INTERVIEW & TRACKLIST > https://inverted-audio.com/mix/hassan-abou-alam

@hassan-abou-alam the electronic technician from Egypt's underground, has been riding a long and high wave of peak performances. Following exhilarating live shows and DJ sets including a barrage of hot releases, most notably 'Shalfata' on YUKU and 'Mesh Mafhoom' on Nerve Collect in 2024 and his impeccable sound design has wooed crowds of sweaty ravers on dance floors and off.

Punchy low-ends, broken sound texture, strings full of character whir around, blistering sharp, and strands of traditional Middle Eastern drum patterns reimagined by Abou Alam pierce through sound systems. Genres stripped and mutilated create a gritty, grimy, euphoric experience in borderless sound, leaving scope for sensational body movement in any given setting.

Strapping this heat into an hour podcast for IA MIX 388, Hassan About Alam lets us into his world of music, a delivery of adventurous tracks meticulously placed, launching hard into 2025. Fasten your seatbelts!

IA MIX 388 Hassan Abou Alam

Will Hofbauer - 17 February 2025

Special guest shows from around the world. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/the-dubstep---tech-house-connection-ft-appleblim-12th-march-2025

The Dubstep - Tech House Connection w/ Beatrice M. (ft. Appleblim) 120325

[BSUN013] Om Unit & Soreab - Pressure 3D EP

Impérieux debuts on Hessle Audio with the Fena EP, an immersive collection of 4 tracks defined by his unpredictable and varied sonic palette. Drawing on a heritage that threads through Turkey, Greece and his home city of Kırcaali in Bulgaria, Alper Durmush channels a turbulent year in which six months of creative stillness ignited unexpectedly into an explosive burst of musical ideas.

"Fena is a word my Mum used to call me as a kid" recounts Durmush on the title track. "The name comes from Turkish, but with a Balkan twist, it means a mischievous rascal - wild, unpredictable, a bit too much at times". This restless energy is perfectly captured with jittering interferance and snarling sawtooth synths bursting through the mix, threatening to overwhelm the speakers and sending sound engineers running for cover. 'Sickomode' encapsulates the push-pull emotional sensibility of the EP, with confidence and meloncholy rotating, shifting, and giving way to each other.

'Saat' is an attempt to recreate a track based solely on a surreal description, relayed by a veteran of the rave scene in his home town - "This guy told me about a festival in the woods back in the early 2000s, where someone played a track with dogs barking in the break - the volume rising constantly." The initial dissonance of its detuned lead releases into a euphoric rush of melody, a combination which is becoming something of a producer trademark. The EP closes with the quiet, unwavering warmth of 'Cawuso', a nickname for a person that the artist met last year. "This very special person showered me with kindness and purity. It almost felt unreal, so I decided to dedicate this track to them." 

Fena EP

Buy on Bandcamp

Impérieux - Fena EP [Snippets]

For its third release, GRACE is stoked to get @lurka on the dials. On ‘Signal’, the Bristol head serves up a classy four-course menu of bass oddities primed and tested for club misdemeanour. 
The result is a spread of hyperdistinct energies channelled through weirdo wubs, skippy incantations, rude halftime drum power and fast funky bliss.

Pre-order on Bandcamp now. 
Out 6th June 2025

Lurka - Signal EP (GRACE) [Snippets]

Jurango - 13 May 2025

Guest mix by @emily_jeanne (Antwerp) - from min 60 onwards

Track list soon on my Instagram or comment for id's!

Listen to the show:
Thursdays // four-weekly on Sub.FM // 5pm-7pm (CET)(Live)
Fridays // bi-weekly on Radio Helsinki // 22h-24h (CET)(rerun)
Thursdays // bi-weekly on Radio Helsinki // 13h-15h (CET)(rerun)

Send promos & dubs: dubs(at)sunpeople.at
Download the show via: archive.sub.fm/?s=Sun+People&submit=

Emily Jeanne // Sun People - 29/05/25 - SUB FM

Dubstep with a punk pulse. Straight from Leipzig’s DIY scene, https://soundcloud.com/old-man-crane drops four heavyweight cuts on https://soundcloud.com/baitlabel with the Hepp EP. Each track lands as a murky staple, tailor-made to shake up sound stacks. 

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-old-man-crane---quork

The Hepp EP will be out on July 11th, 2025. Pre-order a copy via https://baitdubstep.bandcamp.com/album/hepp-ep

Premiere: Old Man Crane - Quork [Bait16]

Inspired by "Rezz" wanted to create a live story using few elements and automating distortions & effects. Might be a new chapter for the branding aspect on the "Tales Proyect"

Tales - Lie to Me (DEMO)

Housestep? Dubhouse? Whatever you want to call it, Appleblim's got it on this edition of the RA podcast.

RA.110 Appleblim

when 𝔎𝔩𝔢𝔯𝔟 meets ¸.•~¹°”˜¨🔮 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 🔮¨˜”°¹~•.¸

techno + uk + other animals 
label run by @katiushadj

GRACE002 releasing 8th November 🔮