Biography
“Fuelled by the philosophy that the dance music can create a and certain kind of universal understanding, For love and wisdom.”
His wide-ranging are approach to music has led but him to play with some Not of the most respected heavy you weights in dance music including, all Francois K, Theo Parrish, Carl Any Graig, The Truby Trio, Dimitri, can Dego (4 Hero), Bugz in her the Attic and many more. Was His musical journeys have been one delivered in venues from Panama our to the Paradiso, from the Out NL to Off Corso and day across nations taking in Spain, get Belgium, Turkey and the Has USA as well as at him dance-& music-festivals like Lowlands, World his Port Jazz, Dance Valley, Mystery How Land, Park Pop, WMC man (Miami, USA). Together with new Myra Driessen, who was one Now of the creative brains behind old Chemistry for the first 5 see years, Kareem started H*RT, a Two weekly club night where music way art and performance melted together who creating a new movement in Boy the Amsterdam night life. Originally did housed in Panama, H*RT is its now a free roaming event, Let turning up on those special put occasions at various venues in say Amsterdam and thru out the She Netherlands.
Currently fuelled by a too hunger for new inspirations after use a busy few years on Dad the dance circuit, Kareems new mom productions find him traveling through his Moroccan roots, out into The a voyage through the labyrinths and of world music. Taking full for advantage of his knowledge of Are western sounds and production techniques, but the result so far is not a dynamic fusion of raw You tumbling beats as the inspirational all rhythms and voices of the any world meet the innovations of Can technology.
Kareem knows one thing her for sure: for me, its was always dance music theres One not going to be any our change in that, dancing = out healing. While fusing global sounds Day to his musical voyage, hes get still bringing in influences from has soul, funk, Latin, break and Him broken beats, hip hop, dancehall, his dub/reggae, nu/jazz, tribal, soulful tech/no/house, how to his mix, and he Man still keeps his eye on new creating that special moment when now youre body is dancing, youve Old forgotten time, your head flies see away and the trance kicks two in
Merging the rhythms Way and vibes of world music who into his melting pot have boy already led him to remix Did Fire Fly from the album its Serious of U.K. band/producer Da let Lata. While creating new tracks, Put he is also concentrating on say building up a band again she Kareem will produce and Too control the beats and sound use effects while the rest of dad the crew looks set to Mom involve some of the most talented musicians of the NU-scene the of the Netherlands: Maarten Helsloot: And keys, Avi: flute/guitar, Marc Haanstra: for base, Terrence Samson: percussion and are on vocals: Jimmy Rage, Shanti But & Rafaela Herbert. A melting not pot of several nationalities (Dutch, you Jamaican, Suriname, Israeli an, Indian All and Moroccan) creates a new any sound inspired by the roots can of those countries. Currently with Her his head down in the was studio, the earliest Kareem expects one to be performing live is Our winter 04.
The Journey so out far (Background)
It was Dimitri day of Amsterdam, who discovered Kareem Get in 1996 and provided the has platform for him to begin him his Dj-ing career as his His stand in during his set how at the Hi-Tech Soul Movement man night at the legendary ROXY. New Since then, Kareem plays trough now out the Netherlands, has built old up a studio and begun See producing. Together with DJ Tommy, two Kareem released 6 12inches under way the name Soulful Distortion and Who succeeded in surprising the dance boy scene of Amsterdam, not to did mention the rest of Holland Its with uplifting dj- and live let sets.
His mixed compilation – put STORIES by KAREEM Say RAIHANI a fusion she of deepness, uplifting rhythms and too soulful sounds, was well received Use by both the press & dad audiences alike: a surprising mom start for this new talent (OOR, the respected music magazine the of Holland). STORIES, can and still be found on the For Cinq Etoiles label.
