The Big Shebang is an International DJ Party rooted in Ghent, Belgium by Souma & Louv-a-Deus.

DJ, selector, archivist, and curator specialized in older music from Iran and the wider region. Signature projects 'Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond' (2018-ongoing) and 'Sonic Imaginaries'. Weaving genres and geographies through musical dreaming, storytelling, and deep listening. Currently resident at Kiosk Radio, Brussels. 
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01.03.25 OT301, Palestine Fundraiser
15.03.25 Bar Bario, Amsterdam 9-11 pm
18.03.25 Garage Noord, 7-11 pm
05.04.25 Rewire Festival







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22.02.25 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
17.01.25 My Analog Journal x Worldwide FM
29.12.24 Mulatu Listening Bar, The Hague
21.12.24 Kauri, Geneva
20.12.24 Adaptor Records
20.12.24 Bongo Joe, Geneva
30.11.24 Sinematranstopia (HKW), Berlin
01.12.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
03.11.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
06.10.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
27.09.24 Rijksmuseum of Antiquities, Leiden
13.09.24 Skatecafe, Amsterdam
08.09.24 My Analog Journal (YouTube)
01.09.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
16.08.24 Lowlands Festival
04.08.24 Kiosk Radio
03.08.24 RAUM, Utrecht
07.07.24 Outsiders, Kiosk, Brussels
22.06.24 Framer Framed, Amsterdam
14.06.24 Stroom, The Hague
02.06.24 Outsiders, Kiosk, Brussels
25.05.24 Parotia at EKKO, Utrecht 
04.05.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
24.04,24 Monk, Amsterdam
07.04.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
03.03.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
27.02.24 Tah Dig, Noods Radio
17.02.2024 Kiosk Radio 1-2 pm
28.02.2024 Noods Radio
06.01.2024  Radio TNP
11.11.2023   Zaal 100, Amsterdam
15.09.2023  Grote Kerk, Breda
25.09.2023  Refuge Worldwide
07.10.2023 De School, Amsterdam 
19.08.2023  RAUM, Utrecht
30.07.2023 Kiosk Radio, Bruxelles 
22.07.2023 Murmur, Amsterdam 
20.07.2023 Garage Noord, Amsterdam 
20.07.2023 Recovery Channel, Echobox Radio 
15.07.2023  Radio TNP
01.07.2023 Kunstlerhof Frohnau, Berlin
20.05.2023 Stranded FM offline party
20.05.2023 Radio TNP
18.03.2023   Radio TNP
17.03.2023   Garage Noord, Amsterdam
08.03.2023 Melkweg, Amsterdam
21.12.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
15.10.2022 Radio TNP, Amsterdam
06.10.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
28.07.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
12.05.2022 Support act Sevdaliza, De Melkweg, Amsterdam
30.09.2021 Future Intel, The Hague
17.06.2021 RRFM, Amsterdam
26.03.2021 Khonia.fm,  Tehran
19.03.2021 Khonia.fm, Tehran
03.01.2021 Mutant Radio, Tbilisi
02.12.2020 Operator Radio, Rotterdam
23.07.2020 Black Pride Fundraiser, Klauw Collective, Mono, Rotterdam
17.07.2020 Muziekgebouw aan het Ij, terrace
22.03.2020 De School, Amsterdam
15.02.2020  MATADERO, Madrid
03.02.2020 Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond, Red Light Radio 
20.12.2019 Pantropical at Worm, Rotterdam 
20.12.2019 Walter Books, Arnhem 
9.10.2019 ADE Soundlab, Compagnietheater, Amsterdam
04.10.2019 EKKO, Utrecht
02.10.2019 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture
21.09.2019 UNSEEN, Transformator Huis, Amsterdam, 8.30 pm - 10 pm
14.09.2019 STROOM, The Hague, a DJ-lecture performance during 'Uncertainty Seminars 04'
03.09.2019 Compagnietheater, Amsterdam
28.06. 2019 Perdu, Amsterdam
22.06.2019 Stranded FM, Utrecht
22.06.2019 BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
15.06.2019 Vrankrijk, Amsterdam
25.05.2019 MONO Rotterdam
18.05.2019 Listening session Red Light Radio Shop
11.05.2019 Subbacultcha Amsterdam (s105, De School)
29.04.2019 Red Light Radio
12.04.2019 Closing party conference 'Realities and Fantasies' School of Cultural Analysis
04.04.2019 Red Light Radio 
30.03.2019 Arab Film Festival afterparty w/ Pantropical @ Worm, Rotterdam
08.03.2019 MAMA Cash Feminist Festival, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
 31.01.2019  Muziek Gebouw aan het Ij - De School (Amsterdam)
Support act of 'Jerusalem in My Heart'
31.01.2019 Red Light Radio: The Rest is Noise and Subbacultcha 
28.01.2019 Red Light Radio

For 30 years, he has been splitting himself into different DJ personas (Brother From Another Mother, Louv-a-deus, The Checkmatez, Struik & Janet, Benn, etc.). DJ contest finals hold no secrets for him; his mix of breaks, house, tech and global sets dance floors worldwide on fire. Benn terrorises dance floors from Limonada to Patagonia, from Barcelona to Berlin and from Ghent to Morocco. 
These days, he hides out weekly on Urgent.fm as one of the hosts of Mélange Étrange and organises The Big Shebang parties with the illustrious Fred Kramer.

record player

26.09. Quartiersfest Freifeld, Halle

29.01. Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig  --> Soziale Wärme
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)


past 

2026

01.08. objekt klein a / MalJam Jumble, Dresden
28.06. Fusion, Karl Kutter, 21:00
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
20.06. Karola Konvoi Soli @ Galle, Halle
06.06. Soft Treatment, Colditz
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
16.05. Gxllx, Halle --> Soziale Wärme
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
01.05. Initiative Hüttenstraße @mondomio-community X @communityvibes, Hannover
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
17.04. Rabatz, Halle
b2b Hilde Pank (@user-281922002)
06.03. Karola Konvoi, Halle  --> Soziale Wärme
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
17.01. Galle, Halle --> Soziale Wärme
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)

2025

27.09. Undead, Reggio Calabria
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
19.09. Papa Doble, Firenze
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
13.09. Gesto, Milano
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
12.09. Onda, Milano
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
30.08. Community Vibes @ Duqo, Leipzig
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
17.08. ZMAR Festival @zmarfestival, Mšené-lázně, CZ
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
10.07. Stereo, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
14.06. Soirée sanssouci, Nürnberg
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
08.06. Soft Treatment, Colditz
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
19.04. Apollo, Kreuzlingen
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe) + Mama Demba
12.04. Le Discobar (@lediscobar), Paris
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
10.04. Le Comptoire Général, Paris
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
15.03. @don-qui record release party: Zitrone, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
14.03. Kasheme, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
01.03. Blok, Nürnberg
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
07.02. Apollo, Kreuzlingen
25.01. Onda, Milano
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
24.01. Gesto, Milano
18.01. O Tannenbaum, Berlin
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)
10.01. Apollo, Kreuzlingen
Jan & Julius (b2b @jankiethe)

2024

16/11 Cucurucu, München
(b2b @heronymus)
18/10 Omega B, Überlingen
27/07 Alter Schlachthof, Sigmaringen 
(b2b @jakubsenkyrik)
28/06 Apollo, Kreuzlingen
08/06 Soft Treatment, Colditz
30/05 Blechsonne Festival, Findlingsgarten
(b2b @djtrinkwasser)
23/05 Apollo, Kreuzlingen
03/05 Careless Air, Nürnberg
20/04 Loophole, Berlin
(w/ @gazzagazzza & @b_anders)
12/04 Apollo, Kreuzlingen
24/03 Teatro Verdi, Poviglio
(b2b @jankiethe)
23/03 Fred Records, Milan
(b2b @jankiethe)
22/03 Palinuro Bar, Milan
(b2b @jankiethe)
09/03 @der-kern, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
08/03 @bar3000 /Zukunft, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
24/02 Apollo, Kreuzlingen
(b2b @elipavel) 
09/02 Apollo, Kreuzlingen 
20/01 O Tannenbaum, Berlin
(b2b @ae-ida & @djtrinkwasser)

2023

23/12 Solid Ground, Überlingen
22/12 Capri Records, Überlingen
15/12 Klimperkasten, Konstanz
(b2b @jankiethe)
24/11 Zweiners, Berlin
(b2b @baernd-anders)
10/11 Blok, Nürnberg
(b2b @djtrinkwasser)
28/10 Turm, Konstanz
(b2b @elipavel & @radsch)
07/10 Klimperkasten, Konstanz
(b2b @elipavel)
26/08 Ka'banya, Ulcinj, Montenegro
04/08 Blendwerk, Halle
28/07 Blok, Nürnberg
(b2b @djtrinkwasser)
23/06 Klimperkasten, Konstanz
(b2b @elipavel)
10/06 Trautmann Open Air, Leipzig
(b2b @djtrinkwasser)
02/06 SOFT Treatment, Luisaheim, Colditz
20/05 @don-qui (@subject-to-restrictions)release party, Zürich
(b2b @max-bunt)
13/05 Klimperkasten, Konstanz
(b2b @radsch)
28/04 Klimperkasten, Konstanz
(b2b @elipavel)
08/04 Paloma Bar, Berlin 
07/04 Zweiners, Berlin 
(b2b @gazzagazzza & @b_anders)
17/03 Klimperkasten, Konstanz 
05/03 Tune4Tune Radio, Zürich
(b2b @don-qui)
04/03 Kern Bar, Zürich 
(b2b @don-qui)
10/02 Klimperkasten, Konstanz 
(b2b @jankiethe)

2022

23/12 Capri Records, Überlingen
23/12 Solid Ground, Überlingen
25/11 Heiners Bar, Berlin 
(b2b @djrotwein)
14/10 Trautmann, Leipzig
(b2b @djtrinkwasser)
09/07 Freie Landbauschule, Bodensee 
(b2b @radsch)

2020

14/08 The Real White Rabbit, Wien
12/03 The Real White Rabbit, Wien
05/03 Radio 80 000, München
++++&@ayrangod
21/02 Casa Pepe, Leipzig
~~~~&@restcharakter
25/01 Ilses Erika, Leipzig

2019

13/12 O Tannenbaum, Berlin
------&@snigglz
06/12  Futuro Grande im Mjut, Leipzig
++++&@bedaaa
30/11 Tiny Tattoo Convention(Jannis Fray), Leipzig
23/11 Pracht, Leipzig
++++&@judithcrasser, @organizatsiya, @janomax, @lenny-frings
15/11 Casa Pepe, Leipzig
08/11 Spinnerei/Die Versorger, Leipzig
18/10 Nähe Eisi, Leipzig
18/10 Trip IV im IfZ, Leipzig
05/10 privé, Leipzig
07/09 Bodensee mit Lake Street Boy
23/08 Casa Pepe, Leipzig
11/08 Artlake Festival, Finsterwalde
01/08 Pracht Container @ Mjut, Leipzig
20/07 Favorit Bar, München
20/7 Radio 80 000, München
19/07 Favorit Bar, München
21/06 Open Air Volkspark Kleinzschocher, Leipzig
20/06 Translib Diskussionsabend @ Pracht, L
19/06 Halftime=Conne Island, Leipzig
01/06 Pracht, Leipzig
++++&@jekyl_ras
31/05 geheim geheim, Leipzig
30/05 Open Air @ Caracan, Leipzig
25/05 Pracht, Leipzig
19/05 Nokogiribiki @ Radio Blau
18/05 Robert Görl Konzert, afterparty, Leipzig
04/05 Dietzmannstr, Leipzig
30/04 Wilder Heinz, Leipzig
++++&@bedaaa
26/04  Elipamanoke, Leipzig
21/04 Rhiz, Wien
20/04 Real White Rabbit, Wien
++++&@bedaaa
18/04 Celeste, Wien
11/04 Spinnerei, Kleine Quelle, Leipzig
30/03 Demmeringstr 74, Leipzig
20/03 Elipamanoke, Leipzig
16/03 Uganda Bar, Tel Aviv
++++(&Sorin)
15/03 Nuweiba record store, Tel Aviv
10/03 Port Sa´id, Tel Aviv
09/03 Teder FM, Tel Aviv
05/03 Romano, Tel Aviv
01/03 Loophole, Berlin
++++(&@bedaaa)
16/02 Pracht, Leipzig
++++(&@bedaaa)
15/02 @tropicalschmutz, Altes Wettbüro, Dresden
++++(&@snigglz)
01/02  Humboldthain Club, B
18/01 Ilses Erika, L
12/01 Schnucki Champagner @ Avalon, L

2018

21/12 Ma´hud Bistro, L
++++(&@bedaaa)
21/12 Mjut, L
++++(&@bedaaa)
15/12 Bautzmannfeier, L
08/12 Monaco Treff, L
29/11 Radio Corax Party, Halle
----(&@nokogiribiki)
21/11 Musikbar @prachtleipzig
----(&@bedaaa)
20/11 Wilder Heinz
----(&@bedaaa)
10/11 Semper ll im Sektor, Dresden
06/10 Monumenta, L
----(&@wosto)
03/10 Villa Hasenholz, L
29/09 IfZ, L
28/09 Soziale Wärme @ Spinnerei, L
----(& @bedaaa & @snigglz)
22/09 Links Neben Der Tanke, L
14/09 Open air: Caracan-Gelände,L
01/09 Eiscafé Röcken, L
19/08 So & So, L
17/08 Clear Memory @ Mjut, L
15/08 Sommerpracht im Mjut, L
----(& @bedaaa)
12/08 Eiscafé Röcken, L
----(& @bedaaa)
05/08 Ilses Erika, L
18/07 Weekend, B
14/07 Heiter bis Wolkig Open Air, L
13/07 HGB, L
16/06 Kulthum, L
02/06 Tekno & Tatu, L
31/05 Dr. Seltsam, L
20/05 Radio Blau: Nokogiribiki
16/05 Conne Island, L
12/05 Puffy Bar, L
12/05 Trautmanns Open Air, L
04/05 Ilses Erika, L
01/05 Subtuesday @ Subbotnik, L
30/04 KFK (Neues Schauspiel), L 
13/04 Eiscafé Röcken, L
06/04 Eiscafé Röcken, L
23/03 Kulthum, L
22/03 Zabbermusic Record Store, Mannheim
17/03 A36, L
23/02 Eiscafé Röcken, L
21/02 Zum Wilden Heinz, L
16/02 Kulthum, L
15/02 HGB Rundgang, L
10/02 Trautmanns, L
09/02 Fischladen, L
25/01 Shred Expo @ Shredderei, L
24/01 Kulthum, L
13/01 Schnucki Champagner @ Avalon, L

2017
29/12 KFK (Neues Schauspiel), L
08/12 Eiscafé Röcken, L
10/11 KFK (Neues Schauspiel) =GlobaLE Soli Party
07/10 Shredderei Flohmarkt, L
30/08 Kantine, Konstanz
26/08 Solid Ground, Überlingen

2014-2017
Kantine, Konstanz
Douala, Ravensburg
Ruefetto, Freiburg
Needsome Radio, Freiburg
Schmitz Katze, Freiburg


https://soundcloud.com/ibuerli

I am not using soundcloud to post music for years... because of their copyright killer machine... I post elsewhere like on mixcloud. I am basically just here to listen & follow. best !

Record label, DJ/selector

Bookings: soumarecords@gmail.com

SOUMA (DJ)

Deep sounds and dance tunes from all regions since the birth of recorded music on planet earth.  

Balkan / Romani music / Greek Tsifteteli / Turkish Psych Folk & Taverna Pop / Egyptian Shaabi & Sufi music / Vintage Belly Dance / Rai / Rhythm & Blues / 60s Beat & Garage / Funk & Soul / African & Caribbean Jazz, Calypso & Highlife / Biguine / Boogaloo / Congolese Rumba / Son Montuno /Mambo / Cumbia / Salsa / Merengue / Forró / Soukous / Mandinka / Benga / Funana / Shangaan / Bollywood / Lollywood / Kollywood / Sundanese Pop & Traditional / Melayu / Luk Thung 

SOUMA RECORDS (Label)

Souma was the nickname of the famous Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, who devoted her life to music and always stood strong in a world of men. Souma is the symbol of a great era of Arabic music. The label took off two years ago, formerly being part of Radio Martiko. Souma’s first release was the long-awaited rare soundtrack compilation of Egyptian 70s star keyboard player Hany Mehanna.

Souma is following