DALELAD - DJ, Tel Aviv
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23, Tel Aviv, a year in. Every room so far has stayed full to the end - have a listen and see why.
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No bio required. Two minutes of an actual set says more than anything I could write about it. Turn the sound on.
Main room
Rooftop, after dark
Rooftop, daytime
Phone footage, unedited. Nothing here has been sweetened.
About
Started late.
Catching up fast.
DALELAD is 23, based in Tel Aviv, and has been playing out for a little over a year. That's the honest version, and there's no point dressing it up - the dates are all on this site.
Here's the other half. Every room so far has stayed full to the end, and the most common thing said afterwards is some version of who was that? Two of the first eight bookings came from people who were on the floor at one of the others.
No inherited residency, no agency behind it. Just a lot of hours on the decks and a stubborn habit of building the set for the room in front of me rather than replaying last weekend's.
The longer versionThe sound
This is what I play
Four rooms, four different jobs. The genre matters less than reading which one you're in.
House
Groove first. Gets people moving before they've decided to, which is the only way an early set works.
Melodic Techno
For the hours when the room has committed. Long builds, patient releases, no cheap payoffs.
Afro House
Warm, percussive, rolling. My favourite thing to play and the reason most people remember the night.
Open Format
Weddings and private parties. Reading the room, crossing eras, and keeping people who'd never agree on music on the same floor.
Reactions
What people said after
Real messages, sent unprompted the morning after. Translated from Hebrew - the originals are underneath each one.
“Bro - you were a machine.”
“Honestly the place was on fire. Whenever you're up for it, let's put on another one together.”
אחי היית מכונה!!! בכללי זה מקום אש. מתי שאתה צריך אחי נרים עוד הפקה יחדיו
Samuel - event host
Dates
Where to catch me
Short list, honestly. Every one of them is on here - including the ones that have already happened.
Tel Aviv
· Private rooftop, Rothschild
Rooftop Sunset Session
Three hours from golden hour into the dark. Afro house early, deeper as the sun goes.
Herzliya
· Private villa
Poolside, Late Summer
Private party, 80 people, open air. Warm and rolling - the kind of night that ends at 3am by accident.
Past date
Tel Aviv
· Bar in Florentin
Friday Nights
First proper residency - every other Friday through the autumn. Free entry, house and afro until close.
Past date
Booking
Let's talk
Tell me the date, the venue and roughly how many people. You'll hear back the same day - I'm not busy enough to make you wait, and I'd rather be honest about that than pretend otherwise.
WhatsApp - usually the fastest
Tel Aviv & central Israel - will travel for the right night