DJ Sets

B-Sides of my last album Floating Memory, recorded at Blackhead Studios Berlin. 

Special thanks to Tara Khazen and May Beydoun. 

Floating Memory (B-Sides)

Releases

Rise 1969 Live @ TeknoAnd 24.07.21

Rise 1969 @ Ballroom Blitz 22.10.21

Rise 1969 @ Ballroom Blitz Beirut NYE-1

Rise 1969 @ Ballroom Blitz - 24.12.21

Warming up for Peter Kirn at my second home.

Rise 1969 - The Ballroom Blitz - 22.04.22

3-deck mix recorded at Ballroom Blitz showcasing my upcoming EP titled Sudden Loss.

Sudden Loss EP Showcase - 11.11.22 - Goldroom

Our new episode of the Blankhaus Podcast Series delivered by @william-mahfoud

William Mahfoud (a.k.a. Rise 1969) is a UK-born, Beirut-raised artist who is a staple in the Lebanese rave scene. After finishing his audio engineering BSc at SAE London, he worked with several mixing and mastering studios in London, Dubai, and currently, in Beirut. His discography includes various EPs and remixes, including 4 LPs, spanning and often fusing multiple genres such as techno, minimal, drum’n’bass, and anything in between. 



William has played halfway around the world including London and Berlin, most notably at The Grand Factory (Beirut), The Ballroom Blitz (Beirut), B018 (Beirut), süß war gestern (Berlin), BEAT (London), Electrowerkz (London), and The Ministry of Sound (London), among others. He also won the ‘Beirut Berlin Express’ competition, spent time at BlackHead Studios in Berlin under Sasse's mentorship, and recently released his 4th studio album on Moodmusic Records. 

Tracklist:

1. Deepbass - Kyma
2. Forerunners - Magnetic Quartz
3. Lewis Delay - Do Not Stand (Cesar Galindo Remix)
4. Kyntral - Amuleto (Luigi Tozzi Remix)
5,. Daniel Dexter - Storm
6. Ritz - Mushrooms
7. Show-B - Far Down
8. Appolonia - June (Charles Webster November Mix)
9. Leonardo Pancaldi - No House For Old Men
10. Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller Remix)
11. Donato Dozzy & Anna Caragnano - Parola (Rework)
12. Tentemoller - Moan (Trentemoller Remix)
13. Sasha - Smoke Monk
14. Taaaz - Serious (Ari Cazal Remix)
15. Steve Bug - Pelican Glide
16. Petar Dundov & Marc Romboy - Caper Tran
17. Billie Eilish - iomilo (Viceversa Edit)
18. Steve Bug & Langenberg - NGC6240 (Tim Engelhardt Remix)
19. Simone Barbari Viale - Agosto

Blankhaus Podcast 031 - Rise 1969

That Half Flat

01. Tartine - Rise 1969

02. Soft Groove - Rise 1969

03. Woven Insanity - Rise 1969

04. Power Trip - Rise 1969

05. Comedown - Rise 1969

06. Why Can't I Make Something Happy - Rise 1969

07. End Game - Rise 1969

The Box Kurdistan | Black Tap Erbil | 16-10-2025

Rise 1969 - Illusion of Justice

Rise 1969 - Tarot

Geara, Rise1969 - Cult of the painless body

Planctophob - Synthetic Genomics (Rise 1969 Remix)

Room 162 - Generation of Horror

Set recorded at my debut at The Ballroom Blitz (Beirut, Lebanon).

Rise 1969 @ The Ballroom Blitz - 25.01.19

Set I recorded between 7 and 9 in the early morning at Projekt Beirut, closing the night after listening to and being inspired by my childhood hero @dubfire at The Garten. An ode to early 00's minimal. 

Tracklist:

Le Son Du Placard - Dragon
Dubfire - RibCage (Dense & Pika Remix)
Hidden Empire - Black Beauty (Drunken Kong Remix)
Maksim Dark & Diatonic - Dubspace (Transcode Remix)
Arpeggio For The Devil - Oliver Gruen
Sisko Elektrofanatik & Kreisel - Perpendicular
John Haden, Andrea Giuliani & Luca Rossetti - Immortal
Rise 1969 - Es Vedra
Dusty Kid - Psika
Justin James - Directionally Challenged (Raul Facio Remix)
Monococ - Jupiter
Ketch & Synthetic Archetype - Cyclic (Ketch Reinterpretation)
Under Black Helmet - Unmask
Oostil - Quantic
Oculus - Flirting With The Devil
Delhia De France - Tremors: Nemesis (Adriatique Remix)
TVA - Sarri (Fideles Remix)

(Photo by Ali Annan)

Rise 1969 - Projekt Closing - 01.06.19

Recorded at Electrowerkz London alongside Sama, Jason Kaakoush, and Anahita Shamsaei.

Rise 1969 - Live @ Electrowerkz London (16.08.19)

Rise 1969 - Birthday Set @ Projekt Beirut (03.08.19)

Just After Sunset (Rise 1969 Remix) - Kryptic Minds [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Up next on Thawra Records, we are delighted to welcome on board, Rise 1969, with his 3rd studio LP “Black Eye”, a six-track benefaction of dark and unadulterated Techno.

Born in the UK and based in Beirut, William Mahfoud aka Rise 1969 has been a staple of his local rave communities, drawing influences from the punk, techno, drum and bass, and experimental scenes, and with almost a decade of professional experience in sound, two LPs, numerous club residencies and bi-continental performances and appearances at the likes of Electrowerkz and The Ministry of Sound in London. 2019 culminated in Mahfoud traveling to Berlin for a four week residency at Blackhead studios, working under the mentorship of Moodmusic label and studio head Sasse, where Black Eye was born. Fascinated by hippie culture, Rise was immediately drawn to the Berlin underground and found a home in its rich and progressive music communities, specifically the thriving clubbing and techno scenes that have made Berlin the hub for electronic musicians, DJs and free spirits alike, in the last decade.

A direct result of this immersive experience, the 6 track LP is an expertly engineered Techno record, featuring fantastic sound design work, dark & ominous ambiences with deeply penetrating sub energy that would make the sturdiest speaker cabinets tremble at their might. From the titular track and fittingly named Black Eye to the closing Neural Handshake, the release carries impressive textural sound work relying on (a) few methodically woven sounds and textures, emulating a Berghain-esque Techno experience with a unique and uncompromising punk attitude - an ask no questions, take no prisoners melange of Peak-time and hard-hitting Techno with a dash of melodic to warm frail hearts, Rise’s offering is a requiem that engulfs the listener in a world of auditory pleasure delivering massive energy that will shake your core, and probably leave you with an ever so welcome black eye.

Black Eye LP by Rise 1969 (@william-mahfoud)
Mixed & Produced by Rise 1969 at Blackhead Studios DE
Mastered by Ziad Moukarzel at Woodwork Sound Studio LB
Artwork by Lama Marakshi

℗ 2020 Thawra Records

Rise 1969 - War Shower

Rise 1969 - LocKdown in Berlin - 11.01.21

Bookings: williamahfoud@gmail.com

- Moodmusic Records (Berlin)
- Thawra Records (Beirut)
- Artscope (Seoul)

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