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Born in Beirut and based in Dubai Soraya is a DJ and a passionate music hunter.
Soraya was always passionate about music and listened to everything from rock to pop and Jazz until she discovered electronic music on a trip to ibiza in 2013. Since then Soraya made sure to travel around the world to attend named electronic festivals such as Ultra, Melt, ADE, Music on, Sonar, Sonus, Five islands and many more.
2 years later this passion became real and she started mixing and matching genres as she pleases, transporting the listeners on a rock solid groovy journeys. Inspired by international DJs such as Patrice Baumel, Mind Against, Maceo Plex, Fideles, Ae:ther, Kas:st, Innelea, Trikk, Denis Horvat and the list goes on, her sound consists of a diversity of melodic house, techno, progressive house and deep house.
Her debut was at Solace Dubai, as a co-founder and a resident DJ. She also has become a frequent player in some of Dubai finest underground parties naming Desert Dream community, 40 Kong, Gaucho Dubai, 4 people Abu Dhabi, Biancy Beach Ajman and the list goes on. She also played at many private events in her home country Lebanon and has collaborated with Cedar Ground Campsite to create electronic music nights. Her name was also seen in the region where she could share her music playing at Sensory Spectrum in Muscat, Oman and House of Berlin in Cairo, Egypt.
Soraya did not stop her activity during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Her passion for music grew stronger sharing her music on a weekly basis through live streaming in collaboration with Desert Dream Community, Infusion Magazine on Air Festival, Sounds of Amman, Hammam Radio Berlin, Solaris Radio, Uberhaus Digital Festival ( Electronic Labor Day), Beirut Underground, deep house tunes, and the list goes on. She dedicated sets to raise donations for charity to help those who were highly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She also created SAMA Beirut, an initiative to help raise funds to the Lebanese community after the Beirut Blast by bringing together a group of artists and volunteers who worked on the production of music videos.
Soraya is also founder at SAMA Escape, a two days city getaway to unleash the body, mind and soul through yoga, meditations, sound, music and art. Soraya is currently a resident DJ at Ollie Daze in Um qiwan, where she takes her audience on a musical journey starting sunset. She also plays at Ce La Vi Dubai at specific events such as New Year's Eve.
The underground music scene keeps on developing and expending. Soraya is making sure to always be on the forefront of this movement. As an art therapist, Soraya's art is to work the crowd allowing them to experience her emotions and passions, connecting their senses and just move with her energy as she has a unique charisma behind the decks.
- Genre
- Techno