Among the generation of rising producers/DJs in the Egyptian scene, Assyouti has emerged as one of its most distinct and unapologetic voices, standing out due to his high-energy aggression and versatile track selection spanning the leftfield of club music.
Born and raised in Egypt's crowded and disordered capital Cairo, Assyouti is among his
generation's most distinct DJs and producers. Juggling hypermodern bass mutations,
warped dancefloor snaps and percussive club experiments, he draws energy from the
chaotic stimulus he grew up engulfed by, routing it into refined productions and elegant
selections. Since 2021 he's been based in Berlin and has quickly gained local traction,
appearing at venues like the legendary club Tresor, RSO, OHM, and Trauma Bar. He has
also performed at renowned music festivals like Berlin’s CTM and Uganda’s Nyege Nyege. In 2024, he founded the No_Stone event series that he runs with Barcelona based DJ/Selector Jehia.
His debut EP "Shakhrama" was released in 2022 on High Digital, and highlights his wide-
eyed and borderless musical interests, followed by an even stronger second EP on Shepard
Tone in which he explores his own take on Jungle and Breakbeat mayhem. Noisy and at
times aggressive, his productions melt visceral but challenging rhythms with distorted vocal
and drum samples, processed beyond recognition into buzzsaw post-punk sonics. As a DJ,
he balances his love of the hardcore continuum with sounds from the world's furthest
recesses, and is equally comfortable playing to energized dancers at peak time as he is
taking the crowds on a mind-challenging adventure.
Over the years he's racked up multiple appearances on radio stations like NTS, Rinse
France, Reprezent, Movement Radio, Radio Alhara, Radio Flouka, Refuge Wordlwide,
Noods Radio, Echobox Radio & Oroko Radio He was also a resident on Ma3azef Radio
from July 2020-July 2022, where - through his "Waverider" moniker - he dived deep every
month into some of his other "non-club" influences like Punk, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock,
Noise Rock, Krautrock, EBM, Industrial, Cold Wave, Minimal Wave, and other obscurities
from the 1970s onwards.
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The Disintegration of Eric Omelette EP, Shepard Tone Recordings, 2023
Shakhrama EP, High Digital, 2022