Sharon Seig, a.k.a. Shalant, is a DJ on a meteoric rise in the Israeli and international nightlife scene. She was born in Paris and lives in Israel, and has already managed to record in some of the most prestigious places abroad, including Radio Hor in Berlin, Radio Operator in Rotterdam, Radio Kiosk in Brussels, and more. In Israel, she has already danced in all the hot spots – the block, the pie, the harpy, the Art Club, and more. She Also responsible for the Riddim line and the Instagram magazine Freakuency, which is a platform for collecting electronic music hot from the oven and edgy. Recommended to follow.
1. Beit Hana Rabbi
As a nightlife woman, I try to find ways to bring some light into the lifestyle, which can be very dark if not carefully balanced. The branch that Beit Hana opened in Florentine gave me exactly what I was looking for: a bright place – literally and symbolically. You can come to a Pilates class in the morning and then sit down with your laptop to work in a place that offers plenty of outlets and good coffee. I don’t know who made the playlists there, but he/she deserves a huge thumbs up – I’ve never enjoyed listening to music in a cafe so much. Sometimes she even suddenly plays some gem that I would have heard in other periods of my life, before I started listening to electronic music, and it makes my day.
Where everyone knows your name. Beit Hana Rabbi (photo by Roni Azuleik)
2. Sandy
It’s not easy to own a record store in Israel, so I take my hat off to the people of Holit because they’ve been doing it for years in an amazing, meticulous and determined way. In the store you can find all types of music, from feminine indie to old school hip hop to forgotten house and techno records from the 90s. Outside there is a nice corner where you can sit for a cigarette and coffee break between looking for records, chat with a friend or the seller and look at the people and dogs passing by on the most French street in town.
record label. From the Facebook page
3. The track park
I’m one of those people who love sun but hate sand – that’s why in my eyes the rail park is the best thing that happened to the south of the city since the corona virus. Beyond the fact that it serves as a useful and much more pleasant walking path than the sidewalk on Jaffa Road (if there is one), it’s also nice to just sit there with a book and/or a glass of wine and soak up some vitamin D for the soul. During the quarantine, the whole city sat there in the evenings, and I’m glad that this custom hasn’t disappeared since then – in my eyes, this hang is much nicer and more economical than sitting in most bars in the city.
How we needed him. The Rail Park (photo: shutterstock)
4. Mirage Jazz Kisa
The new brilliance of the people behind the frequency complex – a bar for listening to jazz records with fine drinks and dim lighting. It’s fun to sit there with friends and with many acquaintances that you didn’t schedule with but they are there too – you know what I’m talking about! Good friends often record there and I dive together with them into the realms of jazz – the genre from which most of the music I enjoy hearing today grew.
Mirage Jazz Kiss. Photo: C. Fish
5. Radio antenna
A small, community radio that overlooks Allenby Street. You can say that this is the local version of Red Light Radio in Amsterdam (which unfortunately closed last year). The people who founded the place do it out of a real passion for the field and the music community, and I’m always happy to go there to play or listen to friends’ sets. On the radio’s YouTube page you can listen to all the sets from home and get an up-to-date picture of what is happening in the local underground scene. It’s fun and important to have a place like this that gives those who love music a place to express themselves and bring their music to more people. You can find there programs of a variety of DJs – from determined record collectors to the leading clubbers in the Israeli scene.