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Idriss D is the artist name of Algerian-born DJ and producer Dib Idriss, an artist whose musical language connects North African roots with the deep, percussive currents of European club music. He grew up in a family where Chaabi and traditional Algerian music were played regularly, then discovered funk, disco and Black music through radio broadcasts and the influence of a friend from Constantine. In the early 1990s he entered the club scene in Algiers, learning from the tapes of Adel and Chafik and making his first appearance at Rai Hamidou. After moving to Italy he supported the music dream with work in insurance, opened a record shop in Mantua and began organising small parties. His mixing, hypnotic groove and patient sense of progression soon led to bookings at Italian venues including Echoes, Cocoricò, Red Zone, Angels of Love and Mafia Club. Idriss D has remained closely linked with Cocoricò Riccione and has also held a long-running connection with Barcelona’s Macarena Club through his Memento imprint. His sets can move from deep, Detroit-informed house to minimal pressure, funkier passages and more emotive atmospheres, always keeping the drums and the physical shape of the room in view. The Memento catalogue reflects that range: the label has released his own records alongside work by Carl Craig, Luciano, Ten Walls, The Analogue Cops and other underground producers. His productions include Amalgamation, Lunatic, Hayet Hayati, Khomsa, Dib 001, Dib 002 and the Nedjma Records 001 collection, while Bled El Fen brought Algerian heritage and electronic production into a focused album statement. Idriss also created dbArtists, a booking and artist-development company built around independent talent and Italian nightlife, and he has used that platform to support a wide network of selectors and producers. His career therefore joins several roles without losing its centre: selector, producer, label founder, record collector and mentor. Years of movement between Algiers, Italy, Berlin, Barcelona and the wider European circuit have given the Idriss D sound a cosmopolitan quality, but the identity remains grounded in groove, vinyl culture and a desire to carry North African musical memory into contemporary club spaces.