Tide Edit:07
The two-disc mix format presents the DJs’ individual selections within one shared release.
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Saeed & Palash
Why we feature this artist The long groove of a Washington DJ partnership Saeed & Palash belonged to a house scene in which the shape of a whole set mattered as much as any individual track. Saeed Younan and Palash Ahmed developed their partnership around Wash…
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Why we feature this artist
The long groove of a Washington DJ partnership
Saeed & Palash belonged to a house scene in which the shape of a whole set mattered as much as any individual track. Saeed Younan and Palash Ahmed developed their partnership around Washington, D.C., combining production, remixing and DJ work. Their music favoured firm bass movement, percussion with a strong physical presence and arrangements able to change gradually over a long stretch of time.
The Addictive connection
The duo established Addictive Records as a home for their work and for music connected to the same club environment. Their recordings and remixes moved between tribal, tech and progressive-house settings, with rhythm serving as a common language rather than a rigid genre boundary.
That background is especially audible in the mixed-CD format. A track can provide the percussion for the next transition, a bass figure can hold the room while another element arrives, and the emotional change can occur across several records rather than within one sung chorus. The selection and the mix become part of the performance.
Tide Edit:07 and Addictive Beats
Tide Edit:07 appeared in 2002, giving the two DJs separate discs within one release. The format allowed their individual approaches to remain visible while presenting a shared musical world. Addictive Beats followed in 2003 through Star 69, extending the documented mix catalogue beyond a single compilation.
Younan preserves both releases in his own archive, alongside records from the wider production history. They offer a clearer picture of the partnership than the idea of a conventional studio-album band would. Saeed & Palash’s identity was built through the relationship between making records and putting them to work, with the long, changing groove providing the setting in which those activities met.
Essential releases
Addictive Beats
The Star 69 mixed release extends the duo’s documented club and compilation catalogue.