Omar Ahmad
Using a combination of rich recorded instrumentation and live manipulation, Omar Ahmad aims to invoke a proto-genre, natural atmosphere that envelopes his audience in a dark, ritualistic sense of community.
He is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist whose desire to derive the essential elements of sound has grown towards found-sound immersions, globally-influenced musical storytelling, and lush atmospheric compositions with age.
As a third culture musician, he often finds himself looking to voice his own state of being caught in between movements and never fully belonging to a singular sound or ideology.
In 2023 he released his debut album, Inheritance, via AKP Recordings with critical acclaim including BandCamp's Best Ambient and DJ Mag's "Artist You Need to Hear" recognition.
In addition to producing his own work, Ahmad is a contributing DJ at Laylit, the largest and fastest-growing contemporary Middle Eastern and North African music community in New York, and alongside Miss Alicia (Alicia Coleman), Ahmad co-founded Ūmboma, a recurring global dance series emphasizing African, Arab and Latin American contemporary rhythms. A combination of Arabic, Swahili and Spanish words, Ūmboma signifies a Congregation of Freedom & Dance.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on Mesma Records, Microtones and AKP Recordings. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sat 6 JunPioneer Worksfirst time · The Bunker New York
- Thu 16 AprJupiter Discotheir 4th night · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
2025 — 7 nights
- Sat 29 Nov 2025H0L0their 3rd night · H0L0 NYC
- Thu 20 Nov 2025Jupiter Discotheir 3rd night · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Fri 4 Jul 2025H0L0their 2nd night · FOURTH WORLD, H0L0 NYC
- Thu 5 Jun 2025Nowadaystheir 2nd night
- Fri 25 Apr 2025Elsewheretheir 3rd night · Laylit
- Sat 12 Apr 2025Forest City Lodge 180first time · Microtones
- Thu 20 Mar 2025H0L0first time · H0L0 NYC
2024 — 11 nights
- Thu 17 Oct 2024Jupiter Discotheir 2nd night · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Fri 27 Sep 2024Earthly Delightsfirst time
- Sat 14 Sep 2024Elsewheretheir 2nd night · Laylit
- Fri 13 Sep 2024Jupiter Discofirst time · Jupiter Disco Version 2.0
- Thu 15 Aug 2024public recordsfirst time
- Sat 20 Jul 2024Good Roomfirst time · The Bunker New York
- Fri 12 Jul 2024TBA - 338 Moffat St., BrooklynMicah Danney
- Tue 9 Jul 2024Rashfirst time
- Thu 8 Feb 2024The Living Galleryfirst time
- Thu 1 Feb 2024Nowadaysfirst time
- Sat 13 Jan 2024Elsewherefirst time · Laylit
2023 — 3 nights
- Sat 9 Dec 2023Eavesdroptheir 2nd night
- Sat 14 Oct 2023Eavesdropfirst time
- Fri 13 Oct 2023TBA - Lower ManhattanAFTERGLOW
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- Jupiter DiscoSep 2024 – Apr 20264 nights
- H0L0Mar 2025 – Nov 20253 nights
- ElsewhereJan 2024 – Apr 20253 nights
- NowadaysFeb 2024 – Jun 20252 nights
- EavesdropOct 2023 – Dec 20232 nights
Once each: Pioneer Works, Forest City Lodge 180, Earthly Delights, public records, Good Room, Rash and The Living Gallery. Two of the 23 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Miss AliciaEarthly Delights ×1, Forest City Lodge 180 ×1, and 1 more room · Jul 2024 – Apr 20253 nights
- ArroyoJupiter Disco ×2 · Nov 2025 – Apr 20262 nights
- otodojoForest City Lodge 180 ×1, public records ×1 · Aug 2024 – Apr 20252 nights
- ŪmbomaForest City Lodge 180 ×1, Good Room ×1 · Jul 2024 – Apr 20252 nights
- BINTJupiter Disco ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Feb 2024 – Sep 20242 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.