deena abdelwahed

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After her beginnings in a jazz band and multiple interventions in the electronic scene in Tunis, the Tunisian producer and DJ moved to France in 2016. She signed on the Parisian label InFiné and released two EPs, "Klabb" (2017) and "Dhakar" (2020) and an album entitled "Khonnar" (2018), acclaimed by several international media such as Pitchfork and The Guardian.

Her musical explorations are hopeful attempts to reclaim the elements that make up the diversity of Arabic music, drawing inspiration from electronic dance music influenced by Club music and the current avant-garde and experimental scene. She co-produced the track "an itch" that appears on Fever Ray's latest album, "Plunge" and has produced several remixes of Bachar Mar-Khalifé, Flore, Domenico Torti and Afrika Bambaataa, among others. She has also collaborated with the dance community, asked by Alexandre Roccoli to write and perform the music for Weaver in 2017.

In Live set or DJ set, Deena Abdelwahed has performed on stage in several festivals and events of renown such as Sonar Festival twice, Les Dunes Electroniques in Tunisia, CTM Festival in Berlin, Dekmantel in Amsterdam, Dour festival or Mutek Festival in Mexico City and clubs such as Concrete and Dehors Brut in Paris, the Berghain in Berlin and Mutabor in Moscow, among others...

Deena Abdelwahed will release her new album ‘Jbal Rrsas’ (InFiné) on September 8th. The new live show is presented this year at Rewire, Sonar, Mutek Montreal, Le Guess Who and La Route du Rock. She is accompanied onstage by Khalil Epi (multi-instrumentalist), Niculin Barandun (visuals) and Pantxo Bertin (sound).

Other albums available here: Khonnar - Dhakar

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Deena Abdelwahed presents ‘Jbal Rrsas’ (AV live):
18.04.24 - SONICA FESTIVAL - Ljubljana/SI
19.04.24 - DONAUFESTIVAL - Krems/AUT
20.04.24 - KINO PŘÍTOMNOST - Prague/CZ
04.05.24 - NUITS BOTANIQUE – Bruxelles/BE 
09.05.24 - NUITS SONORES - Lyon/FR 
04.07.24 - ROSKILDE FESTIVAL - Roskilde/DA 
14.07.24  - CHAUFFER DANS LA NOIRCEUR - Montmartin-sur-Mer/FR

DJ sets:
17.05.24 - HEROES - Milan/IT
19.05.24 - LENTE KABINET - Amsterdam/NL
19.07.24 - LES INTEMPOREL-LES - Argenton-sur-Creuse/FR

Past shows: Glastonbury (UK), Berghain (Berlin), Razzmatazz (Barcelona), Club To Club (Turin), Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Nuits Sonores (Lyon), Les Indisciplinées Festival (Lorient), Tresor (Berlin), Arte Mix (Trabendo), La Route du Rock (Saint-Malo), Le Guess Who (Utrecht), Sonar (Barcelona), Mutek Festival (Montreal), Field Day (London), Mast Festival (Scicli), Body Movements (London), La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), DNIT (Barcelona), L’Antipode (Rennes), etc.