Soumaya Phéline Abouda, ori­gi­nal­ly from Brussels, is a sound artist, DJ, com­po­ser, and per­for­mer, acti­ve on Belgian and inter­na­ti­o­nal sta­ges sin­ce 2006. As a resi­dent at Kiosk Radio, co-foun­der of the High Needs Low club nights, and co-orga­ni­zer of Club Détour, she has posi­ti­o­ned herself at the inter­sec­ti­on of sound design and alter­na­ti­ve elec­tro­nic cul­tu­res. Her work explo­res the evo­lu­ti­on of the DJ pro­fes­si­on and the way in which the tools (CDJ, turn­ta­bles, and mixer) can beco­me true nar­ra­ti­ve and expres­si­ve instru­ments. She calls this appro­ach CDJism, an exten­si­on of the turn­ta­blism from which she devel­ops her gestu­res, phy­si­ca­li­ty, and ima­gi­na­ti­on. Through this explo­ra­ti­on, she trans­forms the DJ per­for­man­ce into a spa­ce of acti­ve lis­te­ning, impro­vi­sa­ti­on, and com­po­si­ti­on in real time, in which eve­ry move­ment beco­mes an act of wri­ting. Her sonic uni­ver­se is charac­te­ri­zed by a tech­ni­cal and orga­nic explo­ra­ti­on of sounds, com­bi­ning deep bas­ses, com­plex break­be­ats, and poly­r­hythmic struc­tu­res to cre­a­te uni­que and ephe­me­ral expe­rien­ces. As a mem­ber of the ​‘Psst Mlle’ femi­nist col­lec­ti­ve, she advo­ca­tes for more diver­si­ty and inclu­si­vi­ty in elec­tro­nic music.