Natural Phenomena is out now on @kindergartenrecords (November 6th, 2020).

Grab it here https://kindergartenrecords.bandcamp.com/

PLAYS : Released + Forthcoming Tracks

Tracks

Sets / Mixes

A few more Nowadays sets from the past few months :)

2 parts from Sunday's Nonstop (ambling journey w hard + introspective moments)
1 from my residency with DJ Lag last Sept (total party mode)

Recent Nowadays Sets [ 2023-2024 ]

Live from MUTEK Montréal: Ayesha (Crack Magazine)

"In Clusters" is a tightly curated selection of 5 tracks from exciting, contemporary producers Bone Head, Halber Ball, Alicia, Ismael and Ayesha for the mutant club.

100% of the profits for the first month will go directly to the artists.

Mastered by Joshua Eustis
Design by Atact.uk (www.instagram.com/atact.uk)
credits
released April 1, 2021

In Clusters

Fractals

Fractals (out now on Fever AM)

@aye5ha and @masharu explore personal interpretations of elemental forces on their ‘Ether’ EP for @kindergartenrecords. Hear the tough techno chimes of Ayesha’s ‘Varanasi’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-ayesha-varanasi

Ether

Premiere: Ayesha ‘Varanasi’

Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Ayesha (@aye5ha) lines up a four-track EP with Scuffed Recordings, channelling percussive techno, breaks, and bass.

The Potential Energy EP bears all the hallmarks of the sonic universe that Ayesha has made her own on previous releases for the likes of Fever AM, Kindergarten Records, Control Freak, and Daytimers.

Aptly-named opener ‘Potential Energy’ is a rallying cry for the current moment in dance music, as clubs in parts of the world begin to open and ravers release the pent-up energy of the past eighteen months.

Ayesha - Potential Energy

Presenting my final tune on the Potential Energy EP off @scuffedrecs :  Ecstatic Descent...  Something whimsical yet heavy for your crates :)

Stream/Buy full EP:  smarturl.it/PotentialEnergyEP

"Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Ayesha lines up a four-track EP with Scuffed Recordings, channelling percussive techno, breaks, and bass.

The Potential Energy EP bears all the hallmarks of the sonic universe that Ayesha has made her own on previous releases for the likes of Fever AM, Kindergarten Records, Control Freak, and Daytimers.

Aptly-named opener ‘Potential Energy’ is a rallying cry for the current moment in dance music, as clubs in parts of the world begin to open and ravers release the pent-up energy of the past eighteen months.

‘Ecstatic Descent’ is up next and lives up to its title with euphoric arpeggios sprinkled liberally over heavy, syncopated breaks.

Third track ‘We Be Bubblin’ encapsulates Ayesha’s approach to sound design and sample selection, with playful bubbling sounds and vocodered vocals dancing over driving percussion.
Ending the EP is ‘Dark Matter’, the fastest and heaviest track of the bunch, which saw its first outing during Yung Singh’s already-legendary Boiler Room set as part of the Daytimers takeover."

Potential Energy

Ecstatic Descent [Scuffed Recordings]

Always fun to return to my biophilia when I'm not making club music... Here's something on the more introspective side where I sample seashells, water, and mossy Eurorack percussion. 

Talala = One of the most beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka :)

If you like this tune please support Eto Ano's 'No Cash In Booth' Compilation to decriminalize the MTA - details below.

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‘No Cash in Booth’ is a Bandcamp exclusive digital music compilation by Brooklyn-based record label Eto Ano, supporting the decriminalization of fare-beating on the New York MTA. Sixteen New York-based musicians express their dissent towards the over-policing of the MTA.

The compilation is calling for the passing of NYS Senate Bill S581 and NYS Assembly Bill A6119, which would both decriminalize fare-beating, and is also pointing towards other measures of accountability over the NYPD such as making the NYPD commissioner an electable position.

The only prompt given to compilation participants was “music of resistance”. Across the 18-track release, we hear sounds of the New York subway interspersed between ambient tracks, New York house, UKG, bass music, acid techno, and more. 

Label profits from the compilation sales are split between the National Lawyers Guild New York Chapter, which provides legal support to those protestors and victims of police repression, and The Legal Aid Society, which provides essential legal services to low-income New Yorkers.

“•••”

Intro (2:15)
Ma Sha Ru - Goryacho (4:22)
Ayesha - Talala (4:16)
esven - Gothamite (6:41)
Phil Moffa - Subway Art (5:39)
LEX - ricecake (3:38)
sspurgee - Big Head (6:30)
.avo - 3 minutes (5:24)
Royalty - These Streets (6:03)
Escaflowne - Gold Lyfe (5:13)
Tony G - Trinity Rise Dub (7:15)
K Wata - Wok Hei (5:11)
Omaj - Quinn (4:27)
Alien D - Scrambler (6:32) 
Bergsonist - When people will talk (2:48)
Noah Prebish - Bedford-Nostrand At 3:37 AM (4:10)
Outro  (1:05)

Total (1:12:39)

“•••”

All tracks mastered by Marisa Kimiko Saunders, except track 7 'sspurgee - Big Head' mastered by Phil Moffa.  Intro & Outro by sspurgee  A&R - Olivia Klutse & Spurge Carter

No Cash in Booth: A Compilation by Eto Ano (Supporting Decriminalizing the MTA)

Talala

Talala (Eto Ano - Compilation to Decriminalize the MTA)

of course this mix doesn't capture the infectious energy of the room (it really was a dialog)...  + the Basement sound system  ... but hopefully it will get you close ;) thanks again to everyone who was there, truly a night for the books <3

AYESHA @ Fourth World 2K22 (@ BASEMENT NY 7/3/22)

Finally got the audio for my closing set at Nowadays on 8/6/22! 

3-6:30 AM. Hope you enjoy/relive some of the moments + track IDs upon request (I might be a little slow but I'll get back 2 u) ...

Big shoutout to Facta and K-Lone for joining me + setting the vibes so right.

For those of you who weren't there plz come to the next one! The last night of my 2022 residency is October 15 with a very special Berlin guest  :) + 2023 dates TBA.

Ayesha Nowadays Residency (Aug 6, 2022 )

Over the past five years, Fever AM has given us a steady drip of exquisitely modern, genre-defying club music, from angular rhythm sculptures like Gacha Bakradze's "Daraji" to twisted party-rockers like Rhyw's "Biggest Bully."

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw have put together a compilation that captures their strikingly fresh vision. "It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature" presents core Fever AM artists like Xen Chron and Ayesha alongside a few newcomers to the label, such as Pariah, MSJY, Peder Mannerfelt. Fans of the label know what to expect: soundsystem-tailored bangers with a surreal twist, for DJs that like to keep the crowd on their toes.

It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature (Fever AM)

Bandcamp

Ayesha - Swim

Another afterhours journey at Nowadays on Oct 15th for your listening pleasure :) 

This set was like driving a fast car (I never learned to drive). Started at 150BPM  but then I took it down a couple notches as the night came to a close.  Expect lots of wub wubs, chill techy moments, juke n jungle, spiraling electro, loads of percs, and of course: surprising edits (it was a Saturday night after all!).

Track IDs on request...

Ayesha Nowadays Residency (Oct 15, 2022 )

Been a few minutes since I shared audio from a Nowadays residency, so here you go :) 

Another closer from 3-6, this one was especially fun post-EU tour, had a lot of stuff I'd been dying to rinse. Big ups to Coco Bryce + Bluetoof for joining me on this one. Forgive me on the mic, thanks to my formative wedding sets over the years I am usually an OK mic person (when I'm not celebrating my bday) :P :D :X

Ayesha Nowadays Residency (March 18, 2023)

We're ecstatic to welcome Nowadays resident and one of NY’s brightest stars AYESHA (@aye5ha) to FAST_CAST. Ayesha’s dynamic releases can be found across dance music’s most exciting labels including Fever AM, Kindergarten and Scuffed. This mix is from the second hour of Ayesha's mind-bending set at Fast At Work on March 31 2023. Strap in!

FAST_CAST 007: Ayesha

another not-so-serious dance till dawn :)

Ayesha Nowadays Residency (May 20, 2023)

New York-based label Kindergarten Records is thrilled to unveil Ayesha’s (@aye5ha) debut album, ‘Rhythm is Memory’ – 10 boundary-pushing tracks, a shape-shifting percussive journey with electric moments. While intended for maximum dancefloor impact, Ayesha’s first LP is also conceptually thought-provoking and playful, exploring how bodies store and channel creative knowledge.

Ayesha - Rhythm is Memory (KINDER016)
Out on Kindergarten Records on November 3, 2023

Rhythm is Memory

Ayesha - V7

Ayesha - Tactilia

****LABEL/COLLECTIF****
https://infine-music.com/

*** INFOS ***

Building on the themes of identity, storytelling and experimentation from her critically acclaimed debut album, Khonnar (2018), 'Jbal Rrsas' is the next chapter of a reimagining of what club music could be. The album spans seven tracks of bass, techno, and experimental music, with Abdelwahed consulting with masterminds such as Tunisian composer and multi-instrumentalist Khalil Hentati, aka Khalil Epi, and Iraqi-British multi-instrumentalist, composer, and researcher Khyam Allami, as well as Egyptian mastering engineer Heba Kadry, to help realise her vision.
More about Deena Abdelwahed -

*** Track ID***

Myst (feat. Nadah El Shazly) - VAMPI 
Cyclic Wavez - Piezo
X0x0harddabke - aaa3ع 
Tactilia - Ayesha
 For Spirits - Batu 
Ojos Cerrados - Luca Durán 
IDRA - AGOSTINO 
The Syriac Club - ABADIR 
Ma bqa khire (Ammar 808 Remix) - Nass El Hal 
Cheikh El Kamel - 3xOJ
 Each Day - Deena Abdelwahed 
Mesh Marshmellow مش مارشملو - El Kontessa الكونتيسة 10-
11 (Toumba Remix) - Tano
 Dari Fog Nakhla - El Mahdy Jr. & XJ
 Hard Billy (Deena Abdelwahed Remix) - Leonie Pernet
 Lazem A3eesh - Qow

***WEB/RS***

https://www.deenaabdelwahed.club
https://infine-music.com/deena-abdelwahed


Track ID & page émission :
https://www.radiocampus.fr/emission/campus-club-mixtapes

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Deena Aldelwahed | 60' mixtape | Campus Club

Rinse FM Podcast

Manni Dee - 06 October 2023

Jossy Mitsu  - 11 October 2023

Fever AM with Rhyw - 28 October 2023

For more shows: @threadsradio 
~Listen live: www.threadsradio.com

Lxury w/ Peder Mannerfelt (*Croydon) - 02-Jan-24

PT II

*mind the inconsistent volume levels (i lowered the gain during quieter dancefloor moments) - could not correct on ableton due to file errors (╥_╥)

Nonstop Jan 21 2024 (Pt 2)

Nonstop Jan 21 2024 (Pt 1)

Closing set from my residency with DJ Lag last Sept

Nowadays Res Sept 16 2023

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The Freezer is a personal selection of tunes I'm listening to and/or throwing into my sets. A genre spanning beat tape of sorts. Hope this gives you life <3

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The tracklist is too long to include here so here is a link to DL it :
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/Vy2ql3P4/file.html
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The Freezer :  Vol . 1

For her 2024 set at MUTEK Montréal, Brooklyn-based DJ Ayesha performed a one-hour mix of original music made during a period of healing and exploration whilst recovering from a brain injury.

If you’re a fan, become a Supporter: crackm.ag/subscriptions

Live from MUTEK Montréal: Ayesha

The Freezer is a personal selection of tunes I'm listening to right now.  In Vol. 3 I play with the notion of 'genre'   by seeing how many dope musical styles I can drop into a single mix.  Keep your minds open and the <3 coming. 

Also, If you like these vibes, be sure to catch me spinning at Trillectro 2015 , and show love to amazing artists like Chance the Rapper, Kehlani, Cashmere Cat, Masego and RL Grime . Tix at Trillectro.com.

// Tracklist  //

Meek Mill - Monster (mikos remix)                       
J Hus - Doin It                                      
Haan808 - First Step                                                                                                         
Zikomo & James Anderson - That Feeling                  
Baby Boy (Dubbed & Screwed)                             
Koen - 993                                              
Falcons Ft. GoldLink & Chaz French - Aquafina           
Kings - Trap Musik 1                                                                                                               
K + g + ruki - Velho [rwrk]                                                                                     
Bonde Do Tigrão - Vou Passar Cerol Na Mão (Color Plus Bootleg)                                 
Kehlani ft. Lexii Alijai - Jealous (no sleep remix)                                         
Back Up On It  ( banginclude's Dembow Version )                                             
Midges & Young Thug - YRN (EZRA Remix)                                                       
Ain't No Tellin' - McClenney (Bootlegs)                                                                         
The Weeknd - Earned It (Astronautica Remix)                                                 
Keeper - Next To Me (Prod. Moondoctor)                                                                  
Gohda - Must B Luv                                                                          
swindail - Gellaitry Groove                                                                     
GoldLink - Dance On Me                                                                                    
Eclectic Ghetto Music - Complicationship                                                                              
Kendrick Lamar - Alright                                                                                        
dk the punisher - drugs                                                                                          
Marc E. Bassy ft. Kehlani Lock It Up (guffstar edit)                                                                     
DEFFIE X No Tv No Radio - Curtains                                                              
WYB M                                                                                           
Drop It Like Its Hot (Fiinesse Edit)                                                         
Golden Kong - Boldo e Lança                                                                
Color Plus - Bakwards                                                                                   
Rambow - Take Yuh Gal (Clip)                                                                           
Singularis - Where My Tugs                                                                                  
Louie Lastic - Close2u                                                                                       
Lakim & Marvel Alexander - Smoke All Day                                                      
$JAYY - VXBRVTE <3                                                                          
DZZ- Glamorous (Remix)                                                                               
Young Thug - Knocked Off (romby Remix)                                                          
SKEPTA- That's not me                                                                             
Lakim - Bethanal Green Bounce 


The Freezer : Vol. 3

It's been a minute! Here's the  fifth installment of my mix series, The Freezer.  Summery vibes  - chill out or dance to this.. Recorded live from Honolulu ❆ 

Feeling generous ? Give it a repost, and show the artists on here love :)

Tracklist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7tyf2z5w3n7mbn/Freezer%205%20Tracklist.docx?dl=0

The Freezer : Vol.5  [SUMMER 16 EDITION]

All the shit I was on back then

Body over mind music. Sounds meant to be felt, then heard. 

Visceral dance music :)

Buy at  aye5ha.bandcamp.com

Ayesha - Cathartic Scream

Body over mind music. Sounds meant to be felt, then heard. 

Visceral dance music :)

Ayesha - Hydrotherapy

A wildcard for the crates :)


Support:
https://daytimers.bandcamp.com/releases

DT001:
The debut compilation album from Daytimers features tracks from 28 artists of South Asian heritage. 100% of proceeds from each purchase will be donated to Restless Beings (restlessbeings.org)...

Party In The Street [DT001]

Ayesha’s performances reflect a playful curiosity and a decade of experience honed in DC and NYC’s vibrant club and warehouse party scene. As a beloved resident at Nowadays, she weaves through percussion-based techno, breaks, garage, and everything in between, delivering heady, maximal body music tailored for the dancefloor. As a DJ, her style is eclectic and dynamic, drawing from North America’s techno underground, leftfield UK sounds, and her Indian heritage.

Ayesha is gaining recognition as a producer of forward-thinking club music. Her music, hypnotic, pulsating and powerful, is as fitting at a deep forest festival as it is in a sweaty basement or dark nightclub. It's crafted with meticulous sound design, spongy textures and alien melodies. She writes tracks with deliberate consideration for how bodies move – and how music moves bodies – making her work unusually tactile and physical.

Her 2021 EP, ‘Potential Energy,’ released on UK label Scuffed Recordings, marked the beginning of her rise. Subsequent releases on Fever AM, Control Freak, and contributions to NYC label Eto Ano’s ‘No Cash In Booth’ compilation further solidified her status. Her debut album, ‘Rhythm is Memory,’ released on Kindergarten Records in 2022, was lauded as “a revelation” by DJ Mag and “a fierce mission statement” by Resident Advisor. Mixmag placed her at number two on its list of the 25 Producers Who Defined 2023. This year, Ayesha is set to debut her live set at MUTEK Festival in Montréal, signalling an exciting new chapter in her career.

Releases on:

@feveram
@femmeculture
@scuffedrecordings 
@kindergartenrecords 
@controlfreakrecordings
@daytimers_uk

rene@octopus-agents.com (worldwide)
s@icartists.net (americas)
ian@theblackacre.co.uk (mgmt)

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