Jeneen joins LUMA on Habibti Nation this month, highlighting 75 years since the Palestinian Nakba. LUMA opens with 'raï bass’, electro and Libyan reggae and Jeneen traverses the dark, bassy side of underground music from the Levantine region and Fertile Crescent. 

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Jeneen - May 2023

LUMA serves up a bag of hot off the press releases, with mainly new sounds from the North African diaspora including mahraganat, ‘raï n bass’ and syncopated electro. Beirut’s KLO provides a club essentials mix of rolling acid infused techno, tech house and electro. 

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & KLO - June 2023

Bringing sounds from across Iberia, North Africa and SWANA, Tágide lay down selections through folk, electro, dubstep and more from the likes of Kutasba K. Sabir, Omar Souleyman and Cheb Runner.

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Tágide - July 2023

Amsterdam based Noise Diva joins LUMA for a special show ahead of Noise Diva’s UK debut and headline set at the Habibti Nation 2nd birthday party. Ebbing from experimental sounds from Tunisia to new rap from Palestine to hard Egyptian techno.

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Habibti Nation w/ Noise Diva - July 2023

Franco-Algerian DJ duo Disco Makrout joined LUMA on this month's episode of Habibti Nation. The queer femme partnership champions diversity and eclecticism through the music they broadcast having grown up in Algeria in the late 90s - listen back for raï club reworks, Egyptian electronica and leftfield percussive cuts.

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Disco Makrout - August 2023

Grace delivers the guest mix from Nottingham via Kuwait and Lebanon bridging the gap between UK 140 sounds and Arabic samples. LUMA opens starting with synths from Sudan, Lebanon and Egypt and percussive goodness from the region.

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Grace غريس - September 2023

This month’s Habibti Nation show is dedicated to Palestine in light of the genocide happening in Gaza. Listen to a soundscape of Palestinian song, poetry, archival voices as well as electronic sounds, from artists like Checkpoint 303, Baraari, Zenobia and Bashar Murad.

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Tice Cin - November 2023

Habibti Nation's first show of 2024 kicks off with new electronic sounds from SWANA, as host LUMA ran a selection of Arab-amapiano and music from Palestinian artists. Turkish-British DJ Betulia took control of the guest mix - inside, percussive electro and Turkish club sounds.

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Betulia - January 2024

British-Iranian DJ, producer and radio host RONISA joins LUMA this month. LUMA plays arab-amapiano and rap from Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan. RONISA, a staple in the London Iranian underground scene, bridges electro and percussive elements with nostalgic sounds of Iran and SWANA region. 

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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Ronisa - February 2024

This is a special one as Miss Kine, who first attended a Habibti Nation DJ workshop, then opened at one of our nights in November, is now on our radio show on Balamii, making their radio debut! We love a full circle moment and bringing the community up. LUMA opens the first hour with every genre you can imagine featuring a focus on sounds from women in Palestine fresh from the Habibti Nation sold out shows platforming Palestinian female artists with Bethlehem Cultural Festival in Glasgow and London


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Habibti Nation w/ LUMA & Miss Kine - March 2024

DIY Excellence. From London To The World.

New tracks tagged #Electronic Levant