Introduce yourself? Preferred pronouns? Where do you currently reside? 1 fun fact about yourself? 

My name is Fana’ (which can be stylized a number of different ways; FANA’, fana’), my pronouns are they/them, I’m from NYC but currently live in Cleveland, OH and a fun fact about me is that I can’t tell people where I currently live without disclaiming that I’m from New York.

Who currently inspires your music-wise?

Indigenous throat-singing throughout Asia but specifically Ainu Rekuhara and Kurdish Dengbej

What other activities have you dipped into with a break from djing?

If anything this past year has given me the opportunity to just sit on my ass and do absolutely nothing without any guilt so instead of replacing going to clubs with hobbies I’d only be getting into for the sake of productivity, I’m really enjoying doing less and just having time to myself.

If you had to describe yourself as a plant what would it be and why?

Berfin (Kurdish snowdrop); a winter flower that grows in very low sunlight. There’s a scene in a Kurdish film called I Saw the Sun (Güneşi Gördüm in Turkish) where one of the main characters, a trans woman, is explaining why she kept a wilted berfin from the Kurdish village she’s from. In Kurdish folklore, berfin are in love with the sun but know they’ll wilt once the sun shines on them. Despite knowing this, they beg Allah to let them see the sun and when their wish is granted they inevitably die. They sacrifice their entire existence - the struggle of growing through snow - for a moment of warmth and happiness. Sometimes the meaning of struggle is risking everything to bask in the sun, and as a transgender Kurdish person myself, I really fucking feel that.

(Disclaimer: I Saw the Sun is loaded with transmisogyny and violence toward trans women so I don’t really suggest watching it if that’s something that would be triggering.)

How do you see your music taste evolving as time goes on?

The older I get the more pan-Asian and pan-African music I want to listen to and study. At the same time, I’m constantly revisiting/recontextualizing genres I used to listen to and applying that to how I feel about music now and what I wanna create in the future.

What was your first gig? How did it go? 

My first DJ gig was opening for Crash Course in Science when In Training brought them to Cleveland in 2016. I played Italo-disco and didn’t beatmatch and had a really great time.

Why do you think it's important to share music?

Being Kurdish I know too well why sharing music is essential to the preservation of indigenous history and the passing on of endangered culture through generations; Kurds have been historically denied the right to publish our own history books in the places where we’re from, and the only narrative that gets told on paper is by our colonizers. Dengbej singing is the primary way we’ve passed down stories of our history, our mythologies, our geography, our language and all its dialects. Without the sharing of song my people wouldn’t have a way of keeping ourselves recognized in places that want to eradicate our heritage.

Tracklist:

Duma - ANGELS AND ABYSSES
33EMYBW - 冬虫夏草
Osmani Soundz - Spiritual Masterkey
Asian Dub Foundation - Debris
Gag Reflex - Silk
Nitin Sawhney - Nadia
Soichi Terada - Grand Senshuraku
Future Soundz of India - Shang High
???*** - Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka Remix
Natacha Atlas - Duden (Talvin Singh Remix)
Sharmaji - Jawani
D.J. Rawaat - Masbaha in the Bentley
Anuj Rastogi - Darth Veda
Anuj Rastogi - The River
Natacha Atlas - Taalet (The Kaya Project Remix)

***i dont remember where i got this track from and im not sure if someone had sent it to me a while back and i forgot so if this is you pls get in touch!!! it slams and also i wanna give credit

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fana' - 187˚

In Bloom

inbloomx@proton.me

Schemer who likes to share music

From the bottom of the Red Cedar 

Analog

Detroit by way of Los Angeles. Afghan American dj searching for new sounds somewhere in between techno and house with an international flavor.

electronic music collective
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mix series and label by @deep_creep

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(recent past)
2024/02/29 NYC Tower @ Bossa w/ Tristan Arp, Surgery & DJ Deadname
2024/02/28 NYC. Boydzone w/ Nick Boyd
2024/01/13 PITT Transit @ Hot Mass w/ John Ricci b2b Joey Kilona
2023/11/19 NYC Sorry Recs @ Bossa Nova b2b Nick Boyd w/ Physical Therapy
2023/06/10 NC Rise From Your Graham w/ Bill Converse, Loner.9, etc.
2023/03/18 NYC Good Room w/ C.Powers, Sav.g, Escaflowne, Fleet Dreams, Third Self, Nick Boyd
2023/03/16 NYC Market Hotel w/ T.Wan, Precolumbian, Joni, Permission Crew, emme, Celes
2022/09/11 NYC Public Records w/ NSA & Boo Lean
2022/06/11 Stream Informer IRL @ Glen Falls House, NY
2022/05/14 Slingshot Festival, Durham NC
2022/04/30 Unrivaled Groove, Durham NC w/ Paàl, Sunmoonstar
2021/12/17 Throb @ Kremwerk, Seattle, WA w/ Ro & grymnk
2021/11/13 Chapel Hill, NC Schmancy @ The Nightlight
2021/10/14 Sweet Escape II
2021/03/11 BOX MASS for Not Mass/Hot Mass PGH w/ T.Wan, gymnk, Ro, XC-17, Ebb
2020/07/04 Club Matryoshka on currents.fm COMMON w/ Donkey Milk, DV-i, belle-stardust, fica
2020/05/30 Baby Rave II (Insugeography twitch) w/ DJ Gretta, Grymnk, Scztt
2020/05/03 Baby Rave (Insugeography twitch) w/ Ro, Grymnk, Scztt & Ben Kudler
2019/11/16 Carouse 8 Afterparty, NC w/ Ellen Degenerate & nicoes
2019/10/05 Drift vs Volume @ The Nightlight, NC w/ Nadia Khan, Spongebath, Gallimaufry, DJ Ladyfingers, Vitamin G

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Guest mixes in playlist

Previous:
Bad Sauna Sounds at the Sauna residency
Transit renegades and previous residency at Certain Death II
Organized Fusion with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust featured in Table Magazine
Honcho Campout 2024
Honcho (Pittsburgh): NYE 2024, QFF Fundraiser Mutha, Halloween Boat 2025
Hot Mass (solo, b2b Michael Kaiser, b2b Naeem)
Spring Cleaning Ambient Sleepover
No War Crimes On Our Dime (Pro-Palestine) Fundraiser
Jaguar
AV Radio (Atlanta, GA)
Great Circles Radio (with andrea_andrea Philadelphia, PA)
p.s.
Two Open Mouths - Bottom Feeder Books
Romance Gallery 1 year 
Electric Picnic
Sole Rehab (with Transit- Rochester, NY)
Collision
Seafoam
Organized Deep Dive at Bantha
Spirit Patio Sessions series
The Vandal
Planned Parenthood Fundraiser
Umami
Various DJ work on local WRCT 88.3fm