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Moving Still’s giddy takes on old gems from the SWANA (South West Asian and North African) region have turned heads over the past couple of years. His edits have charged the sets of high-profile DJs, topped the Rush Hour sales charts, and made his own Dublin Digital Radio and NTS shows a portal to untold musical riches. In conversation, Moving Still refers straight away to ferrying cassettes back and forth from “home” which begs the immediate question: where is home?
“It’s equally shared between Saudi and Ireland,” the artist born Jamal Sul tells DJ Mag. “I love Dublin, my life is here, and the scene is so close that it’s impossible not to run into people all the time. But Jeddah is nostalgic to me; before the pandemic, I would travel two or three times a year to see family and go on cassette digs. The way society has progressed since I left age 14 is incredible. In the last five years alone there’s been an unrecognisable change in how people embrace creative art