CHAMOS
Amsterdam DJ duo of Kurdish and Dutch roots, fusing zurna, flutes and West Asian melodies with afro house and club rhythms.
About
CHAMOS is a DJ and production duo made up of Shalouw and Guido, friends since their first year of high school in Arnhem back in 2005. Shalouw's family came to the Netherlands from the Kurdish region of Iraq in 2000, and Guido grew up nearby in Elst. The name means "friends", and Amsterdam is home base.
Their sound puts traditional Kurdish instruments like the zurna and flute over electronic drums and percussion, swinging between raw folk passages and full club drops. Early edits leaned on dancehall, afrobeat and Brazilian baile funk. More recent work pushes further into West Asian melodies set against house and afro house grooves.
A run of club edits built their following. Their 2025 EP From Erbil To Amsterdam carried Chopi Riddim, Klash Riddim and an officially cleared edit of Naser Razzazi's Berzî Berzî, and newer tracks Wara and Kevokim keep that sound moving forward.
They have played Fusion Festival and toured through London and Copenhagen, building a reputation off the strength of the music rather than noise around it.
Expect instruments you do not usually hear on a club system, drums built for dancing, and a set that treats Kurdish folk music as club music, not a sample to borrow from.
- From
- Arnhem, Netherlands; Shalouw is from Iraqi Kurdistan
- Based in
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sound
- Afro house, Tech house, House, Kurdish electronic
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In Vancouver
Mansion Nightclub Upcoming · Details → Fri Oct 23, 2026 CHAMOS Vancouver 2026 🇨🇦
with Besha · Mansion Club Upcoming · Details →
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