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The showcase of the Tashatott residents, at Ancienne Belgique.
w/ Amine Zaoui (IM’IN), Hala El Moussawi and Hussein Rassim

Sonic Sessions Residency is an exchange programme focused on electronic music, designed to offer expertise, rehearsal space and a platform to musical talent from the SWANA region (Southwest Asia and North Africa) currently living in Belgium. Participants gain access to the music space at Globe Aroma, where they can organise collaborations, rehearsals, workshops, conversations and gatherings. The programme concludes with a concert at Ancienne Belgique on 22 February 2026, where the participating musicians will present their collective work to a live audience.

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Over de artiesten

IM’IN

is a Moroccan DJ/producer based between Strasbourg and Brussels. He developed his passion for music by playing the viola in an Andalusian music association. Over time, his interests expanded to include electronic music. Whether DJing or performing live, his artistic offerings cover a wide range of styles, from techno to breakbeat, all infused with melodic and percussive influences from SWANA music.

Hala El Moussawi (Quarter Tone)

works at the intersection of voice, research, and storytelling. With QuarterTone, she references Arabic maqamat that she sings in, overlapping states of grief, resistance, belonging, and displacement. With a background in social geography and migration studies, she approaches music as a form of research, using vocal experimentation, field recordings, and sonic imagination to translate personal and collective memory into sound.

Hussein Rassim

is een Iraakse muzikant die in Brussel woont en gespecialiseerd is in de oed (oosterse luit). Hij vermengt traditionele oosterse muziek met hedendaagse invloeden en speelt in verschillende muzikale projecten. Momenteel is hij lid van Jaqâmaz, een collectief dat jazz, Arabische maqām en wereldmuziek samenbrengt, en van Tarab Machine, dat traditionele Iraakse liederen herinterpreteert met rock- en popinvloeden.

Over de samenwerking

This residency is hosted by the Tashattot Collective, with the support of Globe Aroma, Pianofabriek and Ancienne Belgique. Tashattot is a Brussels-based collective that supports artists and cultural practitioners from the SWANA region in Europe