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DJ Adnan

US
Dance
A.k.a. Adnan Sharif

A Palestinian Brazilian-born, Adnan Sharif’s introduction to music began with the magical Rhythm of Samba, and soulful rhythms and grooves have defined Adnan’s music ever since. In 1985 Adnan immigrated to the USA and found a new home in the city of San Francisco. DJ Adnan is one of the rising stars of the SF Underground Music Scene, with releases on major house music labels. Adnan has been part of the San Francisco Electronic Music Scene since it's beginning. He’s musical styles include all genre's of house music with smooth percursion. He's Dj musical influences come from SF legends such as Jeno, Garth, Markie, Tony, Buck, DJ Josh, Solar, Galen, Spun and Dubtribe He had shared the turntables with DJs like:Jay TripWire, Terry Francis, Grant Dell, Jeno, Garth, Buck, Mark Farina Jazzanova, Onionz, Dubtribe, Gavin Hardkiss, Gene Faris, Tony, Solar, Galen, Preston, Luis Nieva, Miguel Silver, Fabricio Pecanha. He has played at internationally renowed parties such as: . ACA World Sound Festival (ACA - 2000) . Club Ka2 (Buenos Aires) . . Bunker (Brazil) . World Social Forum (Brazil) . Lizard Lounge (Brazil) . . Fulltronic Rave (Brazil) . Red Noise (Venezuela) . Flying Horse (Brazil) . . Dubtribe Maui 2000 . Sound Textures @ Winter Music Conference 2002 . . Omni Am (Chicago) . ComeUnity . Sunset . Release . Spundae . . Bulletproof Boat Party . Imperial Dub Dance . Freedom . Melon . . The Gathering . Conscious Session . Yoga Tai Chi Collective . Adnan is currently a Uniting Souls resident DJ and had giving his energy behind the decks @ Flavor, Sunshine Day Dream and Sound Textures (Seattle and San Francisco). In late 2000 Adnan began his journey into music production. His first project, named "Pacificodelic," was co-produced with Gavin Hardkiss and released on Hawk's "Heatstroke" compilation on Six Degrees Reccords. "Pacificodelic" revisits an aural fascination with after-hours tribal funk and loose-limbed, watery grooves, and melds the sounds of Brazil with the legendary San Francisco's Hardkiss sound. In 2000 Adnan also began working in the studio with Tarantic Records' founder Amit Shoham. Their first collaboration, "Visualize," was released in May 2001 on Tarantic Records. The duo has continued producing tracks together ever since. Their track "Searching" will be released in late 2002 on Primal Records' new offshoot label, PR2, and their track "Birimbau De San Francisco" will be released in mid 2003 on Sunburn Recordings. Adnan is also part of a production trio along with Jah Love Recordings artists Ivan and Starchild. The trio produced two tracks for Leaf Recordings that will be released in Fall 2002: "Roots Rhythm" and "Memories."

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