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Aly & Fila Rock the House at Insomniac’s Awakening at the Exchange LA
It was a wild night at Insomniac’s Awakening at the Exchange LA featuring the Egyptian super duo Aly & Fila. A packed house danced the night away to the uplifting trance music that has made Aly & Fila international stars in recent years. Aly & Fila ranked #19 on the DJ Mags Top 100 in 2012.
The performance at Exchange provided Southern Californians with a second chance to experience some fun times. Aly & Fila rocked the house at Sutra in Orange County a few weeks back. In between, they squeezed in amazing shows in Nicaragua and Colombia.
We had the good fortune to catch up with Fadi Wassef Naguib (aka Fila) for a quick interview in the lobby bar at The Hotel Standard in Downtown LA before the event at Exchange Friday night. From the get go, it was clear that Fadi is a cool dude.
The interview covered a variety of topics from the impending release of their new album Quiet Storm to the current state of the EDM scene in his native Egypt. Fadi was gracious and forthright, sharing his insight on every question we had.
After the interview concluded, it was time to head to the Exchange. Spanning 25,000 square feet with four floors and located about a mile from Staples Center, the historic building is stocked with six full-service bars, excellent sound system and friendly staff.
If you haven’t been there yet, the crowd is usually upbeat and looking to party. The dance floor was packed and the capacity crowd was clearly enjoying what Aly & Fila brought to the table. We had an amazing view of the dance floor from the balcony area up top and the place was rocking all night.
Aly & Fila’s new album will be available soon. The first single released on Quiet Storm is “Running Out of Time” with Chris Jones. Aly & Fila have done several successful collaborations in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Footage from the Sutra show and the complete interview with Fila coming soon…
May 6th
Egypt Invades the OC, Aly & Fila at Sutra
With politics reaching a boiling point in the Middle East, the hottest thing out of Egypt lately is electronic dance group Aly & Fila. You can imagine our excitement as we received an invite to meet the duo at one of the hottest nightclub destinations in the OC, Sutra.
Sutra OC is located in the “Triangle Square” plaza in Costa Mesa and truly ranks as one of the most high energy, interactive yet surprisingly intimate places to catch top tier artists. Sutra’s design features the DJ stage in the center with a wraparound floor plan, providing guests an amazing vantage point from every angle. The Sutra staff is always professional and courteous.
Aly & Fila’s much anticipated performance was received well by a sold out crowd representing their growing international and American audience. Recently ranked 19th on DJ Mag’s Top 100, the group has covered the four corners of the world with notable stops from EDC Vegas to WMC Miami to Tomorrowland Amsterdam. Aly & Fila plan on celebrating their 300th show May 5 at FSOE 2013 at the Sharm El Sheik resort in Egypt.
Listening to the uplifting and empowering style of the group, one can easily understand why their track “We Control the Sunlight” was chosen as “Tune of the Year” on Armin Van Buuren’s show A State of Trance in 2011.
Aly & Fila have recently collaborated with Roger Shah on ‘Perfect Love’, Solarstone with ‘Fireisland’ and ‘Vaporiz’ (alongside John O’Callaghan) that will be featured on their upcoming 2013 album “Quiet Storm.”
Be sure to catch Aly & Fila’s guest mix this Sunday April 28 from 2-4am (PST) on Power 106 Los Angeles Powertools Mixshow. From there, the duo will head out to Nicaragua and Colombia for a few shows before returning to Southern California May 3 for Awakening at Exchange LA presented by Insomniac.
We look forward to interviewing Aly & Fila before their show at the Exchange on what promises to be an exciting evening in Los Angeles.
Apr 27th
