Exert! #3 w/ Derozan, ghenwa (noiré) abou fayad

Exert! carves out autonomous space for collective, risk-driven making in an increasingly standardized and commercialized city of Amsterdam.

Aural conduct and Studio Tumbuh collaborate for three raw improvisation nights, bringing together artists who meet musically for the first time, where form emerges through listening, interaction, tension. For this third rendition, they’ve invited Derozan and ghenwa (noiré) abou fayad in Amsterdam’s new space Studio Tumbuh.

Derozan is known for his virtuosic, non-linear storytelling — a signature approach he calls ‘Innate Blending’. Seamlessly navigating genres through his fluid, quicksand-like mixing style, and embracing shifting tempos and percussive turns, his sets weave together both the hypermodern and hidden pockets of experimental music from the past, while consciously incorporating sounds from non-Western scenes. The Rotterdam-based DJ’s work resonates in both club and listening settings, and is frequently showcased on his radio shows Global Dance Suspense and Swallowtail Town. He is part of the Utrecht collective Zenith, which focuses on the fringes of nightlife culture and visual art, providing space for local talent to perform and develop.

ghenwa (noiré) abou fayad is a Lebanese cross-disciplinary artist, performer, and installation practitioner. Their work explores the politics of language, oral history, and repetition through sound, storytelling, and improvisation. Using an electro-acoustic setup, ghenwa plays the bouzouqi and sings, layering synths to weave together socio-political narratives, memory, and everyday survival. Often treating performance as a living archive shaped by embodied experience, ghenwa extends their art in pedagogical and collaborative ways. Through ongoing sound research with a dactylo (Arabic typewriter) as an instrument, they investigate the gendered history of typing as feminized labor and its sonic potential. At the moment, ghenwa is producing their debut EP, daken – sombre.

The people at aural conduct and Studio Tumbuh have kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘Exert! #3 ’ in the subject line + your name in the email.

Registrations are open until 12.00 PM on weekdays.