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“Both Tjade and Gijs have a big influence on me as a person. I learn a lot from them, and I am very grateful that I get to do this with them. Tjade is more of a vi- sionary, while Gijs is very strong in style and in daring to dream bigger.”
Building Spaces That Last
“I started organizing parties when I was 16, even before I be- gan DJing. My first event was called Feel The Noise, created as a counter reaction to the popu- lar hip hop scene among young people in Rotterdam at the time. I wanted to build something around house music instead.”
Creation, in this sense, begins with the environment. Not music alone, but the conditions in which it exists.
“I organized it together with two classmates, booking artists like Sunnery James and Ryan Mar- ciano, Hardwell and Vato Gon- zalez, alongside local friends like Taylan Alan, D-Ribeiro, and Rayzir. It was a very ambitious and intense project for that age, and I was honestly lucky to come out of it in one piece. After that, I swore I would never organize an event again.”
That distance did not last.
“I eventually found myself drawn back into organizing because I have always enjoyed bringing people together and creating so- mething around music.”
“In the years that followed, I also did a lot of different concepts at BAR Rotterdam, where Jetti Steffers, the owner and booker, gave me the freedom to curate and host events there. That spa- ce played an important role when developing as a curator.”
“From there, I focused more on community-driven projects like Acid Hamam, Doogh Life, and Diaspora Radio, all centered around connecting people within my circle and wider community.”
Growth, however, introduces li- mits.
“At a certain point, though, as my DJ career started to grow and I became more focused on pro- ducing music, I realized I could no longer balance everything in a healthy way. That made me take a step back from organizing full events.”
“Moody Mehran Invites came from that shift. Instead of building everything from scratch, I now focus on curating nights where I invite artists I am really inspired by at that moment to share the space with me. It feels more fo- cused and sustainable, but still keeps the essence of what I en- joy most, which is bringing people together through music.”
“The next edition is on June 20 at Shelter, where I will be playing alongside Merel Helderman, Papa Nugs b2b Cromby, and myself.”
There is no single narrative that defines Moody Mehran, and that is precisely the point. His work re- sists reduction because it is built on accumulation rather than po- sitioning. Each layer, from early discovery to political awareness, from solitary digging to collecti- ve performance, adds dimension without flattening what came before.
What remains constant is intent. A commitment to feeling over formula, to history over trend, and to connection over control. In a landscape that often rewards clarity of branding, his strength lies in something less immediate but more durable. An ability to hold complexity without needing to resolve it.
And on the dancefloor, that translates into something rare. Not just movement, but presen- ce.
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