The first weekend of February was a big one for Ahad Elley, AKA Ahadadream. On the Friday, he was featured in Vogue India alongside other South Asian artists and crews currently lighting up UK dance music. 24 hours later, he launched a residency at London club Colour Factory, playing to a packed crowd who, during a brief power cut, chanted his name like adoring teenagers. 

To outsiders, this might feel like a story of overnight success, but Elley has been grafting away for years: DJing, producing, running a label (More Time), throwing parties (No ID) and, perhaps most importantly of all, co-founding the first edition of London festival Dialled In, which launched last September. As well as showcasing a wealth of South Asian talent, the event fostered a new community of ravers who, in Elley's words, "felt seen in a club space for the first time."

When he was younger, Elley shied away from centering his Pakistani heritage in his music. Today, it's a huge part of his identity, from the events he runs and the music he makes to the tunes he plays. But, as <i>RA</i> 825 shows, his DJ sets also go way beyond South Asia and London, spanning gqom, Egyptian percussion, Portuguese Afro house and classic Peverelist. This is Elley at peak time, the kind of thing you might hear at his next Colour Factory gig. "The idea was just to include tracks that bring me joy and make me move," he said. "I hope they do the same for you."

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Deze mix van @halfqueen09 is de laatste in een serie van twee Lente Kabinet X @pattasoundsystem mixen. Deze set gevuld met club geluiden zorgt voor een energie-boost die rijkt tot Auckland in Nieuw Zeeland, waar deze koningin vandaan komt.

Momenteel is Half Queen op tour en deze mix is een accumulatie van invloeden die ze de afgelopen maand heeft genoten. Ze houdt er van om te werken met verschillende BPM’s, manieren van overvloeien en het verbuigen van genres.

Lente Kabinet X Patta Soundsystem: Half Queen

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Rozaly at Nyege Nyege x Garage Noord

Part of New York’s thriving underground and the cross-States @jukebouncewerk, @dj-swisha has established himself as an essential producer and DJ covering footwork, house, jungle and more. 

Alongside a high-energy mix joining the dots between Jersey and Baltimore club music and techno, he speaks to Tice Cin about friendship, club culture and his mysterious former alias

Interview & tracklist: https://djmag.com/features/recognise-dj-swisha

Recognise: DJ SWISHA

@bitterbabe captures the energy of Miami's burgeoning homegrown underground electronic music scene with a blazing 90-minute mix

The new Miami underground is popping off. Longstanding stalwarts and rising artists are coming together to offer an alternative to dominant mainstream sounds, blending influences from around the globe and firing them back out to capture dancefloors the world over.  Writing for DJ Mag, James Gui spotlights eight key acts in the scene’s new wave, discussing their hybrid styles, incubatory events, and the huge variety of talent coming through

Tracklist and feature: https://djmag.com/features/welcome-new-miami-underground

The new Miami underground, mixed by Bitter Babe

@grgregreg owes his avant-garde style to his rich musical culture, varying from house, disco and afro to jazz and dancehall. His sets are decidedly catchy, influenced by his love for nightclub culture.

Catch GREG every 1rst & 3rd Wednesday of the month from 19h to 20h [CET] on rinse.fr

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SHE Spells Doom takes us through a stellar selection of tripped-out drum workouts for his Fact Mix.

https://www.factmag.com/2023/05/01/fact-mix-she-spells-doom/

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Festimi Podcast 65 - Juba

British-Nigerian Juba delivers us an hour-long spellbinding mix. The Germany-based welcomes you very subtly into her musical world, in which music from Africa and the African Diaspora beautifully shines through. As she opens the gateway of this mix you’ll step into a skillfully blended and daring build up. Ease up to release yourself from the voices in your head and allow yourself to breathe again. It presses the emo buttons and floats towards clubby boiling points by fusing Amapiano, Afrotech and Qqom with clubby house that’s strongly influenced by the rhythms of her roots. Work that bounce!

Festimi Podcast 65 - Juba

This weeks SYSTEM links up with Lagos-born, NYC-based @andrewakanbi. 

Known for versatile selection and infectious positive energy, the @gggroovyyy head honcho supplies a mix built for the summer months, with loose grooves and sunset melodies clashing with heavy soundsystem ammunition. If you're not sweating... you're doing it right.

SYSTEM Mix 095: Akanbi

I’m writing this up as another edition of Dekmantel Festival comes to a close and it could not be more fitting. I first saw Kampire play at Dekmantel last year after serendipitously coming across her set at the Greenhouse stage. It ended up being one of our favourite sets of the weekend - the energy in the Greenhouse was electrifying throughout as she brought the sound of Kampala and beyond to the Amsterdamse Bos in her signature party-starting style - it was the perfect setting.

Part of the Nyege Nyege collective which was founded in Kampala in 2015 - which is known for being the party capital of East Africa - Kampire was initially asked to help out her friends with the planning around the festival before the suggestion came for her to DJ at these events too. One of the first multi-day festival’s with camping and 24-hour music to take place in East Africa, Nyege Nyege’s distinctive percussive, bass-heavy and often fast-paced style of music (ranging up to 180 - 200bpm) and selection of world-class artists and DJs have garnered a global following, leading to Kampire’s touring schedule to include Red Bull Music Festival in NYC, Boiler Room, REEF Berghain, Body Movements Festival, Bass Coast Festival as well as international Nyege Nyege events in the likes of Amsterdam and Paris. Kampire also hosts a monthly radio show on NTS where she spotlights East African club music and is working on creating safer spaces for women and LGBTQIA+ people as well as teaching women to DJ. Organising some of these events in Kampala which fall outside of the Nyege Nyege brand can be more dangerous with the party unable to be labeled as a queer event and is sometimes necessary to have different levels of security depending on the party.

However, this isn’t stopping from Kampire’s mission of bringing the sounds of East Africa across the world and hoping to open doors for more African artists to come through with her. Kampire will hopefully be heading to Colombia for the first time this month where there’s a big connection between Colombia and East/Central Africa.

Speaking about the 909 mix, Kampire says, “I definitely over thought this one and made multiple attempts and missed several deadlines but here it is! The usual ungovernable blend of genres and cultures, but hopefully one that reflects my growth as a DJ these past few years. I’m so, so grateful that I get to travel and play at such diverse venues and parties, as it has really broadened my palate and pushed me to explore the boundaries of what I'm capable of. As difficult as I find doing them, I do enjoy creating mixes, which give me more space for interesting sounds and silences, and risks I wouldn’t necessarily take while mixing live on the dancefloor, so thanks for the opportunity and thanks as always to the producers who make this gorgeous music. I hope you like it”

It’s definitely bringing me back to that special moment at Dekmantel in 2022, losing my mind on the dance floor with a huge group of friends who were all so happy to have stumbled into that stage at the right time to witness the powerful energy of Kampire.

Read interview and find the tracklist here: https://www.untitled909.com/untitled-909-podcast-163-kampire/

You can catch Kampire at Flow Festival this weekend from the 11th - 13th August - buy tickets here: https://www.flowfestival.com/

Untitled 909 Podcast 163: Kampire

Saturday night vibes on their way with MI-EL! She’s coming through from with an hour of UK Funky and non-stop party riddims.

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