This week we have a double-trouble review of the Quantum Club resident DJs; Sohail and Amir.

Sohail

Name: Soheil Ray
DJ Names: Sebastien Ray & Soheil Ray
Nationality and residency history: Persian, I moved to Dubai when I was 12 and studied in 1 of the Iranian Schools then moved to Bristol (UK) and finished my A Levels & came back to Dubai.
Age / DOB : 25 years old and I was born in Nov 22nd 1983
Preferred musical genre: Anything House

Top 10 Tunes:

• Joachim Garraud - Are You Ready (Dj Chuckie Remix)
• Dj Fist - Lemme See Your Work (Milton Channels Remix)
• Hagenaar & Albrecht - In & Out feat. Radical Noiz (Original Mix)
• Tommy Trash - Need Me To Stay feat. Mr. Wilson (Bass Kleph Remix)
• Patrick Wynes - Can You Dig It (Original Mix)
• Benny Royal - Pada Papaya (Grande Veu Remix)
• Omonimo - Two (Gambafreaks & Andrea T. Mendoza Remix)
• Eddie Thoneick feat. Michael Feiner - Don't Let Me Down
• Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs Pryda & Underworld - Work That Slippy Pjanoo Metyu DJ - Bikini (Original Mix)

My first proper gig was ... (date, location and funny story if possible!) I started in Lodge. I don’t remember when it was exactly. The funny part was it was my first proper gig and I was really nervous that my hands and body started shaking and instead of playing the next deck I pressed stop button on the other deck. That happened 5 times.

I like to start every DJ set with ... (style, mood, specific track, 'a smile' ... be creative!) well I always want to start with deep house and there is this track called Alihan Samedov - Today is history, because it talks to you, its like, the track has this thing in it like a grief which wants to take it out. I got emotional a little bit sorry. Anyways you can listen to it yourself. :)

I like to end every DJ set with ... a remix of an old song. Something like Hello by Nirvana remixed by Nari & Milani, it takes the crowd back to their memories.

If I could be the opening DJ for any artist in the world it would be ... Daft Punk. They are legends.

If I could have any DJ in the world open for ME it would be ... Above & Beyond

When I rule the world ... I will put a KV2 speaker in every corner of a street around the world connected to each other and play 24 hours of music. In that situation I would play any genre. House, Trance, Techno, Psychedelic, Pop, Soul, Slow everything. I would connect the world and share every country's mood with others. I would bring "Peace" to the world. This is the most important thing for me to throw all the hate and racism away and bring Black Brown White and oriental together with my music. Lets hope that happened even if I don’t rule the world.

Amir

Name: Amir Fathi
DJ Names (if different): BoomBucks
Nationality and residency history (if you feel it's necessary): Iranian, have lived in Dubai since 2004 when I moved here from Iran with my family.
Age / DOB: 21 / April 14, 1988
Preferred musical genre: House

Top 10 tracks (in alphabetical order)

• Ame - Rej (ATFC's Twin Cherries Edit)
• Christian Sims - Flash (John Revox Remix)
• D-Nox & Beckers - Left Behind (Andre Bastos Remix)
• David Penn & Rober Gaez - Our Darkness
• Deadmau5 vs. Funkerman - Community Funkerman (Denzal Park Bootleg)
• Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Deadmau5 Remix)
• Miguel Blonde - Intelligent Macedonia (Classic Groove Mix)
• Sidekick - Deep Fear (Andrea Roma Remix)
• Sidesmokers - Sugar Beats
• Steve Angello - Isabel

My first proper gig was at Club Platinum last year when the club was fully packed for a special event and because of not having enough time I had to burn my new tracks as MP3 instead of Audio CD. DJ’s know very well about the headache of CDJ & MP3 together! The BPM is not shown correctly and sometimes the time jumps, so I leave the rest of story to you and your imagination! I wanted it to be perfect, but it didn’t work that way and I finished half an hour earlier than I should have finished.

I like to start every DJ set with a relaxing ambient sound and then some Deep and Minimal House. After that Tech, Uplifting and then anything that can pump the place up!

I like to end every DJ set with a surprise or something that can shock the people, like a different version of a popular hit, a rocking mash-up or even something unusual such as a cool Rn’B track! I can go really crazy sometimes and I don’t have limits… I don’t care what others say and I just want to see the crowd leaving the place with wide smiles!

If I could be the opening DJ for any artist in the world it would be Carl Cox, because I think no one can rock a place like him. His residency at Space, Ibiza is a proof to that!

If I could have any DJ in the world open for ME it would be Eric Prydz or Deadmau5. I love Prydz’s music, and Deadmau5 is so technologic.

When I rule the world … why should I rule the world? I don’t want to do that, because I will lose all my chances to live the music life! I wanna continue my way on the same path and reach the point where no one can interfere with what I want. Today I may have some problems that prevent me from concentrating the whole time on music, but I will work hard during the short periods I have to reach my goal.