Toumba, biography

Toumba is Yazan Zyadat, a DJ, producer and sound designer born in 1998 and based in Amman, Jordan.

His club music folds Jordanian and Levantine folk elements such as dabke and wedding songs into low-end heavy, UK-leaning bass and techno; releases include Sabah Fakhri/Tidallal (2020), 115 (All Centre, 2022), Rosefinch (Hypnic Jerks, 2022), Petals (Hessle Audio, 2023), which reinterprets a traditional Jordanian wedding song on its lead track Istibtan, and Janoob (Nervous Horizon, 2023). He co-curates the Amman club and arts space MNFA and has played Dekmantel, CTM and Unsound.

Listen