We’re excited to announce the launch of Function Radio and our first live set release from the iconic 03.15.34 🔊 enjoy 2 hours of @amakadsi - Introduction by @rosapeligrosaxxl 💿
@thenycdownlow was a dreammmmmm - what magical place. Thank you to the @block9official@gideon_dj_official and everyone who built this safe space for artists like me to feel liberated and alive. We need these spaces more than ever. @glastofest you are pure euphoria.
SO excited to invite creative mastermind and Lebanese legend @amakadsi this Sunday, 7-8pm est. we’ll be bringing some tees, fundraising for @hillanaalbess ’s evacuation. tune in or show up! 🇵🇸🇱🇧
Makadsi brings a unique sound to the underground music scene. Raised in Lebanon and mothered by New York City, the multi-hyphenate creator blends his Arabic influences into his cross-genre sets.
flyer by our incredible @studioharamat ❤️
“Growing up in Lebanon, we were such party animals,” Makadsi reminisces. “We love life. We’ve been through a lot, socially, politically, economically, and we’ve been through wars. We have that stamina and mentality, that nothing is gonna come between me and my good time. It showed me how raving and activism can go hand in hand.”
Before it became a Palestinian political symbol in the 1930s, the keffiyeh, like the ones shown photographed on Makadsi for this story, was worn by nomadic communities known as the Bedouins, who migrated pastorally and herded camels, goats, and cattle throughout the Levant region and the Arabian peninsula. Inspired by his memories of seeing his father and other Lebanese men wear keffiyehs and cowboy hats to go hunting, Makadsi collaborated with stylist Eddie Lopez Bautista to reconstruct the image of the Bedouin cowboy.
Read the full story in Issue 21 on newsstands now.
Creative Direction @amakadsi
Art Direction/Styling @playboyxeddie
Interview @samuelgd
Grooming @fitchlunarhair
Fashion Assistant @aerdna______
Production @sahirahmei
Production Coordinator @emmab3ar
Location @milk
