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56 incredible artists across 28 days are set to light up Qatar with MDLBEAST’s first-ever event outside the Kingdom

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MDLBEAST, the Saudi music entertainment company committed to growing talent and the regional music scene, has announced the launch of ARAVIA, a series of concerts throughout the world cup season. Aravia marks a milestone in Middle East entertainment which will bring 56 regional and international artists to Doha across 28 nights to entertain football fans.

The nightly raves will bring together football fans from all over the world to enjoy the best music and AAA artists in the Qatar capital.The performances will kick off at the end of each match from November 21 to December 18, at the purpose-built Al Rihla stage.

The ARAVIA event in Qatar is further evidence of MDLBEAST’s ongoing commitment to growing talent, development of the regional scene, and alignment with the world’s biggest sporting events to advance the creative economy for Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East.

Ramadan Alharatani, CEO, MDLBEAST, commented: “The launch of Aravia is a huge milestone moment for MDLBEAST and for the wider region. We are known for putting on legendary live music and entertainment events thanks to the runaway success of SOUNDSTORM, and to have 28 nights of AAA DJs and music in Qatar this year is an exciting prospect. We look forward to bringing the best of dance music to football fans from all over the world.”

MDLBEAST has played a significant role in growing the music and entertainment scene in the region. The company is behind SOUNDSTORM, the biggest music festival ever seen in the Middle East which brings three days of global, regional and local superstars to the Kingdom. As well as its flagship festival, MDLBEAST is also behind the first ever music event of its kind in the region, XP Music Futures, the annual three-day conference and industry show created to amplify music futures across the Middle East.

Tickets for the ARAVIA nightly events will go on sale from September 20, starting from SAR 199, available across MDLBEAST’s website as well as Qatar’s Jarir bookstore, and will be open to the public. https://mdlbeast.com/

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After a long two years away due to the pandemic, East London’s best kept secret The Bridge is set to throw open its doors once more on Saturday 17th September. The first party of the new era sees Bubbledee meet Berlin’s Club Der Visionaere Berlin with sets from Bruno Schmidt, Andrea Giudice and Larry Cadge while the likes of Made in Romanyeah, Crowded as well as some clandestine afterparties for Studio 338 ́s techno brand Release all follow.

The Bridge is run by the same experienced team behind London’s super club Studio 338. It is an intimate, small capacity club for music-centric parties from underground brands, DJs and labels with an up close and personal atmosphere. Its leftfield music policy is forward thinking and with so many venues being lost to property development and gentrification, The Bridge represents one of the last strongholds for underground parties in the East End.

The welcoming venue boasts two equally sized floors, both of which are powered by a punchy and world class VOID sound system with exposed brick walls, original wood floors and plenty of outdoor space. In the past the venue has bounced to sets from icons like Loco Dice and Goldie and now it is ready to get back to creating those special sorts of musical memories.

The opening calendar features a whole new generation of forward thinking parties, brands and record labels including Bubbledee X Club De Visionnaire on September 17th with underground house and minimal from Bruno Schmidt, Andrea Giudice and Larry Cadge, Crowded on September 24th, then Berghain favourite Ryan Elliot headlines Bubbledee on November 5th. Kazoku The After Party is on November 19th with Astral Travel aka Anthea b2b Oshana, and in December Bubbledee welcomes another Berlin tastemaker with Answer Code Request.

Many more events and headliners are to come but at last the final countdown is on for the much anticipated return of The Bridge.

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German pair GHEIST showcase their love of Disclosure classic ‘You & Me’ (Flume Remix) with a fresh new rework that adds their own magical style. This tune has been a huge hit already over summer with both fans and DJs like Adriatique going wild for it, so now it is presented as a giveaway to everyone as a free edit.

This duo is in a fine run of form right now after their Zukunft album on their own Radau Music last year, then a high profile video which touched on the subject of mental health. Now, this edit was a chance for GHEIST to show a different side and offer up a fun, unique tune that gets everyone together.

Says GHEIST, “Originally, we were working on this rework to create a special moment for our shows. As we were jamming in the studio one late night, we got so hooked on this song, but we would have never expected the feedback we were given. It makes us very happy to finally share our rework of this already amazing song with you, and hope for many more inspiring moments between You and Us.”

Disclosure – You & Me (Flume Remix) [GHEIST Rework] is a steamy six minute house cut with warm drums and a sensuous vocal build laced with rich chords. Eventually it drops and carries you away with wispy pads, well treated vocals and spine tingling depths.

This is another superb offering from this essential pair.

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Joseph Capriati is to become a resident on the legendary BBC1 Radio throughout November. Across 4 shows, the Italian will dig deep into his influences and inspirations and serve up music from his past, present and future to fans around the world.

Over the last decade-plus, Joseph Capriati has been on a constant mission to push forward as an artist. The Neapolitain’s sound is rooted in techno but is now also about so much more, as his wide-ranging debut album Metamorfosi on his own Redimension label proved. He has played major clubs and festivals all over the world from DC10 to Tomorrowland and proved his skills as a DJ with his seminal entry into the famous Fabric mix series.

This summer he hosted his own exclusive parties at Amnesia in Ibiza and again showcased that his influences range far and wide through many forms of house and techno. He has now made a lasting mark on the global dance music underground as he always builds on the past to take his sound, his sets, and his fans into the unknown.

This new residency shows that Joseph is a global tastemaker and will allow him to share some of the music he loves the most with the world.

Luciano, THEMBA, Ida Engberg, Archie Hamilton, Jan Blomqvist, Serge Devant and Nic Fancuilli headline

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After making a huge impact on the Ibizan landscape in its first season, Club Chinois has unveiled a finale of closing parties that will leave the island with lasting musical memories. Final gatherings for season residencies include, Ida Engberg, Themba, Luciano, Satori and Pablo Fierro, followed by one big Closing Party on Sunday 16th October with Luciano, Ida Engberg, Clint Lee and Manu Gonzalez. Make sure you purchase your tickets now as these are sure to be special nights.

It has been a historic debut season for Club Chinois. Inside the venue formerly known as Heart Ibiza, this new nightspot brought high-octane and immersive world class events to a meticulously designed space. It boasts a world class sound system with interiors that blend opulent eastern cultures with the hedonism of Ibiza. Acclaimed resident DJs and superstar headline performers have delivered a wide mix of sounds including house, techno and disco each night of the week this season.

Now it all comes to a close, firstly with Ida Engberg presents UNA on Tuesday 13th September featuring Ida Engberg b2b Archie Hamilton – sure to throw up plenty of forward thinking house and techno sounds, as well as Berlin based dreamy, melodic techno innovator Jan Blomqvist along with Serge Devant, Yulia Niko and Airrica.

Monday 26th September sees the closing of the La Troya with the line up to follow.

On Wednesday 28th September, Afro house pioneer THEMBA hosts one last ‘Colours’ party alongside Nic Fanciulli, DJ Kent and Airrica – expect a cross-section of emotive and spiritual sounds.

Swiss-Chilean minimal kingpin Luciano has one last event on Saturday October 1st with a line up to be announced, and Satori closes his magical season with another immersive spectacular on Thursday 6th October featuring a set from him with SORA, Guy Laliberté and Clint Lee.

Saturday 14th October is the closing of Pablo Fierro’s sublime season with line up news to come.

Then there is one final hurrah on Saturday 16th October with some of the season’s favourite DJs returning for one more party. Luciano and Ida Engberg will bring their A-game and by now, know the club and crowd better than anyone, with house talents Clint Lee and Manu Gonzalez adding their own unique sounds.

It has been a special season at Club Chinois, and now there are only a few chances to experience what has been the most vital new addition to Ibiza in many years.

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Tuesday 13th September

IDA ENGBERG CLOSING PARTY
Ida Engberg b2b Archie Hamilton
Jan Blomqvist
Serge Devant
Yulia Niko
Airrica

Monday 26th September
LA TROYA CLOSING PARTY
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Wednesday 28th September
THEMBA CLOSING PARTY
Themba
Nic Fanciulli
DJ Kent
Airrica

Saturday 1st October
LUCIANO CLOSING PARTY
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Thursday 6th October
SATORI CLOSING PARTY
Satori
SORA
Guy Laliberté
Clint Lee

Friday 14th October
PABLO FIERRO CLOSING PARTY
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Sunday 16th October
CLUB CHINOIS CLOSING PARTY
Luciano
Ida Engberg
Clint Lee
Manu Gonzalez

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After an epic summer season, with events taking place 3 weeks in a row from July 31s to August 14th, Family Piknik has stepped up once again as the biggest underground French festival. Bringing up on stage headliners like Charlotte de Witte, Fisher, Richie Hawtin, Whomadewho, Maceo Plex, Danny Tenaglia, Nora en Pure, Kölsch, Joris Voorn and many other top international House & Techno artists, Family Piknik already welcomed more than 20000 party-people over the summer.

The challenge was not easy, though, after Montpellier city hall decided earlier this year to break the convention it had with the festival, brutally ending up with a 10 years partnership and leading Tom Pooks and his team to find new locations to host his 2022 events. Lunel arenas & Frontignan open-air park, both located 20 minutes away from Montpellier, south of France, appeared to be great spots after being totally reshaped by the Family Piknik crew. Some natural grass was set up on the dusted arenas ground to maximise confort, a super pumped flamingo dominated the main stage, crazy performers and secondary « secret » stages created a great atmosphere and experience for all these festival attendees coming from more than 30 countries.

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>> Family Piknik 2022 – Weekend 2 aftermovie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHiaO67H1Y

Now that the summer marathon is over, the Family Piknik team focus on the building of its huge Closing party taking place on October 1st. It will take place in Béziers Arenas, the biggest arenas of southern France, with a 12000 overall capacity. After 2021’s great Closing with Boris Brejcha, Family Piknik will have the most renown Techno artist in action, Paul Kalkbrenner. « We’ve been waiting for 3 years before being able to confirm Paul and we are sure we’ll offer him a good experience » comments Family Piknik’s founder Tom Pooks. « It’s always a thrilling moment for us to close a whole season, especially as it’s been the most stressful and intense we’ve ever known in our history, with 3 restless weeks of hard work for our crew on the ground… I’m sure this closing party will be very emotional for all of us. »

For the first time, Berlin super-hero will get to perform for Family Piknik. He was the last big headliner missing on the Family Piknik hall of fame through these 10 past years. He will play a 2 hours live set for what will be the most epic closing session you could dream of. Before this legacy, the Afterlife stamped duo Agents of Time will also share their Live skills with the crowd, while Simina Grigoriu, Tom Pooks b2b Joy Kitikonti and Family Piknik Music talents Abstraal & Pontias will warm thousands of people in the afternoon.

>> Family Piknik 2021 Closing Party w/ Boris Brejcha – Aftermovie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIy4InfPpqg

This Closing Event is already meant to be sold-out, check out all details and grab the final last tickets on www.familypiknikfestival.com – tickets available from 35€

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After its big move to Pacha, Ibiza Bedouin’s enchanting Saga party has been the most talked about on the island and now it announces a huge closing on October 5th with Swiss-Chilean legend Luciano. Between now and then, the likes of DJ Koze, Audiofly and more are all still to play.

Formed by Rami Abousabe and Tamer Malki, Miami-based duo Bedouin has been bringing their own fresh sound to the scene for years. Their unique mix of spellbinding melodies, fresh rhythms and a mix of their Middle Eastern heritage and Western upbringing has made them into a globally renowned duo.

At the same time, their own Saga party has gone from strength to strength since starting in 2017. For the first time this year, the party arrived at Pacha and scaled-up its ambition with a magical Middle Eastern-inspired experience infused with incense, soft and warm lighting and an enticingly beautiful, dramatically fresh and infectiously blended soundtrack each and every Wednesday.

There have been many highlights already this summer such as an epic Deep Dish reunion that saw house heroes Dubfire and Sharam reunite in style, a magical back-to-back between Bedouin and Crosstown rebels boss Damian Lazarus, a next level live show from Innervisions man Henrik Schwarz and Nathan Daisy appearing as a special guest.

Now, the special Saga series rolls on with many standout parties to come: in September sees Bedouin play an extended set and more from ANDHIM, DJ Koze, Ageless, Audiofly and Serge Devant. The grand finale is on October 5th with Cadenza label head Luciano bringing his stripped back and Latin tinged minimal sounds next to Hoomance.

Later in the year, the acclaimed pair are also set to unveil their long awaited debut album. It will be a deep dive into their famously rich and musical house sound with all of the worldly influences and cultural references that are now expected from the innovative producers. It shall also be including some widely acclaimed international artists (to be announced very soon)

Amongst the rest of their headline sets for Saga at Pacha, the pair have also had a busy tour diary that has taken them to Mykonos, Egypt, Marseille, Marbella, Düsseldorf, DC-10 and Hï Ibiza amongst many more places between now and the end of summer.

It has been a ground breaking year for Bedouin, but there is still plenty more to come from the influential pair.

Lineup for the rest of the season:

September 7: Bedouin, andhim, The Soul Brothers
September 14: Bedouin, DJ Koze, and Ageless
September 21: Bedouin, WhoMadeWho, Santiago Garcia
September 28: Bedouin, Audiofly, and Serge Devant
October 5: Bedouin, Luciano, and Hoomance

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