Mixing old school with cool disco, soul and funk, Doha Hustle by Kinky D is once again bringing a night of fun at Nozomi. Returning fresh after the Eid break, the Doha Hustle will welcome the funky audience on September 12 with Kinky D accompanied by Mayan Fayaz and guest DJs behind the deck.
Establishing herself as a DJ back in 1994, Kinky D’s ever-growing reputation and continuing success has seen her become a solid contender upon the global music scene.
Behind the decks Kinky D simply never fails to deliver. Her exceptional technical skills and variety of music – ranging from RnB, Soul, Hip-Hop, Disco and House, Top 40, Afro Beats, UK/US Garage, to Old Skool Club and Party Classics, combined with a statuesque persona and that added personable effervescent touch make her stand out and leave a lasting memory.
These days she’s bringing it to the masses, not only in her home-base of London with her high demand on the club scene, including appearances at the Ministry Of Sound, Fabric, China White and The End, but also with performances as far reaching as Mexico, The Dominican Republic, Thailand, Australia, Russia, South Korea, much of Europe and The UAE.
Kinky D’s mastering of her art continues to see her also booked for many high profile and prestigious global corporate events including the MTV Block Party, W Hotels (Doha and South Korea), Chandon, Vertu, Claridges, Harvey Nichols’ and, for the past six years, at the Cannes Film Festival.
This latter benchmark has propelled her yet further still, seeing her become the resident DJ and Music Director for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival for three consecutive years.
Alongside her personal appearances, as a broadcaster Kinky D has reached an even wider audience with her extensive repertoire, amassing over 800 hours with her own radio show ‘Xcess With Kinky D’ on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
This led on to her bringing her hosting and producing skills further to the fore with her more of her own shows on well-known London FM stations Urban Fresh, Rhythm FM, Unknown FM and currently on www.back2backfm.net.
She has worked alongside some of the top names within the industry, including Kelis, Scissor Sisters, 50 Cent, Todd Terry, and the MOBO Award winners Steve Sutherland and Manny Norte. In the past twelve months her work has also encompassed playing alongside Motown legends The Supremes and The Temptations. She also played at the opening of Plan B’s debut film Ill Manors, as well as headlining in Cannes Film Festival with Kelis and in Doha at Reggae Sun Splash with Maxi Priest.
Born and raised in Egypt, Mayan Fawaz or DJ Mayounah is one of Egypt’s first homegrown female DJ talents. Having had appreciation for quality house music and a keen eye for tracks that inspire people and fill dance floors, Fawaz decided to pursue a career in DJing after having been inspired by Dubfire (one part of the then DJ duo Deep Dish) during her stay in Washington, DC 2005-2006.
After returning to Cairo and practicing behind the scenes for years, she first spun the decks in Cairo nightspot Sangria, and played in other hot Cairo venues such as Club 35, the Cairo Jazz Club and the Nile Kempinski’s Jazz Bar as well as countless house parties.
She has also played in 4Theloveofhouse launch in Gouna, Egypt’s first dance music brand which she manages. Fawaz has spun alongside some of Egypt’s top names in the DJ industry, including DJ Amir Sharara, DJ Amr Hosny, DJ Ashibah and Natalia Barbin.
Describing her sound as “sassy tech house with a twist of nudisco”, Fawaz has kept her finger on the pulse of Egypt’s music scene, with an enviable music portfolio that credits her with having introduced several stellar underground tracks to Cairo parties months before they make it big on the international DJ landscape.
In 2010, Mayan Fawaz launched a DJ-centric blog “The Music Last Night” that tackled DJ sets and critiqued their performances at various venues she’d visited. Witty, snarky and straight to the point, Fawaz’s blog posts have spread panic among many veteran DJs but also highlighted the best in upcoming talent and other DJ-related news.
Her blog was picked up by several media outlets, including a record label which she wrote for and the very popular gossip sites Cairo Gossip and Scene & Heard, and welcomed by many partygoers fed up with the standard party music formulas.