Adnan Samman
Adnan played at Amsterdam Vinyl Club on 6 November 2025 and brought along the perfect recipe for a killer DJ set – a generous helping of progressive and experimental art rock; a bunch of cool 70s synth sounds; a pinch of soft rock; and finally bringing us to the boil with some contemporary folk pop from Belgium.
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An interview with Adnan Samman
Tell us about yourself.
I’d Adnan. I’m 32-years-old and originally I come from Syria. I’ve been in the Netherlands now for four-and-a-half years. I’m a musician, graphic designer and I also play synthesiser and keyboards with a local band called Two Years At Sea, who are relatively new.
What have you got in store for us this evening?
Tonight I’m planning an interesting set that takes me outside my comfort zone. I’m taking a small journey that starts in the 1970s and runs up until today. It has everything – it has chaotic moments, quiet moments. It starts with progressive rock then goes through art rock, funk, disco from the 80s and all the way to the present day with experimental folk pop from Belgium.
Do you have much Dj experience?
I’ve DJed before, but mostly at private parties and for friends. I played my first public set a couple of months ago. But I’ve never DJed with vinyl before, so tonight is my first vinyl set – but I practiced it a few times on a digital controller.
How long have you been collecting vinyl records?
I’m a new collector. I started collecting vinyl last year, but this year I also started collecting cassettes. I want to leave streaming services at some point soon. At the moment I have somewhere between 25 and 35 vinyl records – so not a lot, but my collection is growing. I buy records mostly in record stores or at markets, and for my cassette collection I’m building a small collection via Bandcamp where I buy from underground, independent artists that need support.
When you’re record digging, what do you dream of finding?
I know that there were a lot of really old Middle Eastern artists who released vinyl, but that lots of those records are now kind of lost. There’s a label in Germany called Habibi Funk Records that’s started to revive these albums, and I’d really like to have more music from the Middle East and North Africa region.