SAMA' ABDULHADI techno set in The Lab LDN

The first Lab LDN of 2023 was a spiritual techno experience, and we're grateful to Sama' Abdulhadi 🙏
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Sama’s sound has transcended beyond the influences of her Palestinian hometown to dancefloors around the globe, capturing the essence of Beirut's flourishing underground with her take on Lebanon-meets-Berlin techno. Sama’ now gears up for a string of shows across North and South America this spring where she’ll bring her distinctive full-bodied techno sound to the States.
In 2022, Sama’ started up the Bring Back Beirut fundraising initiative in aid of liquidity crisis-afflicted Lebanon, hosting shows in cities including Paris, London, Berlin, and her adopted home of Beirut. As one of Palestine’s biggest exports, the DJ and producer is now taking the world by storm and is even set to star in a brand new documentary created by a selection of Middle Eastern directors and producers in the coming months.
On her residency she says:
“I am hugely excited to join the long list of iconic artists who have hosted the 4 Fridays at Phonox residency in London, I loved playing at the club earlier this year for my Bring Back Beirut fundraiser and loved the energy of the loyal crowd who party there. I am bringing with me my Union collective crew again, plus have invited two artists whom I respect hugely - Jennifer Cardini and Victor Ruiz.” - Sama’ Abdulhadi.

[@silviubodnar]

Fun fact she told me after the party ended: the vocals at the end belong to her dad, who is reciting a poem. If that is not the most wholesome thing ever, I don't know what it is.

[@Mixmag]

True story

[@leebdj1949]

The first rebirth, with those vocals…..just perfect!

[@ronaldimartinez]

What a way to end ❤

[@o_._0]

this is why Shazam is not finding the jam.. so beautiful

[@highonlife190]

You're fuckin lying 😂😂😂

[@ericavictorina8536]

I genuinely hope that listeners can appreciate the profound significance when Sama Abdulhadi incorporates her father's recitation of a poem by Mahmoud Darwish into her track. This transcends mere techno music; it is an immersive, spiritual experience. Free Palestine.

[@fionamb83]

First rebirth is one of my favourite tracks of all time as well. Free Palestine.

[@mikeyrizzo7606]

🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

[@Catherinevanlanckertaiko]

Thank you so much, first of all FOR the fantastic energy and great set but for letting me experience the Great Mahmoud

[@InclusiveMusicUK]

Prayer for Palestine. Thank you for the music. Love xxx

[@ShaneInblack]

Tracklist 0:22 GENYA - Luis Vargas 6:00 HAIDE - Danny Slim 8:00 GAIA - Tuvan Avira remix 10:44 All Alone - Eddy JB 16:26 Acidente - Hiago Pauli (original Mix) 21:44 Back on Track - Technocratia 24:57 Unknown - could tell all the lyrics in Arabic and still wouldn't find it 28:30 Strange signal - Mehmet Özbek and Batikan Tanrikulu 32:06 Get up (Lampé remix ) - 2Up & State of sense 35:00 Hyper Tonic - Hollen 38:34 Endgame in mind - Polyvinyl 43:41 Teatro - Teenage Mutants x Heerhost 51:00 Ceres- Kilany M (original Mix) 54:00 Relativity - Timo Veranta 58:05 Wolf (NoNameLeft remix) - Gaga & Mateo! 1:01:01 The first rebirth (Charlotte de Witte Rework) - Jones & Stephenson + Arabic Poem ( her dad according to the pinned comment )

[@ShaneInblack]

Found the poem it is called Beirut by Sameeh Chakeer ولو انا على حجر ذبحنا لن نقول نعم نحن الواقفين على خطوط النار ولو انا على حجر ذبحنا لن نقول نعم نحن الواقفين على خطوط النار نعلن ما يلي لن نترك الخندق حتى يمر الليل بيروت للمطلق وعيوننا للرمل لن نترك الخندق حتى يمر الليل

[@OldBaldWookiee]

The one song I wanted to know about you didn't know the name of 😂

[@ShaneInblack]

​@@OldBaldWookiee i feel you I'm replaying it as we speak 😂😂😂 I'm begging for anyone to find the title 🙏

[@OldBaldWookiee]

@@ShaneInblack lmk if u find it thats def one of my favorites out of this set

[@ostry1999]

there is one track missing, since 47:00 with "rock my body" sample, id?

[@skywb]

one of the sickest sets ive ever seen, what a legend. Free Palestine!

[@devangsomani6651]

She is for sure !! Big up to you guys from India ❤ keep raving folks

[@johannesswarts1440]

Been listening to Sama' for a few years now. Best set I've seen so far - love her energy, passion, and skill! Greetings and blessings from a 70-year old guy in New Hampshire, USA!

[@m0dus]

New Hampshire rep!

[@kika-ge5qr]

​​@@m0dusN.Y.too! Whoop whoop! ✌️ 60 years young

[@salvatorenicotra4720]

you're right but also the boileroom in palestine is on seme level. Great set Sama'

[@lilawink2880]

I love her. Her sets are magic. Can't wait to see her live again. Thank u for ur beautiful art ❤ Free palestine 🍉

[@barrygreene8889]

from the right and left coasts of Canada... Righteous, cool, exhilarating, Sama' ~ and your dad reciting Mahmoud Darwish is the righteous icing on the cake! It was a year or so ago that I discovered your fun, energetic and lovin' sets, and when I mentioned to my son, living and playing in Berlin, that I'd been discovering you, he told me that you were appearing in the same festival - XJazz - as he and his band, Sonic Intervention. Good karma, I think! Rock on, girl ~ love to you and to Palestine. Viva Palestine!

[@user-mz8qd5rd9q]

Im truly blown away by her rhythms. This is what it's all about! She definitely got the assignment. Excellent and she is now 1 of my top favorites. Wow just wow.❤❤❤❤

[@Acidhair]

Omg I love that the audio is recorded from a computer and not a mic! Sounds so much better

[@zanerasmussen8889]

Good to see a DJ dancing to their own music. That’s what it’s all about, this dance music.

[@Mixmag]

Sama’s sound has transcended beyond the influences of her Palestinian hometown to dancefloors around the globe, capturing the essence of Beirut's flourishing underground with her take on Lebanon-meets-Berlin techno. Sama’ now gears up for a string of shows across North and South America this spring where she’ll bring her distinctive full-bodied techno sound to the States. In 2022, Sama’ started up the Bring Back Beirut fundraising initiative in aid of liquidity crisis-afflicted Lebanon, hosting shows in cities including Paris, London, Berlin, and her adopted home of Beirut. As one of Palestine’s biggest exports, the DJ and producer is now taking the world by storm and is even set to star in a brand new documentary created by a selection of Middle Eastern directors and producers in the coming months.

[@casianacasiana]

shes always super dancing and spreading the best authentic vibes, never mainstream always intgeresting and viby, great drops like no one else, she is deff one of my fav styles. her boiler room set r u kididng, this im just startin to listen

[@casianacasiana]

🍉🥄🗝

[@mikeyrizzo7606]

This. Stellar vybez off da chain!!!

[@JoeMacStevens]

Sama!! Her Boilerroom set is legendary

[@JR-xi8wy]

Yup! Watched it like 25 times.

[@nova............]

I cant believe ive just Now discovered her. Wow.

[@videocatalao]

Total Love from Europe to our palestinian brothers and sisters

[@KtackaKtacka]

This woman truly feels the music and understands the art of the groove. What an amazing set. She is an Artist. All sets. ALWAYS... Hypnotic, technical, smooth...

[@Yuppie_80]

Если бы она не использовала авто 😂

[@ForogotD]

​@@Yuppie_80 I wonder how you djing.

[@annette-oj2um]

Absolutely

[@andrewunderwood1720]

Holy shit this woman just gets better and better unreal talent her passion for techno is on another level to any other dj out there absolute 🔥🔥🔥

[@metanoia8088]

Keep coming back for more. Sama has no equal!!

[@belgiumbuddha]

First time I saw a set from her was in Palestine mainly for foreigners.....as far I know Sama thankfully got discovered by Nicole Moudaber....who is also a top female dj.....I followed sama's journey ever since.. I'm happy for her...she's amazing ❤

[@YavuzSelimKaya-hl1vk]

Sama you are amazing. I started listen to your sets a while ago and now i cant stop. Hope to see you in Ankara, Turkey one day and of course FREE PALESTINE

[@mehdiiayadi]

The poem was written by a well known palestinian poet « Mahmoud darwich » called ‘Beyrouth’ tribute to Lebanon when it had a civil war on that time. Sama and his dad tributed Palestine and the resistance, the poem says: 1:07:06 Even if we are slaughtered on a stone, we will not leave the ditch, Even if we are slaughtered on a stone, we won’t say yes, From our blood to our blood the land’s limit, from our blood to our blood the sky of your eyes, and the fields of your hands, We’re calling you, but the echo reflects a country, We’re calling you, but the echo reflects a cement bridge We, the ones who standing on fire lines, declare the following: We’re not leaving the ditch until the moon goes down, At the beginning, we weren’t even created, At the beginning, the talk way was, And now on the ditch, the pregnancy signs just appeared.. (I have to read more english poems to make a more accurate translation, but it’s not that bad though)

[@belgiumbuddha]

Thank you for sharing ❤

[@fruitpunchberi]

❤ 49:25

[@sajjanvirdee3122]

Her dancing and mouthing the synths is giving me life I need to drop pills with her so bad

[@sajjanvirdee3122]

Also tunes are bouncin obvs

[@rohitbawa158]

True my friend

[@taywestlor]

Her energy is INSANE! And the intimate crowd makes this so much sweeter, big props to the few in back who did not stop MOVING!

[@MrGoatboyuk]

Gonna be brutally honest, I wasn't aware of Sama but I've been listening to all the artists playing at J2 this year and she's just jumped straight to my number one must see. The energy is fantastic, the natural groove to her track choices is spot on, the end to the set is just pure emotion ... this transcends anything I've heard recently, absolutely blown away 🖤

[@TrickyS92]

I can't wait for Saturday at J2. I've been wanting to see her for good few years now. 😊

[@heisenbergbad6473]

The way she lets herself being consumed by the music is just mystical to watch

[@Sam-lj8wo]

FREE PALESTINE! From the river to the sea Sama ♥💚🖤. Stop the genocide!

[@vascofernandes7402]

Sound pure from the soul of miss sama

[@happym3008]

Marry Jain after a day at work and this Is just a new life. My neighbors hate mee I hear this almost every day Also to the one Palestine boiler room Thank U for the love

[@alikholty230]

I have no word to fescribe how Sama has truly touched my heart and my soul throughout her music. I got a chance to see her playing live. She is such a sensitive and generous person. Thank you for sharing your art Sama ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tigerade76]

Sama is clearly still progressing! The sets from two years ago were already kicking ass, but this one is unbelievable!🔥🔥🔥

[@sajaalhalsa2748]

Wowwwwwwwwwwww that's dope ❤🔥🔥🔥 We Palestinianes woke up every morning to teach the rest of the world life, Sir! Proud of my Blood 🩸🩸💯💯❣❣

[@ambatovisioninternacional2447]

Pronto Sama en el estado Palestino lleno de PAZ hecho esta amen, amen amen gracias gracias gracias

[@kriskasa6476]

I love how much fun SAMA have, she is very cool and interesting. I bet she is very cool and chill person to be around. I'm 40min in, and I love her energy. You can tell she is very sensitive in to every element she hears. Great sense of rhythm and awesome movements.

[@yb8004]

I Love, how intensive she celebrate her music and this mix between traditionell and technosounds in this time of splitting people- borders are not made by natur

[@NasifValle]

The Queen Sama'

[@bobski1151]

I love the feeling knowing a set is going to be good just by reading the title.

[@dejanpintovic6531]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Amazing set. Two years ago I've listened Sama's set (Boiler room from Palestine) for first time. I've thought what an amazing set. But now, she is better than ever. Sama, I'm so excited to see (hear) what is next that you are gonna play to us. Your sincere fan ❤❤❤

[@RealCrazyCatGirl]

The princess of techno❤

[@troycarrigan4893]

THIS IS AN AMAZING SET!!! There's truly only a handful of artists that are at this level. You can literally feel the energy and passion radiating from Sama's soul. I'd like to thank MIXMAG for hosting events like this. Please keep them coming... much love from Chicago!!!

[@leebdj1949]

Finally!!! Been patiently waiting for a new set from Sama. She’s by far my favourite dj. Un-f$&@ing-real!!!!!!

[@johnnyskinner9944]

Mine too She’s just bang on!! Take it you’ve seen her Timewarp set…it’s fucking epic Seeing her this Friday at Phonox fuck I can’t wait

[@leebdj1949]

@@johnnyskinner9944 yeah, timewarp…..and every other one are ridiculous, like really serious. Mixing genres, changing tempos, all seamless. You’re one lucky bugger!!! I’d love to be able to see her live.

[@likeaBosSjk90]

SECOND THIS

[@likeaBosSjk90]

@@leebdj1949 I saw her live last summer in Chicago. Omg it was so insane. Words can’t even describe it.

[@denisegrieve8308]

Absolutely amazing!!! 1 of the best DJ's of this time. And I started clubbing in the 80's. The music flows through her. Just amazing 🤩😘❤

[@pauldurazo4086]

One of the best mixers of house and techno! She is a true pioneer, such a big and powerful sound. So pure, go Sama!

[@cristianlagos-guajardo1948]

I Just saw this new of Sama and I just click on like cause i Know is f*** nice to hear it and feel it

[@ianconnor4585]

IVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A PASSIONATE DJ SHE TRULLY FEELS THE DECKS!!! FUCKINGG SAMA ABDULHADI 😍

[@mountainsmusicbeer5532]

That opening track is brilliant.

[@RaiderJae1]

this is how "doing what you love" should look like.

[@ryanelliott6457]

Saw her for the first time at junction 2 in august. Her energy behind the decks is just amazing was one of my favourite sets of the weekend!!

[@Dj.Adil.]

My AirPods Blown Up! 🔥💖

[@ausrm001]

Just me and my cat Wilma on a Saturday night vibing out to Salma’s set ❤🖤💛 Aboriginal land has never been ceded .

[@morgancarvalho4408]

The ending was so emotional with the poem...amazing!

[@vnelson000]

Go Sama' ❤ Go Palestine...your awesome! ❤ New York loves you.❤

[@Holycow723]

This is the most energy I've ever seen from a mix mag lab set. Holy shit!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@eligirgis3196]

i've watched this so many times by this point i've fallen in love with the girl that's right behind Sama absolutely VIBING the entire set, i hope she is doing fantastic.

[@nikolalalic9968]

Sama is another dimension

[@ZombiePete1]

Sama is my musical spirit animal. 💫

[@no.9961]

Love you Sama ❤👍👍💪💪

[@Conquer332]

Demonstration of power, no fear Just like a roaring lion

[@leou6631]

Magic Sama, loving every single moment of your sets, you are expanding your range and creativity and as always showing how important is to feel what you do when playing, contagious energy ... so awesome to witness. Your sets are among the best you can listen to these days ...

[@TheHololo1234]

Never heard of Sama until I saw her at Movement Detroit 2022. Fell in love with her style and now she's one of my favs 🥰

[@guvbains]

One of the best sets I’ve heard in a while! Go Sama!

[@ThomasWaschko]

great personality, great background, great stuff, and the right direction for the set. And look at this. The fast possibilities. the direction is TRAKTOR. Thanks

[@user-go4ri5ig7n]

Это что-то невероятное, слушать обязательно на хорошем звуке, сет зашел на 100%, очень-очень сильно, кто в теме тот оценит на высший бал!! очень качественное выступление!!

[@dodoloret]

Saw her last week in live, she is truly gifted 🙏

[@CamilaCamaleon]

Sama at Boom Festival, was so powerful. Especially because it's such an important festival with heavy presence of israeli musicians and crowd. Boom ;)

[@annaskyy6476]

WHAT A BEAM OF LIGHT ! Thats how excited I get over beats too 🙊🤩💕

[@PapaGamingCentral]

Hello from Techno Belgium!! The way you did Rebirth woaw just woaw girl you got a spot in my heart! One day maybe we will see you do a set with Charlotte that would be Epic! Sending you loads of luck with your future.

[@Twitterfiles]

Soo good! My new fave set of 2023 ❤‍🔥🔥❤‍🔥🔥❤‍🔥🔥❤‍🔥🔥

[@MissElectronicOnly]

Sama tu es La Déesse de la Techno

[@ninovogel6533]

😲 Great!!!!!

[@sorousha19]

What an artist! ❤

[@lepechaunofficial8286]

Aguante Sama! aguante Palestina! ✊

[@JohannaGruszecki-fq9pm]

Ich liebe dich, deine Art und deine Musik ❤..Das schönste was man einem Menschen wünschen kann, das wünsche ich dir! Gott segne dich ❤liebe Grüße Johanna

[@belgiumbuddha]

What an honor.....belgian track mixed in honor for her dad 😢

[@dgndgndgn]

What a good start! What a great energy! I love how she enjoys what she does! Respect U Sama! ; ) Thanks for to feel us alive in jungle!

[@user-mz8qd5rd9q]

I can't get enough of Sama. ❤❤❤

[@keiber-vnzuela]

Sama me transmite tu energía al 💯 cuando bailas se q viene algo más candela. 😂😂 Eres la bestia

[@Charliezfabrykiczekolady]

SHE's THE BEST! ⭐ 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@Hannah56mee]

She really likes sounds of eagle in her sets. 😊

[@ausrm001]

Oh I thought they were bombs dropping on her homeland

[@lizsomes]

So much feeling. She bares her soul every time she plays ♥ love this woman!

[@raymondobroon]

Brilliant set from Sama as always! Would love to see her go back to back with Laurent Garnier, they would both be going nuts behind the decks together in the same way as each other 😎👌💥

[@eloy.3xit]

Uno de los mejores set que he escuchado. Great energy she is incredible 👽🖤

[@JonTeriini]

Awesome set. Free Palestine!!

[@StaySlept666]

god damn she has that big room sound the one that pulls ppl from an entire festival to one tent

[@MansaKimani]

Sama Is SUCH A VIBE

[@lauraschn.7483]

WTF, WHO are you cRaZy cool Woman! What a SOUND ❤🎉

[@barrettkjkk]

Sama awakens my soul!! Freakin amazing!!!

[@ziyaerencayir8646]

25:24 diffrent level wow

[@Andi-wu7tp]

I love this woman, the energy and enjoyment for her tunes is endlessly beautiful, I could just watch and listen for hours - such a pleasure. So great to see her again 🧡

[@hugueslamoulieretherapeute2923]

Shes a true queen she mâke me happy

[@jeonlyxoxo]

I love love love the way she really is evolved in her own set. She’s like playing to her after all, and it’s special. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@AnthonyPowlesland-wy9fq]

The true energy and the love of this amazing musical genius xx

[@AnthonyPowlesland-wy9fq]

Big love

[@artyohm4810]

She gets it.

[@resistenzainutile]

i listened a lot to her Boiler room for long tattoo sessions.. great vibe!

[@waywido]

Escuchando esta maravilla de set voy mejor al curro !!! Increíble !!! Gracias SAMA' !!!

[@elabirt]

The ads are lame for this amazing mix. Any one have a link to a full mix?

[@billwessels417]

i love her energy so much. very very talented.

[@beyza5253]

Çaldığını yaşıyorsun Sama❤

[@salemalasmi1099]

Tears tears and goosebumps What an end love it love love it

[@ugob1476]

Best allover🎉

[@TRANZOMIXAS]

She´s so Beautiful!!!