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Fassi Drops Introspective Mix for EG Spotlight 323

Fassi DJ: Fassi delivers EG SPOTLIGHT.323—a 77-minute introspective journey through minimal techno and melodic house. Read the full breakdown. Read more.

Tom Rander

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Photo credit: Fassi – Official
Photo credit: Fassi – Official

Moroccan DJ Fassi Joins EG Spotlight

Casablanca-born, Montreal-based selector Fassi contributes EG SPOTLIGHT.323, a slow-burn journey that prioritizes patience over peak-time energy. (Original source) Published January 7, 2026, the mix opens with warm, groovy cuts before retreating into minimal, reflective terrain—spanning music by Mandar, Pornbugs, WhoMadeWho, Four Tet, Efdemin, and Prime Minister Of Doom, with remixes by Dennis Cruz, Rodriguez Jr., Traumprinz, and DJ T.

Fassi's club practice—long-form sets supporting Recondite and Butch, releases on Bar25 and Stripped Recordings—translates directly into the Spotlight format. Electronic Groove frames his aesthetic around "restraint, storytelling, and rhythmic control," a deliberate counter to algorithmic quick hits. The tracklist's cross-pollination of emotive melodic techno, hypnotic minimalism, and left-field house demonstrates how diaspora selectors weave North African sensibility into North American underground infrastructure without overt folkloric markers. (Phace - Wikipedia)

Warm Grooves Evolve Into Minimal Territory

The mix opens with selections from Benoit & Sergio, Tibi Dabo, and Brunello, establishing a patient groove before steering toward the hypnotic undercurrent offered by SIS and Black Light Smoke. Remixes from Dennis Cruz and Rodriguez Jr. bridge tech-house momentum with melodic depth, while Mihai Popoviciu and DJ T. edits maintain textural cohesion across the transition.

Mid-set, the arc shifts: Doorly and Guti anchor a darker, more introspective passage before Cristina Lazic, Snilloc, and a Traumprinz remix push the energy inward. The closing stretch leans on emotive micro-house—Prime Minister Of Doom and Efdemin supply grayscale atmospheres that trade peak-time tension for contemplative release, illustrating how long-form club narratives privilege emotional resolution over climactic payoff.

Montreal Selector Showcases Patient Club Storytelling

The architecture unfolds across seventy-seven minutes, beginning with Benoit & Sergio's dubbed-out grooves and Tibi Dabo's rolling basswork before pivoting toward the quieter edges of the tracklist. Fassi's session opens with textural warmth, then gradually strips away ornament—Brunello and Nik Thrine provide mid-set breathing room, while the closing arc relies on micro-house reduction rather than crescendo.

Coming from Casablanca and embedded in Montreal's circuit since the mid-2010s, Fassi treats the Spotlight format as an extension of his club residencies, where four-hour slots demand pacing discipline. The inclusion of Mihai Popoviciu's rework and DJ T's edit signals familiarity with European club logic, yet the sequencing avoids predictable peak-time markers. (Pianist, Composer & Educator in Jazz and Contemporary Music) Instead, energy ebbs and flows through rhythmic detail—bassline shifts, percussive density, melodic shadow—reinforcing that long-form storytelling hinges on restraint as much as selection.

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