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Steel City Dance Discs with Moktar & Yollks - 21 April 2021

The Inner Sound 016: Moktar

Naarm-based DJ and producer @moktarmoktar draws from his background of Egyptian-Australian in this one hour mix. Infusing Arabic percussion and techno to curate his signature sound. Look out for his Debut EP coming out soon.

www.daisyrecords.com.au

The Inner Sound 016: Moktar

A3K200 Moktar - May 29th, 2021

Thank you for having me on Milly <3

https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/segments/full-circle-kinetic-club-and-off-kilter-bass-from-moktar

Pioneer Rec

moktar - 3RRR mix 'Full Circle'

Moktar steps away from the thumping festival circuit and into the LED galaxy of Music Room for 2 hours Live on SLR.

@moktarmoktar

https://skylab-radio.com/shows/live-from-music-room-moktar

LIVE FROM MUSIC ROOM 019 : MOKTAR

Rinse FM Podcasts

The Dance Show with Emerald feat. Moktar - 16 September 2022

Breaks, grooves and jams from the past and present.

https://www.nts.live/shows/tommy-gold/episodes/tommy-gold-20th-september-2022

Tommy Gold w/ Moktar 200922

“This mix really got me moving when I was recording,” says Moktar, the fast-rising DJ and producer behind Crack Mix 477. 

It’s not hard to see why. Coming in at just over 45 minutes, the mix quivers with life as captivating rhythms, “Arabic flavours, and percussive swings with some melodic basslines” come together with nimble mixing across a club-primed set shared just in time for the weekend.

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Crack Mix 477: Moktar

Moktar — live from Boiler Room x Sugar Mountain 2023.

Moktar | Sugar Mountain 2023

Up next for Tapes #99 is moktar, a DJ and producer effortlessly combining club and techno with traditional Arabic instrumentation, sampling and production. A hybrid style, moktar’s music is new to the clubs of Australia and is itching to make its way across dancefloors.

moktar’s heritage has always been at the forefront of his identity. Navigating racism and abuse was an everyday reality growing up in the Shire, especially in the years surrounding the Cronulla riots. Regardless, Moktar’s Middle-Eastern background found its way to become a source of pride: and with that pride comes the inspiration to share the sounds of his culture through his own music.

Although he plans to split his years between London and Melbourne in the future, for now moktar is resigned to Australian shores to share his signature sound. Signed to Mall Grab’s label Steel City Dance Discs, moktars double EP output is expansive and explores techno and IDM through the lens of Arabic percussion and instrumentation. 

Interview & Tracklist: https://www.originssound.com/os-tapes/moktar-mix 

Follow moktar —
instagram.com/moktarmusic
soundcloud.com/moktarmoktar

Origins Tapes 099 - moktar

TRACKLIST

Palestine Lives!: Songs from the Struggle of the People of Palestine - Narrative by Boy
Caribou - Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)
MMM (Errorsmith & Fiedel) - Nous Sommes MMM
Bawrut - Que Quiere Usted
MULYA - Tacos Favoritos
Pletnev & Fargo Devianti Feat Vongold - Future Perfect
Acid Arab - Ya Mahla feat. Wael Alkak 
JV & Palf - En Route
Dinamarca - Resurrection
Dusky - Amongst The Gods (Original Mix)
Club Tularosa - HVC1
Simone - رقه - Rekka (Cheb Runner Acid Edit) 
De Segunda a Sexta
Christian Smith - Total Departure
Mr. White, Larry Heard - The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version)
Motez - Face North (Unreleased)
OZFD025 - Digga D - WHO (Upper90 Edit)
HAAi - It's Something We Can All Learn From
moktar - Cotton
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
Green Velvet, Harvard Bass - Lazer Beams (Bontan Remix)
Zurnaci Mahir and Ali - Karzana Oyun Havasi (Rebel Up! Leblanc remix)
Splash Pattern - Sentinel
moktar - Haraka
Mc Yallah - Miniboss
JiaLing - RahJahLing

moktar - Live at Meredith Music Festival - 09/12/2023

Two hours from Egyptian-Australian artist Moktar as he opened up Butter Sessions' showcase on the second day of Strawberry Fields 2023.

@moktarmoktar

RA Live - Moktar - Strawberry Fields, Australia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x6vt

Tracklist:
Abu Mhd - Ter I Hamami (prod.abu.mhd) (00.00)
moktar - " " (unreleased) (3:52)
Omar Souleymon - Nahy (moktar Edit) (5:13)
Hypnic Jerks - Sa7rawi (7:25)
COUNT - WORK (10:55)
moktar - " " (unreleased) (14:55)
Muskila - Kasheesh Hamam (feat. Mustafa Al-Ba’lawi) (16:32)
Jurango - Furrowed (18:40)
Realitycheck - Ellipsis (21:10)
Simo Cell - La Pulga (24:20)
Eich - Induction (28:00 end)

moktar - The Ravers Hour BBC Radio 6 mix 22/03/2024

Tracklist + Q&A: https://bit.ly/3vEg5V7

Percussive club meets Arabic folk signatures, @moktarmoktar takes us on a sonic journey through his dual realities

"I aimed to blend my cultural roots, as always, and my passion for electronic music — creating a musical journey that resonates with contemporary expression using soundscapes and traditional percussive sounds. I wanted to take things to a dark room in a club at 3:AM with heavy beats, driving basslines, and sonic Arabic sounds. Each track on my mix is an insight of what’s been inspiring me with my production and ongoing progression of my musical journey.”

Tracklist + Q&A

The Mix 008: Moktar

An unassuming revolutionary in Australian music, there are few local parallels for what moktar is now achieving, having more in common with scenes and artists emanating out of the UK, US or the Middle East instead. He has carved a singular lane for himself, exploring an exuberant and irrepressible combination of Arabic and Middle Eastern instrumentation, rhythms, melodies and tonalities with rattling techno, precise, tightly-wound IDM, fidgety sample work and raucous breakbeats. Expressive, dynamic and textural, his compositions are simultaneous explorations of what it means and sounds like to exist at the interstices of cultures, as well as proud exercises in centring and practising his own rich culture through his music. It also helps that they happen to go unbelievably hard when blaring out of a club stereo system.

Full tracklist here: https://fbiradio.com/945fm/programs/midday-mix/2024-04-12//

The Midday Mix - moktar

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Sónar Barcelona 2024 - moktar - 28 Jul 2024

Hessle Audio feat. moktar

The Recording Angel w/ The Avalanches & moktar (NTS) 4th June 2025

Influenced by her hometown Cairo’s underground scene, London-based writer and researcher Nihal selects contemporary left-field hip hop, drill, drum & bass and experimental sounds from the Middle East and North Africa capturing the organic crossovers traversing the region.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nihal/episodes/nihal-10th-july-2025

Nile To Bank w/ Moktar 100725

Recording of Moktar & Surusinghe's set at the Nest stage during Dekmantel Festival 2025.