Across raves, shebeens, festivals and community gatherings, Nuradin Abdi activates rooms where sound system culture and diasporic music carry innate meaning. Bars surface, call-and-response chants follow, all presided over with natural authority. Recent appearances at We Out Here and The World Transformed reflect a practice grounded in protest and joy – showcasing a host who knows when to speak, when to listen, and when to step aside and let the room take over.