A Short History of Tunisian Electronic Music, with Haze-M in the Timeline

From 1990s roots to collectives, festivals and labels: a short history of Tunisian electronic music, and where Haze-M fits in, from 2012.

Haze-M mixing under red stage lights
Haze-M mixing under red stage lights

Electronic music in Tunisia did not start with one artist or one club. Music In Africa’s history traces its roots to the 1990s and follows the growth of DJs, collectives, venues, festivals and independent labels across house, techno, electronica and other club forms.

Haze-M appears in that timeline in 2012, with his first release abroad, made with Enfants Malins. The same period saw other independent activity, including the launch of the techno label Afrotek and a growing culture of house events and vinyl.

Suara’s biography adds that Haze-M, Enfants Malins and HearThuG formed Dance Till Death, an early Tunisian label project. Together these accounts place his discography inside a wider scene rather than apart from it.

It is one thread in a larger story of local creativity and international exchange, and of the work it takes to make electronic music travel.

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