Starting out as a music blog, the BCE (Beirut-Chicago Express) is a DJ collective of three. Their friend, Ayla Hibri, moved to Chicago – leaving Georges and Richie behind to cry into their records – now the trio have been reunited to DJ your socks off at different parties across Beirut.
So the BCE are fans of Kraftwerk and Chicago house?
Yes and Yes and Boney M.
On the blog you describe the BCE’s beginnings as ‘Ayla left, we made a blog’. Who is she and where did she leave?
‘A chick in the car and the car won’t go’ – that’s how we spell Chicago.
Describe the man in the corner of your new club night ‘You Say We Say!’ sitting next to the speakers?
After his nine-to-five, in the (real) city that never sleeps, he seeks a fresh entertainment concept – great music and dance partners who actually dance.
Tell us the most cringingly hipster record you’ve spun at a BCE?
‘Fishy Fishy Speaker’ by The Tables (Berlin Bear edit) – you’ve probably never heard of it.
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