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Festival of experimental music from SWANA region and its diaspora, Another Sky, announced for London

London is getting a new festival which will focus on experimental music from the South West Asia & North Africa (SWANA) region and its diaspora...

Press shot of Nooriyah lying on a red floor. Her curly hair is sprawled across the floor and she is holding either side of her head. She's wearing a green sleeveless top and green earrings

Nooriyah is a DJ and musical archivist who’s changing the narrative around music from the South-West Asian and North African (SWANA) region, highlighting its global influence and embedding it in her genre-jumping club sets, radio shows and socials. Alongside her party-starting Recognise mix, she speaks to Ria Hylton about her journey so far, keeping it high-energy, and encouraging others to pursue their passion

“I know I’ve hit a gem when my face muscles screw like I’ve smelt something bad, you know?” Nooriyah tells DJ Mag. “If my face...

Premiere: Muskila ‘QAAR A’

Muskila will release a new two-track EP, ‘QAAR’, next week. Listen to the A-Side below. 


The Copenhagan-based DJ, producer  and founder of SWANA-focused club night...

Jeddah-born, Dublin-based Moving Still delivers a dazzling cosmic disco edit of Pakistani-British duo Nermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh’s 1984 track ‘Sari Sari Raat’ for Discostan...

British-Pakistani disco duo Nermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh have had two tracks from their 1984 album, ‘Disco Se Aagay’, remixed by Moving Still for...