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Festival Mix 2027
An hour of afro tech, recorded for festival season.
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Why
Moving as one
For me, the music and festivals come from the same place: that tribal feeling of coming together. A tent full of people stepping to the same beat, forgetting the outside world for a bit and connecting with each other.
Out in nature, disconnected from everything else. I like to take a floor through different sounds and moods until everyone ends up somewhere else entirely.
The sound
Tribal. Rhythmic. Deep.
Afro tech with deep afro house roots. Rolling percussion, organic melodies and chants, with a techno drive underneath. Sets start warm and melodic and build into something deeper and more hypnotic.
I've played a few festivals, including the Retrospective of House stage at Lakefest (2k cap). Smaller tents in the early hours are where I'm happiest, but I'm flexible.
- Genres
- Afro tech, afro house, melodic afro house
- Feel
- Tribal, melodic, hypnotic
- Influences
- Shimza, Maxi Meraki, Moojo, Demaya
- Prefer
- Small tents, early hours. Flexible.
- Set length
- 60 mins+
- Played
- Lakefest, Retrospective of House stage (2k cap)
- Based
- London
- Say it
- Dee-bain
Also
Part Time Signals
I run Part Time Signals. We do club nights around London and private parties in historic places, including on the Duke of Rutland's estate.
So I know what it's like on the other side of a booking.
- Club nightsAround London, including Vittoria Wharf in Hackney Wick
- Private partiesHistoric houses and estates
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Press
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The details
Tech
- 2–3× Pioneer CDJ-3000 (NXS2 fine)
- DJM-900NXS2 or DJM-A9
- Two booth monitors
- USB / Rekordbox, no laptop
Sets
- 60 mins or more
- Small tents, early hours preferred. Flexible.
Assets
- Latest mix on SoundCloud
- Full-size press photos
- Bio below
- London based, available summer 2027
DBAIN is a London DJ playing afro tech and afro house: rolling percussion, organic melodies and chants, with a techno drive underneath. Influences include Shimza, Maxi Meraki, Moojo and Demaya. He runs Part Time Signals, which puts on club nights around London and private parties in historic places, including on the Duke of Rutland's estate. Festival sets include the Retrospective of House stage at Lakefest.