The Adham Shaikh Outworld Orkestra displays a prefect synergy between ancient musical influences and contemporary electronic dance music. Fusing traditional instruments from around the globe with pulsing electronic beats, synthesizers, live looping and a good measure of improvisation, this is a rich audio journey through the Middle East, Tibet, Australia, Brazil, Africa, India, Russia and Balkans.

Adham Shaikh is a Emmy and Juno nominated world fusion composer and electronic artist with 25 years’ experience rocking dance floors around the globe with his unique blend of natural and electronic sounds. With releases on labels such as Interchill, Black Swan and his own imprint Sonic Turtle Records, Shaikh’s discovery covers ground from the ambient to the floor filling uptempo. His collaborative projects DreamTree, and Outworld Orkestra, bring together musicians of diverse talents and skills and blends them into captivating and inspiring live performances. 

Adham’s multicultural blend of electronic dance music, dub, hip hop, is seamlessly combined with Brazilian samba, Indian bhangra, Middle Eastern dervish grooves, Australian tribal trance, Balkan bangers, and Ukrainian world grooves. His sonic palette draws from diverse traditions. 

Shaikh’s work as both a live performer and a DJ has taken him to international festivals, events, and night clubs, including the Waveform Festival (UK), Samothraki Dance Festival (Greece), Dakini Nights (Tokyo), Luminate (New Zealand), The Maori Peace Festival at Parihaka (New Zealand), and Boom Festival (Portugal). He has toured extensively across Canada, with highlight performances at the Vancouver Folk Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the Shambhala Music Festival.

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