Daïf

(Luminaere)

Born and raised in the coastal city of Saint Malo (France), Daïf quickly developed a passion for electronic music, for music in general in fact. That led him to start Djing as early as the age of 15. Soon after, seeking new ways to express himself through music he also started producing.
In 2015, at the age of 19, Daïf created Luminaere. The project was at first dedicated to organizing parties. Since its beginning, he has invited : Le Loup, Birds Making Machines, Lowris, Praslea, Céline, Dasha Redkina, Cabanne, Seuil, Quest, Francesco Del Garda, Nicolas Lutz, Omar, Gulp, Evan Baggs and Ryan Elliott. Since then, after his notable debut on Amazing Stories, Daïf released Luminaere 001 and 002. After that, Daïf dropped a 4 tracks on Le Loup’s Shadow Play imprint, open Nico Etorena’s label Overthink with another 4 tracks, give tracks to famous label like Tone Dropout, Art of Dark and OPIA. He begins 2023 releasing a 4 tracks EP, solo this time, on Art Of Dark. This past years he has the chance to hit the roads and plays his records in France’s main cities but also in Birmingham, Kiev (x3), London, Berlin, Moscow or New York City to name a few.
During a busy 2023 year, he grab the chance to support one more time ukrainian nightlife resistance playing for Mint Condition at Closer. Following by his first Asia tour playing in Osaka, notorious Ring club in Seoul and Busan. Closing the year with a North American tour including Montreal, Detroit, New York, Miami and Cholula in Mexico. He started 2024 with two remarquable tour in Central and South America playing in Rio, Montevideo (x2 including Phonotheque), Buenos Aires (x2), Iguazu, Asuncion, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Guatemala City and Punta Del Este.
His wide range of influences, encompassing also hard core metal, rap, grunge, led him to work in the music industry for a while. This contributed to forging himself a strong musical identity that you can witness both in his productions and dj sets. Able to embrace pieces from old and new, from techno
and minimal, acid and breakbeat, his music shows great maturity, the keypoint to it being blending his influences into something personal.

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/presidentdaif/?hl=fr
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/dahif
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/artist/6065012- Da%C3%AFf