Cheh
Known by the moniker Cheh (شاه), Abdalla Chehine grew up basking in both the dynamism and the desert heat of Abu Dhabi. His musical journey kicked off after moving back to Beirut where he could focus entirely on his music career and personal development.
Curious, fiddly and driven by an unrivaled thirst to explore, Cheh refers to a project Abdalla Chahine launched during his late teen years in Beirut, Lebanon. He grew up in the dynamism & roasting heat of Abu Dhabi & Dubai, and then moved to Lebanon. where he focused entirely on music and self-development. Influenced by the livelihood, wide array of culture and propelling music scene, Cheh constantly upgraded, performed and never hesitated to evolve until he grew his project in Lebanon and the Emirates(UAE). Being the free soul he is, he then relocated North to the Baltic State of Lithuania where he further spread his music, enthusiasm and concepts there and to the surrounding region.
Throughout his musical journey, Cheh has been involved and influenced by classic minimal, 90s house, soulful/funky house, experimental, electronic, contemporary jazz, dub, breakbeat, electronic and whatever pleases his ears.
When it comes to selection he takes on a wide variety of soulful, deep, bassy and rhythmic music. He has been present at events & venues in the likes of Goodwill festival (Gålö, SE), The Flying Circus (Färentunavågen, SE) Minimal Effort (Beirut, LB), Tundra Festival, (Varena, LT), Lizdas (Kaunas, LT), Silver Factory (Beirut, LB), Clique (Dubai, AE), sub-culture (Dubai, AE), Platz Fur Tanz (Riga, LV), Cult (Vilnius, LT), Granatos Live (Rumšiškes, LT), Ravine Fest (LT), Groove On The Grass Festival (Dubai, AE), Opium Club(Vilnius, LT), ONE ONE(Riga, LV), Gate Club(Batumi, GE), Iveria Beach(Batumi, GE) and many significant others. Favorited by a few artists as a dynamic back to back, Cheh has shared the decks and line ups with world-renowned artists such as Ida Engberg, Gaiser, Carl Craig, Simon Baker, Miss Sunshine, Recondite, Whyt Noyz, Ilario Liburni, Priku, Seb Zito, Silat Beksi, Ted Amber, Andrey Zots, Birdsmakingmachine, Edward, Laurine Frost, Oshana, Anthea, Sebastian Mullaert, Traumer, Cleymoore, Herck and numerous others.
In 2011, he announced his first release on VL Records and has been evolving since then. Later he continued releasing on Techfui, Whoyostro L TD , Pleasure In Mind Records, Nastroy (Vinyl), Appetite Records & Pild Records. With a few more releases in the pipeline, Cheh is determined to learn the most out of his journey with music and to deepen the purpose of that connection.
As a promoter and event creative, Cheh has created numerous world-class concepts; many of which are still active till this day; such as sub-culture and Original Sound (since 2013 in Dubai). In 2016, he formulated Déclique in Lithuania and in 2017 has partnered with Anna Hanna & Rheeno to create Blūm in Opium Club of Vilnius.
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