Sudanese electronics · 160 BPMarchive and diaspora page

Electronic music in Khartoum, Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan, is one of 37 African cities on Pulse, the Sonic Paths map and radio of African electronic music. Its signature sound is Sudanese electronics, which we place at 160 BPM, in the published range of 155 to 168. 4 artists and collectives from Khartoum are on Pulse, and 2 of their sets play in this page. Sudan has been at war since 2023, and the scene now lives mainly in archives, radio and the diaspora. So this is an archive and diaspora page: no venues and no travel guidance.

On the 3D map

heat 2/104 artists and collectives2 sets play here

Pulse

The pulse of Khartoum

Pulse gives every city one tempo: the typical tempo of its signature sound. For Khartoum that is 160 BPM, Sudanese electronics. The range 155 to 168 is published by a source for this sound.

The range is jaglara's, the Fashaga borderland dance music: 155 to 168 BPM according to Ostinato Records. Zanig, the other keyboard wedding style, has no fixed tempo: it speeds up and slows down.

zanig / darba (synth wedding music)jaglara (Fashaga electronic dance)ambient 'Deserty New Age' synthdiaspora experimental beats
160BPM · Sudanese electronics
published range 155 to 168

Sounds of Khartoum

Each sound has its own page: what it is, its tempo where a source gives one, where it comes from and who carried it.

SoundSudanese electronicsJaglara: 155 to 168 BPM. Zanig: no fixed tempo (it accelerates and decelerates) · signature sound

The scene

Khartoum's club and gallery infrastructure was destroyed or displaced by the war that began in 2023 (e.g. Downtown Gallery destroyed; curator Rahiem Shadad forced to leave in 2023), so there is no active Khartoum club scene to map. What exists: (a) Taz Waves, a Port Sudan-based synth producer whose album The Electronic Sounds of Sudan came out 6 Aug 2026 (Basinkob label); (b) the Fashaga-born keyboardist Jantra (Ostinato, 2023); (c) diaspora/archival work - DJ-researcher Tabideee and COSMOS' Refuge Worldwide mix of zanig/darba (9 Mar 2026), Toronto-based Sufyvn; (d) Sudanese artists in Cairo (e.g. MaMan at Thorium Studio) though sources describe them as rap/R&B, not electronic.

What we know, and what we are still looking for. No operating venues; treat as an archive and diaspora page. If you run a night, a label or a collective in Khartoum, or you know one, tell us on the Collaborate page and we will check it and add it.

Why it sits at heat 2
War displacement means no in-country club scene; creative activity is by a handful of producers and diaspora researchers, though 2026 saw an album (Aug) and a mix/primer (Mar-Apr).

Sets to play

One tap plays here, through the artist's own player. When a set ends, the next Khartoum set follows, then Pulse Radio carries on across the continent.

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Artists and collectives

4 on Pulse from Khartoum, 2 with a set that plays here. On the map they sit in a ring around the city, never at an address.

Venues and nights

Only places a source names. "Unclear" means we found the venue but no 2026 event; "last confirmed" is the date of the newest evidence.

    The rooms
    Before the war, DJ nights under al-Bashir were billed as weddings to get round restrictions, and after the 2019 revolution Thursday-night parties on rooftops and the Nile banks multiplied.[1]

    Getting there

    Note
    No travel guidance given because of the war.

    Listen local

    Labels, radio shows and archives from Khartoum that keep playing after you leave this page.

    Collectives and labels

    Coming up

    No dated event in Khartoum is in our list as of 20 October 2026. All dated festivals on Pulse.

    Rooms nearby on Sonic Paths

    The atlas rooms, dated signals and expeditions closest to Khartoum.

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    Questions about Khartoum

    What electronic music is Khartoum known for?

    Sudanese electronics, at about 160 BPM. The styles in our data are zanig / darba (synth wedding music), jaglara (Fashaga electronic dance), ambient 'Deserty New Age' synth, diaspora experimental beats. Khartoum's club and gallery infrastructure was destroyed or displaced by the war that began in 2023 (e.g.

    What tempo is Khartoum's signature sound?

    160 BPM. The published range for Sudanese electronics is 155 to 168.

    Where can I hear electronic music in Khartoum?

    We could not yet name a venue from a source. No operating venues; treat as an archive and diaspora page. If you know the scene, tell us on the Collaborate page.

    Which Khartoum artists are on Pulse?

    Tabideee, Taz Waves (Zaher Nasr), Jantra, SUFYVN. 2 of them have a set that plays in the page.

    What is Sudanese electronics?

    Sudanese electronic music is a family of keyboard-driven wedding and party styles, built on Yamaha and Technics keyboards modified to play Sudanese rhythms and scales, that grew from the 1980s and produced zanig and darba in the 2010s and jaglara in the borderlands near Ethiopia. The sources put it at Jaglara: 155 to 168 BPM. Zanig: no fixed tempo (it accelerates and decelerates). More on Sudanese electronics, with sources.

    Sources and nearby scenes

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