Mixes

Recorded live on a Roland R-26 capturing not just the music (with no edits) but also energy from the crowd ambience!

Live Sets

Listen to FULL SET of my debut at Tomorrowland 2022!

Tomorrowland 2022 @ The Library stage - BYOR

Vintage Culture @ Burning Man, 2022 at Opulent Temple

Existem alguns DJs que tiveram a capacidade de causar impacto em vários gêneros: do Progressive House ao Techno *e atualmente Indie Dance*
E o nosso convidado o primeiro da Synce Invite tem essa característica: Rafael Cerato, nascido na França, chegou com um estilo de produção elaborado como nenhum outro. Com lançamentos anteriores em gravadoras como Systematic, Diynamic, Suara, Get Physical e Stil Vor Talent entre outras e porque não citar a sua gravadora Ritual, referência para muitos #indielovers

Rafael Cerato já coleciona feitos com grandes nomes mundiais: Marc Romboy, Solomun, Stephan Bodzin, Maceo Plex, Kolsch, Richie Hawtin entre outros. 

Esse consumo todo de suas produções o colocaram sob os holofotes chamando assim a atenção de muitos produtores *da cena mundial*.
Esse apoio maciço de fãs & DJs em todo o mundo desenham um pouco da jornada do jovem Rafael até aqui.
Seja bem vindo ao Synce Invite Rafael Cerato.
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Some DJs have the ability to impact in various music genres: from Progressive House to Techno and more recently the Indie Dance.
And our guest the first of Synce Invite has this characteristic: Rafael Cerato, born in France, came with an unique production style. With releases on labels as Systematic, Diynamic, Suara, Get Physical and Stil Vor Talent and others and why not mention his label Ritual, a reference for many #indielovers

Rafael Cerato already collects feats with many worldwide artists: Marc Romboy, Solomun, Stephan Bodzin, Maceo Plex, Kolsch, Richie Hawtin and others.

This consumption of all his productions put him under the spotlight, thus drawing the attention of many worldwide event producers.
This massive support from fans & DJs around the world outlines a little bit of young Rafael's journey so far.
Welcome to Sync Invite @rafaelcerato

Synce Invite 001: Rafael Cerato

Another weekend celebrating 31 years of DJing and of them 23 at the legendary B018 Beirut! Fresh tracks a couple recent remixes of classics and a nice sunrise at 8am- love Beirut, love Lebanon, love B018!

B018 Beirut

Live@B018 Beirut February 18, 2023

FRESH TUNES! Recorded this morning at The Hole in Beirut, when all other clubs shut down this opens and goes on til midday. "Home of The After" unites ravers from the 90s with those born in the 2000s, fantastic energy for Sunday! 

Listen out for key messages in the lyrics ;)

Especially with their new DJM-A9 mixer made a huge difference with the audio quality- enjoy!

The Hole Beirut Afterhours

Live@The Hole Beirut Sunday Morning June 23, 2024

Our monthly Sunday morning get-together at The Hole Beirut, the only club that opens at sunrise as the others all close- this is 7-9am in the peak of a roller-coaster summer of drama for Lebanon. Despite all the paranoia & threat of potential conflict in the region and so many other issues, it only makes for an even better day-rave (though had to lower the mics as 2 people were a little louder than the rest) ;)

Mostly fresh new tunes with a few remixes and some afterhours stuff from years back that still sound relevant today- oh yes and see if you can hear the messages in some specific tracks, also very relevant to the world today!

The Hole Afterhours Beirut Lebanon

Live@The Hole Beirut Sunday Morning August 11, 2024

September's finale in Beirut, Lebanon before the conflict expanded- was the last chance we had to let it out as the tension in the whole country was on edge. We'll be back to this soon, even if in private

The Hole Beirut Beirut Sunday Daytime

Live@The Hole Beirut Sunday Morning September 22, 2024

Back in Qatar warming up for my buddy Carl Cox on his first ever trip to Doha- been supporting a lot of his Middle East gigs for 2 decades and was sweet being back together thanks to Mayfair Presents!
Around 3,000 people filled up the grass at the Doha Golf Club can hear them coming in fast by the end of this short but fun warmup- some classics/remixes for good measure- great night!

Mayfair Presents Carl Cox in Qatar

Carl Cox in Doha Warmup Mayfair Presents November 1, 2024

Finally back together in Beirut after 2 rough months on a "invite-only" rave at HNGR an amazing venue we used to do in 2017-2019. With a lot of strain on most Lebanese spirits this was an excellent much needed come-back for everyone that needed a release of energy- awesome crowd from 20s through 50s dancing it out til the early morning.

HNGR Beirut

Live@HNGR Beirut November 9, 2024

Chrom Recordings Radio Show – Chapter 7 (July 2017) – hosted by Pedro Mercado
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- H.A.N.T., Gentle Velvet - Rebirth (Pepper Cat)
- BONDI – Puppetry (3000 Grad)
- Mark Brainford - Drum Machine / Mores Amar Remix (Chrom)
- Anturage – Samadhi feat. Ira Ange / Pedro Mercado & Karada Remix (Anathema)
- HOSH & Lehar - O Fratello Mio (Fryhide)

+ Guest Mix by Safinteam - https://www.facebook.com/safinteam/ :
1. Safinteam - Never Become (Original Mix) [Chrom Recordings]
2. Safinteam - Dissolve The Distance (Original Mix) [ID]
3. Safinteam - No Me Without You (Original Mix) [Chrom Recordings]
4. Safinteam - Dizzily (Original Mix) [Chrom Recordings]
5. Safinteam - Strange Beloved (Original Mix) 
6. Safinteam - Women Are From Venus (Original Mix) [ID]
7. Safinteam - Nobody Wants (Original Mix) [ID]
8. Safinteam - Men Are From Mars (Original Mix) [Chrom Recordings]
9. Safinteam - Nothing Is Impossible (Original Mix) [ID]
10. Safinteam - Smelled Of My Perfume (Original Mix) [ID]
11. Safinteam - Letter To Katrin Bekker (Original Mix) [ID]

Chrom Radio Show by Pedro Mercado - Chapter 7 (July 2017) + Guest Mix by Safinteam

Official Pioneer DJ Middle East, B018, Pure Ibiza UAE, Emirates Airline

One of the most influential DJs in the Middle East, maDJam has helped put Dubai and Beirut on the global dance music map. 

With more air miles than Richard Branson thanks to his busy weekend club schedule, he’s a headline act in his native Beirut as well as in cosmopolitan Dubai, the region’s two party hubs. Alongside that, he holds down regular spots in Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. He’s been an ever present on the Creamfields Abu Dhabi line up, one of the few GCC DJs who can hold their own on the main stage infront of 15,000 people next to heavy hitters like David Guetta, Hardwell and Deadmau5. 

DJing in 1992 from the age of 10, Ahmad Ajam – re-arranged to form his DJ name maDJam – started rocking school parties and quickly progressed through the local scene to become an industry leader in Lebanon. His ‘Club Frequency’ show has been airing weekly on cult station Mix FM in Lebanon since 2000, while he’s also presented and recorded his own in-flight radio show for Emirates airline. 

He was an instrumental part in the growth of Beirut and Dubai’s club scene at the turn of the millenium. He was one of two residents at Peppermint Dubai, the first house party to properly break into the city, DJing before and after industry titans like Carl Cox, Sasha, Digweed, Ferry Corsten and Tiesto to thousands on a weekly basis. Back in Beirut, he helped curate the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project and played virtually every club and bar worth their weight in tequila. 

With an incredibly versatile house sound, maDJam constantly straddles the cool and commercial divide, happy to take in ambient, deep and progressive influences, as well as funk, electro, techno and pretty much everything else in between. And it’s a very in-demand sound, with maDJam a regular at events like the Red Bull X Fighters and Red Bull Air Race. He’s also a Pioneer DJ ambassador for the Middle East, helping develop software and hardware for the Japanese giants. 

It’s always the music that matters the most, however. “No matter where you go on this planet you will find good dance music. The promotion and production are the essential elements to support any scene, and that’s where I love to focus my effort in getting as involved as possible with all things so people have a good time listening to music that I love” says maDJam.  

“It’s all about the crowd & their response to the music whatever it is, as long as they’re up for it, then so am I."