DJ basée à Paris, Gazale est membre de Mahalla et de Kél Collectif. Elle explore les liens entre musiques électroniques et héritages SWANA. 

Corps célestes est une ode à la réappropriation de nos corps, et en particulier via la danse et le mouvement. En persan, il y a une expression que j'adore qui dit "gher to kamaresh gir kardeh" (قر تو کمرش گیر کرده), littéralement "la danse est coincée dans ses hanches". J'ai pensé ce set comme un moyen de libérer le mouvement. Cette fameuse montée d'adrénaline qui vient petit à petit à l'écoute des morceaux qui fait qu'on commence à danser lentement: les papillons dans le ventre version BPM. Ca commence doucement en mélodie, ça finit en kicks bien sentis. 

Instagram @gggazale 
Soundcloud @gggazale

Cheffe de projet : @sainteexp
D.A : @vickies_dj
Jingle : @melonfvcka
Graphisme : Astrid Manoukian

𝕆𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕃𝕏𝕏𝕏𝕀𝕏 - 𝔾𝕒𝕫𝕒𝕝𝕖 "ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕡𝕤 𝕔é𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕤"

Benzene Baby

Nashwa - Enti (Monsieur 7awli's Enti Chta7 Chta7 Edit)

(ENG BELOW)

Independenza c’est une vadrouille sonore qui se passe de New-York à Paris et qui fait un stop à Bruxelles aujourd’hui pour inviter Monstera Occulta.
Avec J Hart et Metodkilla nous recevons pour notre Independenza cette brillante DJ et curatrice sonore basée à Bruxelles dont le travail mêle fragmentation post-club, ritualisme ambiant et résonance diasporique.

Monstera Occulta propose une plongée dans les musiques électroniques et diasporiques issues du monde arabe et de ses périphéries culturelles. La sélection oscille entre downtempo, bass music, raï dub, hybridations électroniques levantines et voix de résistance. Les productions choisies mêlent percussions profondes, lignes de basse enveloppantes, textures électroniques modernes et une présence vocale forte, qu’elle soit chantée, murmurée ou scandée.

On y croise des artistes qui redéfinissent les esthétiques SWANA contemporaines, du dub expérimental aux réécritures électroniques de traditions arabes, en passant par des morceaux plus incisifs ou engagés. L’ensemble construit une atmosphère à la fois sombre et lumineuse, traversée par des pulsations chaudes, des rythmes syncopés et des harmonies mineures qui créent une tension douce mais constante.

Le résultat est un mix dense, cohérent, qui fait dialoguer émotion, modernité et héritages culturels. Une trentaine de minutes où le club, la poésie et la mémoire s’entremêlent, pour une écoute immersive qui reflète pleinement la signature sonore de Monstera Occulta.

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Independenza is a musical journey that takes us from New York to Paris, stopping off in Brussels today to welcome Monstera Occulta.
Alongside J Hart and Metodkilla, we welcome this brilliant Brussels-based DJ and sound curator to Independenza, whose work blends post-club fragmentation, ambient ritualism, and diasporic resonance. Hosted by Anne-Sophie Mattéi.

Monstera Occulta offers a deep dive into electronic and diasporic sounds from the Arab world and its cultural peripheries. The selection moves between downtempo, bass music, raï-dub, Levantine electronic hybrids, and powerful voices of resistance. The tracks combine warm percussion, enveloping basslines, modern electronic textures, and a strong presence of vocals — whether sung, spoken, or chanted.

The mix highlights artists who are reshaping contemporary SWANA aesthetics, from experimental dub to electronic reinterpretations of Arab traditions, as well as more incisive or politically charged pieces. The overall atmosphere is both dark and luminous, built on syncopated rhythms, deep grooves, and minor harmonies that create a subtle but persistent tension.

The result is a dense, coherent blend that brings together emotion, modernity, and cultural memory. Thirty minutes where club energy, poetry and heritage intersect — an immersive listening experience that fully reflects Monstera Occulta’s sonic signature.

MONSTERA OCCULTA - Independenza - Radio Campus Paris - 15.11.2025

Live session from our rehearsals in Volta

Introducing Egyptian vocalist Kasrawy: El Korasa El Safra (The Yellow Notebook) is a journey crafted between Berlin, Cairo, and Brussels. It weaves Kasrawy’s vocals through electronic rhythms of the past decades, influenced by the microtonal textures and swana drum presets of the Casio AT-5 keyboard. El Korasa El Safra moves between deep, percussive bass tracks and more introspective, spacious moments.

https://exfala.bandcamp.com/album/el-korasa-el-safra

(English below)

ايه الحكاية
تعبت مالقراية
كبرت و شوفت نفسي
بدور عالهداية

برد عالمكالمة
ثانية مين معايا
ايوة انهي سلمى
انا لوحدي
و مين معايا
فبتقولي بابا نويل
بس مجيش بليل
باجي الفجر
الاجر كاش
الاجر كام

بجري ورا اكل عيشي
و كسم الامريكان
و لاجل culture اخنصر
بفلح فالمزيكا agriculture
بحصد بقشر
باقي الاغاني على المنشر
فالحفلة تقولي سانتا
بنوزع الهدايا
مش بحكم مالبداية
بس بحكي للنهاية
يسطى انت زي ما انت
ملزق زي فانتا
صفر جوا خانتك
جيت تاخدني خدتك
عيش و ملح حتى
رز عيش و لحمة فته

انا حر
للخلف در
طعم الحبر مر
بس طعم الكاش الذ
مش بنزل
مش بأذن
كله سامع
مش بمثل
كله شايف اللي حاصل
لما مسكت المايك
ليه سابت المفاصل
سابق الافاضل
سابق مش بحصل
بس احصل
باخد حقي كاش
و مش بتأثر
مش بقصر
بأثر
بشرح مش بفسر
بحب اكسر اي سقف
منجيش مع اي بقف
ناس بتقضي حياتها لقف
و أنا مش بمد ايدي
متخلينيش امد ايدي

فكل حوش خدت لفه
شوفت الوشوش بتتلفق
شوفت الوحوش بتتخفى
شوفت الكروش بتتدفى
مجيتش و ايه اللي فاتني
ايه اللي فاتنا
لا مش حياتنا
مشيت و انا صغير
بس لسه قلبي ساكنة

What’s the story
I’m tired of reading
I grew up and saw myself
Searching for guidance

I answer the call
Wait—who’s with me?
Yeah, which Selma?
I’m alone
And who’s with me?
So she says “Santa Claus”
But he didn’t come at night
I come at dawn
The pay is cash
How much is the pay?

I’m running after my daily bread
And damn the Americans
And for the sake of “culture” I shrink
I thrive in music like agriculture
I harvest and peel
The rest of the songs hang out to dry
At the party, she calls me Santa
We’re handing out the gifts
I wasn’t in control from the start
But I tell the story to the end
Yo bro, you’re the same as ever
Sticky like Fanta
A zero inside your vault
You came to take me, but I took you
Bread and salt, even that
Rice, bread, and meat fatteh

I’m free
To the back — about-face
Ink tastes bitter
But cash tastes sweeter
I don’t come down
I don’t ask permission
Everyone hears
I’m not acting
Everyone sees what’s happening
When I grabbed the mic
Why did the joints give out?
I’m ahead of the greats
I’m ahead, not catching up
But I still get mine
I take my due in cash
And I’m not affected
Not falling short
I leave an impact
I explain, I don’t interpret
I love breaking any ceiling
I don’t vibe with any clown
People spend their lives going in circles
And I don’t stretch out my hand
Don’t make me stretch it out

In every hood, I made a round
Saw faces getting fabricated
Saw monsters pretending to hide
Saw bellies getting cozy
I didn’t come — what did I miss?
What did we miss?
No, that wasn’t our life
I left when I was young
But my heart still lives there

Hekaya حكاية - Live in Volta, Brussels. [EP out on Bandcamp]

Salaamati & Happy birthday to 8 years Cup of Tea!
It turned out to be a versatile, soft & spicy tea all at once. Enjoy! . 
Thank u as always for ur precious music , here comes the tracklist <3: 

Strangeitude - Ozric Tentacles 
Crocodile - Anatole Buisson
Sghayiroun - صغيرون -  Sharan & Bakal 
Jaar - Kamakan 
Genom Det Förflutna - Datasal
Buttering My Ears - Trystero
Ah ya Wad - Noise Diva & Ratchopper
Bœef-Teuf - Anatole Buisson 
Wa Wa - Fist of Facts 
0.9 (Almost a Unit) - Atom_TM
Song in My Heart - Nocturnal Emissions
I borrowed happiness from tomorrow - Nemahsis
Circle Around Rings - Smagghe & Cross 
How Much Better if Plymouth Rock Had Landed on the Pilgrims - Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom
Der Grund - Mare Amador
?- ? 
Forester - Comomodo
Hallucinations (ft Upsilon) - Anatole Buisson 
Jus Dance - Mr. V.
Veryshortly La Panthère - Sepehr's Pantheress Remix
Ostende - SMagghe & Cross
Gong Gong Gong 工工工 - Inner Reaches III 慾望的暗角三 (Zaliva D. Remix)
Spinning plates - Nemahsis
Further Back and Faster - Coil
The Time of The Gatherin - Time Modem
We Are Everywhere - Nocturnal Emissions
Mind Power - James Power in J.Period Edition
Good Life - Salomea ft Oscar #Worldpeace
Ah Ya Layla Yumma - آه يا ليلاه يمّه  -  Sharan & Bakal 
Der  Faden - Mare Amadou 
Moments in Love - Art of Noise-

Cup of Tea 11.2025

Cocktail Hour w: Berseid 27.11.25

Hommage à la chanson de l'artiste belgo-marocain Cheb Rayan 💥

Dana Dana

Hommage à la chanson de l'artiste soudanaise Gawaher ✨🔥

Al Korneish

Hommage à la chanson de l'artiste libanaise Fairuz ✨❤️

Nassam Alayna El Hawa

inquiries: info@jabomusic.net

Jabo is a born and bred Belgian, but his music provides a hint as to his origins.
 His productions imprinted elements of bass music with sample-heavy, loopy North African and Middle Eastern music, which placed him at the forefront of a generation of innovative and fresh producers in Belgium.  The “Moroccan Bass” sound, as Jabo calls it, defined his well acclaimed debut EP, « Harissa » which appeared on Lowup records in 2015. Its successor, « Sonic Mizwid », displayed a more terse and introspective strand to his sonic identity.
Subsequently a steady stream of releases followed on labels such as Lowup Records, Byrd Out, Crown Collective and Generation Bass to name a few. 

Fueled by the need to explore other horizons he took some time off from music to experiment with other media and outlets. 
In 2020 he returns to the music scene and takes us back on an eclectic trip to the late 90s with his forthcoming Bub El Ghum EP. Cutting and pasting influences from Eurodance, Rave and North African rythms, Jabo uses them all as a springboard for a fun and unique club-oriented sound. 

(FR) Jawad Boumalek a.k.a Jabo s’est très rapidement fait une place sur de la scène Arabo-electro. Jabo produit mélange la musique du Maghreb, avec des beats UK et des synthés colorés. Repéré par le label Bruxellois Lowup, sur lequel il a pu sortir ses deux premiers EP intitulés Harissa et Sonic Mizwid, il est aujourd’hui reconnu comme un des producteurs les plus innovants de Belgique.
Son style unique unique lui attire les louanges des plus grands artistes du genre comme Acid Arab, A-trak ou Dj Snake.

@EXFALA  
= (@matokamusic & @vicking1998)

VICEYARD

Victor Arthur Maillard (1998, Belgium) is a 
Berlin-based producer and composer.  
Victor works across producing artists, electronic music and doing scoring work for media.

Currently he is producing his debut album under the group alias Viceyard and working as a producer duo named 'EXFALA' with jazz musician Matoka. Maillard just finished scoring and sounddesign for Michael Zandl’s show ‘Food’ Premiered in September ‘25.

Ras El Hanout ✨fusionne les airs populaires arabes - résonances de l’enfance de Dorra, violoniste et chanteuse franco-tunisienne - avec des vibrations électroniques actuelles (baile funk, bubbling, kuduro…) portées par Marilou - grande inspectrice du booty-shake 🔥 Toutes les deux font appel à Bastien - beatmaker des causses - pour reconstruire ces chansons à leur sauce. Sur scène, la voix, le violon de Dorra et les synthés de Bastien sont propulsés par Marilou aux platines et vous emportent dans leur univers saccadé, enfumé et irrésistible. Impossible de rester immobile 💥

SWANA music lover.
Dark music enthusiast. 
IG:
@monstera_occulta
@bal.poussiere
@sweetssobasoul
FB:
facebook.com/Monsteraocculta/

Grazing your lawns into dancefloors
The aim is travelling without moving
The aim is (re)connecting roots
The aim is sweating while bellydancing 
Bleat for track ID

Fuck instagram but find me there anyway: @monsieur7awli

Booking: Monsieur7awli@gmail.com

🔌 monitamusica@gmail.com ✉️

**** selector diving in sound ****
based in DU - CGN - BN
Monthly live w/ Cup Of Tea on 674.FM (Cologne/ GER), bi-monthly live w/ Maenad Transmission on Studio Néau (Eupen/ BEL) 

Thank u 

past: Alte VHS (BN), Traumweltenfestival (BN) Bundeskunsthalle (BN), Kunstmuseum Bonn (BN), Namenlos (BN), Musikclub Sessions (BN), Kreuzberg (BN), AZ Köln (CGN), Kaffe Güzel (CGN), BüZe (CGN), Stapeltor (DU), ZKHochfeld (DU), Rekorder (DO), PONG (D), Weltkunstzimmer (D), Kunsthaus Essen (E), CuteCommunityRadio (BO), Rotunde (BO), 
Tipi Westwerk (LPZG), Elipamanoke e.V. (LPZG), Vier.Ruhr (Mülheim), Projekt42 (Mgladbach), 
fluc (VIE), Luftschloss (VIE), MEAKUSMA@StudioNéau (Eupen), Kunsthaus Essen (E), Nachtasyl Hamburg Thalia Theater (HH), MARKK (HH) Tropentangofestival (WOL), OPENGROUND (WPPRTAL), Börse (WPPRTL), LOCH (WPPRTAL), 
Summerhouse Cafe, Delhi (IND), Re:Fresh Club, Goa (IND)
Friday-JamSessions@D.'s Place, Tehran (IRN), Rave@Nasty'sYogaLoft, Tehran (IRN)

... and every1 else  <3

Station spatiale du bon son, du kiff et de la teuf ✨ 🪐


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Internet radio based in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland.
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