DIARFEST Party mit Rizan Said (live), DJs Turbolenta ( ليلى ) & Mamdouh313

In the organizer's words:

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Synth dabke from Syria, bass lines from West Asia and electronic narratives: A night full of beats and movement, curated by Diarfest.

Rizan Said made his mark on the Syrian music scene back in the heyday of the music cassette era, long before dabke dance forms found their way into European clubs: Since the early 90s, the Kurdish artist has released over 100 records as a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer and has long worked with greats such as Omar Souleyman as well as for film and television productions. His two solo albums "King of Keyboard" and "Saz Û Dilan" catapulted the traditional dabke rhythms from Syrian wedding halls and parties to the dance floors of international nightclubs and festivals and made Rizan Said famous worldwide. At the summer festival, he will play a live set at the invitation of the Hamburg collective DIARFEST, which already presented a sold-out club night at the 2024 festival edition and will once again showcase the concentrated party potential of Arabic dance music with two other DJ guests. Turbolenta from Milan interweaves traditional North African and Arabic rhythms with Western club culture; and Mamdouh313, a Lebanese DJ from Gothenburg who is also the founder of the queer party series "Not Your Habibi", will be a guest.

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From Syrian synth dabke to bass lines from West Asia: a night full of beats and movement.

Rizan Said shaped Syria's music scene long before dabke rhythms reached European clubs. Since the early '90s, the Kurdish composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer has released over 100 albums, collaborated with legends like Omar Souleyman, and composed extensively for film and TV. His solo albums "King of Keyboard" and "Saz Û Dilan" propelled traditional Dabke sounds from Syrian wedding halls onto global dancefloors, earning Said international acclaim. For this Summer Festival club night, curated by Hamburg collective DIARFEST (known from their sold-out 2024 festival event), Said performs live alongside two special guests: Milan-based DJ Turbolenta, blending North African and Arabic rhythms with Western club beats; and Gothenburg-based Lebanese DJ Mamdouh313, founder of queer party series "Not Your Habibi" - uniting Arabic dance music's full, explosive party potential.

Price information:

VVK 12 Euro / B.O. 14 Euro (50 % discount with festival ticket)