ARTS & CULTURE
MUSIC IS MAGIC DJ LADY S
B Y AW P P H O T O G R A P H Y C O U R T E S Y O F D J L A DY S 2020: the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE), the year we find ourselves having just moved through, adjusting to a new normal, daily grasping the realness of our new life. 2020, a term used universally to describe ‘clear vision,’ and 2020 marking the 17th year of DJing for DJ Lady S. It is believed among many traditional cultures that what is a gift or a talent that comes naturally to you is where you are meant to change the world. According to light research into Islamic numerology, it is said that the number 17 represents the number of words in the call of prayer, ‘rak’a’ or salaa (liturgical gestures) forms part of the five daily prayers. Prayer is one of the five pillars of the Islamic faith and the practicing faith of DJ Lady S. The number 17 is considered to be linked to musical theory and the harmony of spheres. Fitting, as we find ourselves witnessing a time where we are able to create and recreate ourselves and our lives in order to bring harmony within, a time where every industry from farming to entertainment is shifting itself for the best of the universal community. Music is a universal language with the ability to transcend and penetrate every race, gender, and creed. Sahira Chadouli, whose roots are spread out in Morocco, North Africa, was born in the diamond capital of the world, the port city of Antwerp, Belgium. Spreading her wings and settling in the USA, DJ Lady S is a woman of the world who has for 17 years used her platform as an international DJ, as well as an influencer, to bring a message of love and unity through music. Born to Moroccan parents who migrated to Belgium to provide
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their family with an opportunity to begin a life where their dreams were on fertilized soil to grow, Sahira and her brother (who is also an internationally known DJ by the name of DJ Cal aka Killa CAL) grew up in a household where music was the way of life—a way of bringing and sustaining harmony, through instrumentals, beats, and family. With the family adapting to a Western lifestyle, the children were raised in the way of Moroccan-Arabic traditions, rooting them in wisdom passed down from generations before them. Raised with these traditions and a way of being has seen doors open for DJ Lady S—doors only consistent hard work, passion, and love could open. “Being Moroccan Arabic, born and raised in Europe, and (now) living in the USA has only made me a big melting pot of fabulous things,” says DJ Lady S. Before DJing on a plane for Tomorrowland’s party flight or being a featured DJ at Tomorrowland for three consecutive years (to mention but a pinhead of the achievements both great and small), DJ Lady S grew up spending most of her time with her best friend, DJ Cal, or as she knows him, brother. DJ Cal would practice his sets while his sister looked on, observing her brother’s technique and skill—music bonding the siblings. It was after S realised how good she was when simply messing around that she became motivated; coming home to work on her own technique and skills on her brother’s equipment became Sahira’s favorite after-school activity. Grasping the influence she had over the crowd at her very first gig, she said, “I realized that I was in control of their mood, there and then, and I thought it was a magical thing, that through music, I
