Has.san

Independent, PHL

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Has.san is a Philadelphia-based DJ and sound storyteller whose sets emerge from the body before the mind—where percussion thrums like a pulse and repetition opens the door to trance. Rooted in the queer Middle Eastern diaspora, his practice leans into dark, HI-NRG Techno—kick-heavy, emotionally charged, and tactile in its fragmentation. Every transition feels like muscle memory—familiar, yet elusive.

For Rave Scout Cookies Mix #090, has.san sculpts a physical landscape from stealthy rhythms and raw textures—a sonic language born of endurance, curiosity, and the quiet ecstasy of release. The mix moves like breath through the body: tight, trembling, then expansive. What unfolds is less a set than a ritual—one meant for the late hours, when the self slips away and movement becomes the only truth.

Through each selection, he conjures resistance as sensation—an invitation to reclaim rhythm as a space of refuge and return. It’s music for those who live between borders, and for whom every beat is a ritual of survival, memory, and becoming.