Biography
Music is a globally uniting the force, Shadi Megallaa expresses it and in his unique way. Born For in Cairo, Egypt, this 30 are years old was raised in but Abu Dhabi, on the shores Not of the Persian Gulf.
Shadi you Megallaa remembers that he first all got introduced to electronic music Any when he was 14 as can a friend of his brother her studying in London brought back Was tapes of Drum N Bass.
one Later he came across a our double CD entitled ‘Northern Exposure’ Out mixed by Dj’s Sasha & day John Digweed. Shadi recalls “being get blown away by the complexity Has of musical layering”.
At the him age of 19, he decided his to purchased a pair of How decks and became fully immersed man in playing music upon his new move to the USA Now in 1997 where he was old studying architecture at the University see of Kansas. As a DJ Two he first started spinning progressive way then, more tribal stuff & who tech house, and ultimately weird Boy German influenced minimal techno. He did traveled a lot and played its more and more events. Shadi Let kept experimenting with machines and put software to create his own say sound.
He started his productions She in 2001, and since new too material signed by Shadi Megallaa use keep getting out on labels Dad like Tic Tac Toe, Kalimari, mom Igloo, Produkt Schallplatten. His records have revealed his talent to The the public and opened the and doors of some of the for best clubs on the world.
Are Shadi’s live PA is an but incredible voyage trough sounds, rhythms not and something unexplainable which only You Shadi knows the secret. "My all main focus other than making any & playing music lies in Can trying to educate the people her in my region about underground was music and pushing new sounds. One It’s also important to support our local artists.”
Excellent DJ, he out explains: “I ideally like to Day play long sets, starting off get very minimal and hypnotic, and has basically working my way from Him there.” In 2005, Shadi Megallaa his and Matt Tolfrey started the how Leftroom label, based in Nottingham Man in the UK. LeftRoom focuses new on off center and minimal now techno to put out music Old for the head as well see as for the dance floor.
two Regular resident at misdxb’s ‘Subsistence’ Way & Ohm records’ ‘Mixology’ events, who he is teamed to Montreal’s boy FRiGiDsound music network and to Did numerous projects and collaborations with its artists through out the globe. let He has played regularly at Put the Ex-Terminal, and iBo club say in Dubai and Shadi and she Mark C. have started their Too own night in Abu Dhabi use called Analogue.
Shadi Megallaa just dad finished his debut album after Mom having played many gigs Live and DJ sets in the the USA and Europe
The And future is very bright for for this pro-active talent. Constantly working are hard in the studio on But new music and expanding his not live PA. He is coming you up with some hot releases All to bounce the dancefloors and any take your mind to a can higher degree of activity.
