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Stepping into the spotlight of this week’s Select is Reyy, one of the fastest-rising DJs in Cairo’s underground electronic scene. Built on rolling percussion and tribal techno textures, her select mix is a danceable, joyful journey through insatiable grooves, layered with vocal chops and deep club cuts. The eclectic selection features tracks like ‘Stay Like This’ by Kuss and ‘U Used to Laugh at My Jokes’ by Temudo.

This week on Select, we spotlight up-and-coming Cairo-based DJ Youssef Seoudy, whose sound draws on house, minimal and disco, with a feel-good approach built around keeping the dancefloor moving. His hour-long mix weaves together groove-led house, disco flourishes and minimal rhythms, shifting between moods without losing its playful, uplifting pulse. The tracklist features dancefloor-ready cuts from Supernova’s ‘Art on the Road’ and Luke Alessi’s ‘Guacamole’ to Rooleh’s ‘Kinara Nights’.

On this week’s Select, Cairo-based DJ Sn0tbox, who emerged from the city’s underground, left-field clubbing scene with unconventional sets spanning deep dubstep, deconstructed club and glitched-out dembow, stitched together by grimy sound design and flickers of post-club obscurity. Moving through the darker corners of the club, the mix shifts between distorted electronics, deconstructed rhythms, bass-heavy cuts and warped pop, driven by abrasive percussion. Seductive, strange and intense, it features tracks by Manuka Honey, Slikback and Nick Leon.

This week, Cairo-based DJ Foutchy steps into our Select spotlight with a house-driven set shaped by disco, funk and groove. Having started DJing in the Netherlands, she has since made her mark on Egypt’s electronic scene, performing at major parties and sharing lineups with international artists including D. Stone. For her Select set, Foutchy charts a steady rise in energy, moving from mid-tempo grooves into more driving house cuts. The mix features Chloe Caillet and D. Stone’s ‘Noise Keeper’, Caleb Jackson’s ‘Everybody High’, and Luke Alessi and Demi Riquisimo’s ‘Basement Trash’, among others.

On this week’s Select, Egyptian DJ and selector Jess exclusively shares her set from the Juicy Bar stage at Poland’s Garbicz Festival 2026. Warm and hazy at first, the mix gradually loosens into something more euphoric and playful, moving through flashes of disco, Balearic, Italo and house with unexpected turns along the way. Rather than locking into a single groove, Jess keeps the energy shifting, weaving together tracks including Crazy P’s ‘Open for Service’, Vinyl Mode and Moayad’s ‘Etha Habbetik’, Subject Is We’s ‘Aw3’ad’ and Cheb Rizki’s ‘Had Lila F Bladi’. Jess is one of the fast-rising names in Egypt’s electronic dance scene, traversing dancefloors across the MENA region and the globe. Her recent festival appearances include Germany’s Fusion Festival, Lebanon’s Aegis Festival and Egypt’s Sandbox.

This week on Select, Egyptian drummer-turned-DJ DJOJO joins us with a vibrant, groove-laden set exploring 70s and 80s African music, with a strong focus on West Africa. Drawing on his background as a drummer, DJOJO taps into his obsession with polyrhythms, weaving together a soulful, movement-forward journey. The mix sets off with Ekambi Brillant’s buoyant ‘Aboki’, introducing a lively pulse that flows into the cult-classic synth-boogie of Steve Monite’s ‘Things Fall Apart’. The energy stays locked in as Free Youth’s infectious ‘We Can Move’ raises the temperature, driving the set toward the warm, horn-laced afro-funk textures of Eko Roosevelt’s ‘Tondoho Mba’.

This week on Select, Egyptian DJ Kordii joins us with an infectious mix of minimal house, deep tech and acid. The set kicks off with atmospheric ambient textures, gradually unfolding into rolling basslines, and hypnotic deep tech before reaching a peak through acid-infused moments of tension and release. The set features an eclectic selection of tunes, such as Traumer’s ‘Duality’, Robin Graham’s ‘Party Trap’, Josh Ludlow’s ‘Crazy Gang’, and Emi Omar’s ‘Whisky Bar’.

This week on Select, we have a special mix from Dubai-based, Filipino-born DJ Sonchauni. Known for his unpredictability and sharp textural flashes, his eclectic sound moves effortlessly between house, techno, left-field cuts, bass-heavy rhythms and ambient, often weaving them all into a single set. For his Select set, Sonchauni traverses an emotive electronic landscape, pairing weighty bass grooves with ambient passages and moments of blissful disruption. The mix opens with Yingtuitive’s ‘Exhibition’, before slipping into an introspective left-field cut. An edit of Peder Mannerfelt’s ‘Records & Vibes’ marks a turning point, introducing a jolt of tactile techno pressure that drives the set towards its peak of bass-heavy, chant-laced rhythms and fractured house grooves. From there, the energy begins to splinter, giving way to the deconstructed breaks of AGOSTINO’s ‘Ritorno’ (Piezo Remix). The final stretch gradually loosens its grip, ending in the hazy, melodic pull of Nick Leon’s remix of Oklou’s ‘Blade Bird’, a softer landing after a set built on tension, movement and surprise.

Taking the Select spotlight this week is Jordanian singer, DJ and composer KEENA, whose distinctive sound explores new ways of bringing original Arabic songwriting and vocals into contemporary electronic music. Her work has earned support from international electronic names including Adriatique, Bedouin, Dixon, Keinemusik, Jimi Jules and Pete Tong, while she has shared the stage with Adam Port, Rampa and Miss Monique. Her Select mix moves between groove-led house, indie dance and melodic electronics, favouring slow-burning progressions over immediate peaks. It opens with warm, playful grooves before gradually shifting into more cinematic and introspective territory. Along the way, KEENA threads together tracks including Franky Rizardo’s ‘Baile De Fantome’, Didier Sinclair and Baron FR’s ‘Lovely Flight’, and Jimi Jules’ ‘Don’t Take It Personal’, alongside two of her own unreleased productions, ‘Leili’ and ‘Sama’. Together, the selections offer a glimpse into her evolving approach to contemporary Arab electronic music, where Arabic vocals and songwriting sit naturally within an electronic framework.

Egyptian sound designer and producer Samïr joins us this week on Select with an unconventional mix that draws on the acoustic traditions of his homeland, from the metallic shimmer of the sagat to the intricate polyrhythms of Middle Eastern percussion, filtered through his years immersed in Barcelona’s underground electronic scene. Moving between deep dub, hypnotic soundscapes and driving club energy, the set is an immersive exploration of locked-groove, held together by a steady pulse and weaving in cuts from James Harbrecht, Danny Wabbit and Adiel.