Mixed for Daniil Grigorev

Out now on Rebellion: lnk.to/RBL084

Toronto-based talent Mustafa Ismaeel inaugurates Rebellion’s 2022 release schedule with the four-track EP Right Here. It marks his first output on the label and sets the tone for a highlight year ahead.

Mustafa spoke on what the release represents, stating: “This EP captures the essence and versatility of the music I play and create. Crossing multiple genres and styles, yet they all share the two main aspects of my music: groove and emotion."

The title track leads the charge, taking the form of a gently-building dance cut as glistening hats converge on sweeping kick-hat pairings. Darkest Love soon arrives, a collaborative effort between Mustafa and London-mainstay Hoomance. It warms with a gentle lucidity, as dream-like pads meld into ethereal vocal tones, before Messing Around takes its place. Four-four drum patterns cosy up next to echoing lyrical samples, paving the way for the final piece: Hindsight. Emotive and soothing, it retains an inherent club-ready feel - the perfect match for opening or closing a performance.

Based in the thriving cultural hub of Toronto, DJ and producer Mustafa Ismaeel is an artist that consistently redefines musical boundaries. Born in Iraq, growing up in India and maturing in Canada, the Deep House Toronto founder has released on several of contemporary house’s leading imprints, including Steyoyoke, Manual and Dream Cultur to name a few. Now, Right Here marks the biggest release of his career so far, showcasing him as a standout tastemaker in today’s scene.

Mustafa Ismaeel, Hoomance

Messing Around

Mustafa Ismaeel - Messing Around

Fulltone - Far From This World feat. Zein

sonic shapes to feel and heal @refugeworldwide
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Green-House - Peperomia Seedling
Domenique Dumont - Gone for a Wander
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - You Make Me Feel Brandnew
Beverly Copeland - Durocher
John Carroll Kirby - Phoebe´s Theme
Unearth Noise/ Dreamspeak - Offering Bowl
Sean La´Brooy - Triplet Falls (with Kalia Vandever)
Mort Garson - Rhapsody in Green
Erykah Badu - Green Eyes
Miles Davis & Robert Glasper feat. Laura Mvula - Silence is the Way
Chick Corea - Crystal Silence
Mort Garson - Music To Soothe The Savage Snake Plant
James Blake - Measurements
Rare Silk - Stormy

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"Every genuine piece of music has an idea." Ludwig van Beethoven

Stream & download: https://orcd.co/peace39

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Stream & Download

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PREMIERE: Mustafa Ismaeel & Enamour- Nothingness [ Rebellion ]

Release Title: Groove You Ep
Producer: Mustafa Ismaeel
Label: Rebellion
Cat.-Nr.:  RBL095
Release Date: 16.06.2023

Buy Link: https://orcd.co/RBL095

Promotext:
Crosstown Rebels sub-label Rebellion welcomes back Toronto-based DJ/producer Mustafa Ismaeel for his ‘Groove You’ EP, featuring collaborations with Dilby and Enamour.
Iraqi-born Canadian artist Mustafa Ismaeel has been a vital part of the Toronto underground scene and is now sharing his music and energy across the globe. Releasing on contemporary labels such as The Soundgarden, Steyoyoke and Manual, as well as Damian Lazarus’ Rebellion, his musical output aims to constantly redefine his musical boundaries, with groove and emotion as the key to his material. Returning to the label following his recent appearance at Get Lost during MMW, he serves up a trio of considered and cultured house records across his ‘Groove You’ EP, featuring a pair of classy first-time collaborations.

“With this release I tried to focus on the groove while conveying emotions in a subtle manner. I followed a more intuitive and practical approach with tracks that simply work on the dancefloor. Collaborating with Enamour, Dilby and the vocalist Shar has been a real treat as we had an effortless understanding of each other’s vision.” - Mustafa Ismaeel.

The EP opens with solo production and title cut ‘Groove You’, a seven-minute roller with gritty claps and percussion over rich bass designs. Add warm, swirling pads and a hypnotic lead synth next to the steamy vocals, and you have an emotionally intense cut.

Next comes the first collaboration with Dilby, a tastemaker with releases on labels like 8Bit, Saved and Bondage Music. Together they cook up ‘Twisted Mind’ featuring Shar, a deep house sound with supple drums and bass underneath emotive vocals that bring the soul to this heads-down groove. Closing the EP is ‘Nothingness’ alongside LA-based talent Enamour, whose dynamic and powerful sound has taken him to labels such as Last Night On Earth, Get Physical Music and Factory 93. Their collaboration is a brilliantly chunky mid-tempo house groove with sensuous sax motifs, lush chords and muttered vocals, bringing a sense of late-night intimacy.

Mustafa Ismaeel ‘Groove You’ EP drops via Rebellion on 16th June 2023.

Tracklist
1. Mustafa Ismaeel - Groove You
2. Mustafa Ismaeel & Dilby - Twisted Mind feat. Shar
3. Mustafa Ismaeel & Enamour - Nothingness

✘ Producer: Mustafa Ismaeel
https://soundcloud.com/mustafaismaeelmusic
https://www.instagram.com/mustafaismaeelmusic/

✘ Producer: Enamour
https://on.soundcloud.com/VapBgtHWFZR3VMeB6
https://instagram.com/enamourmusic?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

✘ Label: Rebellion (UK)*
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Groove You EP (feat. Dilby & Enamour)

PREMIERE: Mustafa Ismaeel & Enamour - Nothingness [ Rebellion ]

This mix features a diverse array of instrumental and rap hiphop music and is mixed by Haus & Baum's own khaderbai. There is no particular theme, but the groove that drives it. It assembles newly released as well as already older, established music. This particular mix has been originally recorded for Les Collaborateurs, a radio format on Redline Radio focussing on hiphop music.
http://redlineradio.ch

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Tracklist:

0:00 Strictlybutters – PBS Nights (Star Hustler)
03:18 El Jazzy Chavo – Astronomical Funk
05:31 Dyl Thomas & Saint Surly – No Logo
08:28 Snips – Just Another Message
10:53 Hakim-Norbert x Carl Aqua – En Retard
12:36 Franz Branntwein – Fein
13:42 Godfather Don – Frontin’ Ass Ducks
18:05 Tru Comers – Get Down
21:12 Mach-Hommy – Kriminel
23:45 Saint Surly –WrksFrJrks
25:18 Tom Doolie & Cap Kendricks – Stay and Wander
28:27 Sturks – Radiant Sound
30:28 Hakim-Norber x Birdy Sanjazz – Sur le bancs de la school
32:38 Lexx / LX72 – 1994
35:09 Ikbin – Yedek
37:41 The Doppelgangaz – Grapefruit
39:24 The Mischevious LQ And The Mad Mischief Crew – Battery Strategy
42:05 Al Dobson Jr – Cigar Box
44:02 Ill Funk Posse – Funk Etot Funk
44:53 Primeridian – Wordz of Wizdom feat. Kronikerz
47:55 90vo – Amandelstaaf
50:13 DJ Kutdown – DevastateAndDominate
52:58 DJ PC – Kaya
55:03 Jazz Spastiks – Sarcadian Rhythms
57:28 Science of Sound – I Want It All

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Disclaimer: We don't own the copyrights of any music contained in this mix unless otherwise noted.

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Photo used for the cover: © Roland Seelentag / @rapcinema & @bigineurope (IG)

khaderbai's 30 minutes of BOOM! 60 minutes Special – Les Collaborateurs Guest Mix, January 2023

kaleidoscoping/Peven Everett Special @refugeworldwide July 2023

episode 55 of summer school radio, featuring a special guest hour from black star vinyl.

tracklist !

Lovie’s hour:

Without Love – Peter Brown
See The Light – Earth, Wind & Fire
People of Yoruba – Jah Shaka & Mad Professor 
Nautilus – Bob James
Take It All – Fatima & Roc Marciano 
Kontrabad – Adelhard Roidinger
Castles of Sand – Jermaine Jackson
Feel the Fire (Chez N Trent Dub) – Naomi Daniel, Chez N Trent
Lara’s Theme (Streetlive Edit) – Streetlife Originals 
Space Talk (Dmitri in Paris Edit) – Asha Puthli

Bri's hour:

I Took My Strength from You – Sylvester
Don’t You Know That – Luther Vandross
Here We Go Again – The Isley Brothers
Joy and Pain – Maze
Don’t Stop the Music – Yarborough & Peoples
Watching You – Slave
Keep On – D Train
Fools Paradise – Meli’sa Morgan
Irresistible Bitch – Prince 
Just Be Good To Me – Sos Band
May The Force Be With You – Bootsy Collins
Soon As I Get Home – Faith Evans
Love of My Life – The Roots
Erykah Badu – Honey
Give Me A Try – Sizzla
Africa – D’Angelo

summer school radio (55)

I invited my good friend, artist and DJ @skor72 to @refugeworldwide to pay tribute to Hip Hop and celebrate more than 400 episodes of his mix series Sunday Sessions. Traveling from 1993 - 2023...

kaleidoscoping/ guestshow by @skor72 September 2023

Mustafa Ismaeel is back on Crosstown Rebels, drenching his 'Heart Pieces' remix in late-night love and percussion. 

Read more: https://whenwedip.com/2024/01/premiere-mustafa-ismaeel-heart-pieces/

Follow: @mustafaismaeelmusic / @oceanvsorientalis / @crosstownrebels

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Heart Pieces

Premiere: Oceanvs Orientalis, Idil Mese - Heart Pieces (Mustafa Ismaeel Remix) [Crosstown Rebels]

Track Part of Multi Part Album - Measure of Variations - Release Date: 14.09.2025

Preorder from the 04.09.2025 @ https://wash-music.bandcamp.com

Measure of Variations pt. 1

Without Answers

Shop @ Bandcamp

Lost my heart

Thinking Of You

Thinking Of You feat. Camille Safiya (Serge Devant's Floor Cut)

Excited to unveil my new remix for Fabio Aurea - 'Yini' ft Toshi

Fabio Aurea - Yini (ft. Toshi) (Serge Devant Remix)

"To the one who does not swim anywhere - there is no tailwind!"

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Nacho Varela & Cruz Vittor Feat. Nauel - Underworld  (Volen Sentir Remix)

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No Drama EP

No Drama (Feat. Nadav Dagon)

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➤ AFTERHOUR SOUNDS COMPILATION VI
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2025
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➤ 30/04-01/05 Station Endlos/Halle - w. philia & SK
➤ 28.-29.05. Release Party at JK/Berlin
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➤ 06/04 Beate Uwe/Berlin
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➤ 27/07 Klunkerkranich/Berlin [House Edition]
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➤ 02/09 Klunkerkranich/Berlin
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Imagine you're at a great techno party and have just heard the last track when the DJ switches on the lights and a murmur spreads through the crowd: It's time for the afterhour!

Welcome to a world where the sun is not the enemy, but a silent witness to sleepless nights and unlimited dance floor adventures

The afterhour is more than just an extension of the night - it is a universe of its own full of quirky, heartfelt and often hilarious moments. It is the place where the music lives on, time stands still and the party community forges its strongest bonds - even if it is sometimes only perceived with half an open eye and a wry smile. 

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