truly sublime Album that I draw lots of inspiration from. It's simultaneously organic and loose and club-playable, which is a tough one to get right. It's something I’m constantly trying to achieve but they seem to have done it effortlessly. 

Dotted by Cliques

I actually tried to google to see if I’ve ever put this tune in another guest mix before. I probably have, so I’ll apologise for that now. Cliques has always had a big influence on me since I started producing music. They’ve since stopped producing themselves which is a shame but I always play their old tunes out if I can. RIP Cliques..

Q. One of the things I’ve been fascinated with in your DJ sets (the Sustain-Release set for example) is your mixing of polyrhythms to seamlessly bridge tempos throughout a set. How did you first get inspired to experiment with this style and what are some of otherwise conflicting genres/sounds that have blended nicely?

A. My DJing style is at times an extension of my music production. I think this might be a good example of that. The sustain release transition from 150 to 100 is using a tune that I produced years ago in a 3/4 time signature. I’ve produced a few tunes over the past few years that are able to do that. It just allows me at times to bounce around to different worlds and stops me from feeling stuck in a tempo-range. I haven’t done it so much recently but I’d like to get back into doing it. It can create a really strange feeling for the audience. At Sustain-Release, a lot of the audience were on hallucinogens so it felt appropriate to get trippy in that way. It's harder to pull off in a nightclub environment.

I’m no longer sure what the original inspiration for experimenting with this style was. Playing a lot of tunes that have a polyrhythm in them can often make you feel like you have the option to dance at two different tempos.

MDC.303 DJ Plead

Some percussive nonsense I'm guessing!

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DJ Plead b2b Baby Leo @ The Lot Radio 06-06-2025

Mix originally for Body Promise Radio https://soundcloud.com/bodypromise/dj-plead-mix

Tracklist:

??? - ???
DJ Plead - Milad
علدبكة يا شباب - دبكة دهدونك (DJ Plead remix)
Sadat & Alaa Fifty Cent - The Release
Ruby - Leih Beydary Keda (DJ Plead remix)
Moustafa Hagag - Ya Mna3na3
Tito El-Bent - Di Ta3bany 
??? - دبكة ناار (DJ Plead remix)
??? - محكمة المجاوز (DJ Plead edit)
Rabih El Asmar - Bent El Akaber

٠١ (for Body Promise)

??? - Dabke Fire (DJ Plead Remix)
DJ Plead - Slide Out
Dean Lyon - Petrinos (Neana on tha Trak)
T.Morimoto - Talk a Walk
Dhakiy Madani - Desert Sunset (DJ Plead Bootleg)
Fatigado - Toques de Terror
DJ Plead - Te`Ala (ruf demo)
Magic System - Un gaou à Oran (feat. Mohamed Lamine) 
Noire - Palm Leaf
DJ Polo - Swervin’
Poison - CCGC60
DJ Plead - DVE
DJ Haram - Body Count
DJ Plead - Cuz in the Club (demo)
DJ Plead - LL
DJ Plead - Massari & Me
??? - ??? (All credits to Sarnay Restaurant & DJ Ayman - Akkar, Lebanon)
DJ Plead - M11
Saria Al Sawas - Ma Mallet
DJ PLead - Boutros (demo)

DJ Plead Triple J Mix Up

Melbourne's DJ Plead follows releases for DECISIONS and Nervous Horizon with a brilliantly paced selection for Astral Plane Mix 188

More info and track list: https://dotheastralplane.com/2019/04/10/dj-plead-mix-for-the-astral-plane/

Download: https://we.tl/t-0FyEJjBDEl

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DJ Plead Mix For The Astral Plane

Melbourne's DJ Plead melts Middle Eastern percussion into contemporary club structures on this mind-altering mix.

For more info and tracklist head here: https://www.factmag.com/2019/07/16/dj-plead-fact-mix/

FACT Mixes

Tracklist

FACT mix 717 - DJ Plead (July '19)

Rinse FM Podcast

Download

Nervous Horizon Takeover - Volume 3 Special: DJ Plead - 16 November 2019

NTS November w/ DJ Plead b2b Cop Envy

Melbourne-based DJ Plead is one of the newest members of Nervous Horizon, the label co-founded by TSVI - an Italian artist living in UK. Both artists explore rhythmic traditions from around the world, with a special focus on Lebanese wedding and pop music (Plead) and Sufi practices (TSVI). They played b2b for the first time at Unsound 2019 in Kraków, exploring the breadth of percussive music in front of a tightly packed Kitchen at Hotel Forum. Here's a recording of that set, filled to the brim with some of the freshest tunes in club music right now.

Unsound Podcast 58: TSVI b2b DJ Plead

DJ Plead is a comparatively new alias for an artist who has been busy on the Melbourne scene for years. Jarred Beeler started as part of a DJ trio, then played in a percussive dance duo known as Poison, but as DJ Plead he has made most impact. Drawing on the Arab influences that come from being half Lebanese, he layers Middle Eastern percussion on top of lithe club rhythms and the results on labels like Nervous Horizon and DECISIONS are electrifying. 

This week's podcast proves he's also a master of threading together unhinged grooves and weird syncopations in the club. At times the drums are piled up so high and unevenly they feel like they're about to collapse in a heap around you, at others they're drawn out and deeper, sinking you into a hypnosis. Worldly drum sounds and intoxicating eastern melodies colour in the airwaves throughout, making this a series of glorious sonic collisions that up to one hell of a dance.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 271 - DJ Plead

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