Ahadadream
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Sat 3 May 2025, 21:00
Brighton Festival opening night party
Brighton Festival kicks off with a party soundtracked by London-based tastemaker and producer Ahadadream. Born in Pakistan and UK-raised since his teens, Ahad Elley brings his trademark percussive energy as heard on dancefloor weapons rinsed by such influential DJs as Four Tet, Laurent Garnier and Jamie XX.
As well as wowing crowds at Fabric, DC10 and the Printworks closing party, among other venues, Elley runs globe-spanning label More Time and founded influential South Asian creative movement Dialled In. With the release last year of long-awaited Skrillex collaboration TAKA, Elley's hard work is really paying off.
Members Priority Booking: Opens 9am, Fri 14 Feb
Public Booking Opens: 10am, Thu 20 Feb
Watch: Ahadadream at Boiler Room
'Ahad Elley had a dream and, judging by his thrilling club music, that dream involved catherine wheels of polyrhythmic, brash beats, huge horns and neon-bright... truly, the stuff of ravey dreams'The Guardian on 'Homecoming'
'The percussive belter, tailor made for after-hours, captures Ahadadream’s affinity cross-cultural, borderless inventions whilst retaining the hallmarks of a classic UK riddim'Clash on 'Big Boy Tracks'
