Dress to sweat for this special night at Sydney Festival, as two bright lights of contemporary club music share a pulsating double bill at City Recital Hall.   

Raised between Saudi Arabia, Japan and the UK, DJ-producer Nooriyah is renowned for her bouncy, high-energy sets that showcase the sounds of the SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) region. Mixing the likes of Arabian pop, Jersey Club, Afrobeats, amapiano and trap into a sound that’s all her own, Nooriyah is known for her iconic Boiler Room session and recent blazing features at Glastonbury and Coachella.

Complementing her perfectly on this double-bill is Palestinian-American curator DJ Habibeats, the driving force behind the genre-blurring Habibi’s House event series. Fusing Arabic sounds with global electronic influences, the globe-trotting selector champions a new wave of culturally rooted, borderless dance music.

Expect a globe-trotting, body-moving night of dancefloor release.

“Nooriyah is disrupting the rules of representation while making others dance to her tune.”

VOGUE ARABIA

“DJ Habibeats is redefining what global club music can sound like.”

BEATPORTAL

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Nooriyah

Raised between Saudi Arabia, Japan and the UK, DJ-producer Nooriyah is renowned for her bouncy, high-energy sets that showcase the sounds of the SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) region. Mixing the likes of Arabian pop, Jersey Club, Afrobeats, amapiano and trap into a sound that’s all her own, Nooriyah is known for her iconic Boiler Room session and recent blazing features at Glastonbury and Coachella.

DJ Habibeats

USA

DJ Habibeats is a powerhouse in the global dance music scene, hailing from SF and based in LA. Best known for his explosive event Habibi's House, he sells out venues worldwide. His percussion-heavy sound fuses Amapiano, Baile Funk, and Jersey Club with Middle Eastern, African, Brazilian and Latin influences.