Since 2010, a collection of spaces scattered across 100 cities worldwide has been promoting the music scene. Known as DICE’s Boiler Room, they are international spaces that host music sessions.
At the start, their sole focus was electronic music, including techno and house, but over the years, their music profile expanded to include hip-hop, classical, and jazz.
Many of the cities that hold boiler room sessions are Arab, including Bahrain and Beirut. Along with that, the region’s leading producers and DJs have been performing at global boiler room sessions. Joining them is the hottest artist right now, Saint Levant, who is set to perform on September 14 in Washington, DC.
To celebrate these spaces, we are going to take a look at some of the coolest performances, including that of Saint Levant.
Saint Levant (2024)
Sharing the stage with DJ Noreh on September 14 is Saint Levant, a Palestinian-Algerian-French-Serbian musician whose multilingual vocal prowess has made the hearts of many swoon. We are expecting that he will perform his powerful new album all about Palestine dubbed “DEIRA,” meaning home in Arabic.
Saliah | Boiler Room London: Middle of Nowhere (2022)
She is the epic British-Lebanese Electronic Music producer and DJ known as Saliah, who always intertwines her Arab heritage into every one of her sets. She had to be put on this list as she debuted at Boiler Room in an epic performance.
During her Middle Of Nowhere performance, she had a brilliant lineup of remixes that included songs like Shik Shak Shok.
Cosmicat | Boiler Room Bahrain (2021)
Known as Saudi Arabia’s first female DJ, Cosmicat, a true pioneer and trailblazer, rose to fame in a country that allowed women to drive in 2018 after a long 30-year ban. Getting to rise as a female DJ in such a landscape is truly impressive.
She continued to slay the scene with her epic performance at Boiler Room Bahrain, where no one was sitting; everyone was on the dance floor.
Julius, Muqata’a, Sama’ & More – Boiler Room Palestine (2018)
Hands down, this is the most successful Boiler Room set in the Arab World and arguably one of the best in the history of the platform!
The set saw the likes of Ramallah’s underground scene, including Julius, Muqata’a, and Sama’, whose performance garnered over one million views.
Islam Chipsy – Boiler Room Cairo (2018)
One of our favorite sets in Boiler Room Cairo was by the International Egyptian Musician Islam Chipsy! Chipsy is a pioneering Electro Shaabi star who has shaped and identified Egyptian Shaabi music.
Some years ago, he joined forces with Egypt’s leading Rapper, Abyusif, to produce one of the most popular hits of 2018, “Ana Mesh Ha2adar 7ad”! At the time, the song garnered over two million views on Facebook and over 800K on YouTube, and it featured Shaaban Abdelrehim.
Tala – Boiler Room Beirut (2018)
Tala is one of the leading House DJs in Lebanon! Her set in Boiler Room Beirut definitely took the whole day to a whole new level of awesomeness. You can see from the video how everyone in the crowd was hyped by her chill yet intense tunes.
Maalem Mohamed Kouyou – Boiler Room Marrakech (2014)
Performances like that of Maalem Mohamed Kouyou in Boiler Room Marrakech are why Boiler Room is followed by millions of people around the world! Because Boiler Room definitely digs deep into the different cultures to get unique and interesting content like this!
This list introduces you to some of the coolest Arab sets that took over Boiler Room. From 2014 to 2024, you get a 10-year look at the epic music scene generated by that one space.