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Dairo, Afro house and melodic house DJ and producer from Yerevan, Armenia

From the warm-up
to the closing set.

DJ and producer from Yerevan, Armenia.
Afro house and melodic house.

Dairo at the decks between the columns of a basalt temple, one hand raised, a crowd with their hands up and green hills behind

His music is played by

HUGEL, Shimza,
Bedouin, Mëstiza.

2023
Warm-up and closing set for Black Coffee, alongside Floyd Lavine.
No. 6
Sierra De Palomares on the Beatport Afro House chart, three days after release.
6,000
People at the first three events of Alterego, the community Dairo co-founded.
“One of those moments that stays with you. ‘Don’t Let Go’ before Bedouin took over.”Dairo, on Instagram

Different genres,
one set.

He began in deep house and organic house and found his sound in Afro house and melodic house. In a set he connects them, so the room moves from one to the next without hearing the join.

  • Deep house
  • Organic house
  • Afro house
  • Melodic house

Recto2026 · EP · with Roman Cleiss

Twelve releases

20265 releases

  • Recto

    EP · with Roman Cleiss

  • Sierra De Palomares

  • Like a P

    with Chris Leon

  • Can’t Stop

    with Alex Twin · RADIATE

  • Through The Fire

20253 releases

  • Don’t Let Go

    with Alex Twin

  • Twe

  • Unemotional

20244 releases

  • El Pantalon

    Sunset Gathering

  • The Journey

  • La Noche

    Sunset Gathering

  • Alterego

A DJ from Yerevan,
playing since 2021.

Vigen Bokhyan started DJing in September 2021 and producing a year later. By the summer of 2023 he was opening and closing the night for Black Coffee.

Press kit 8.7 MB
Dairo crouching, hands clasped, on a charcoal studio backdrop
Dairo in a long exposure, his figure doubled and blurred, on a pale blue backdrop

His second single, La Noche, came out on Sunset Gathering in August 2024, with support from Aaron Sevilla, Alex Twin and Mëstiza.

Dairo seated in a red armchair in a black leather jacket

With a friend he founded Alterego, a music community in Armenia. Its first three events brought 6,000 people, with Xinobi, Roy Rosenfeld, DJ Chus, Parra For Cuva and Djeff.

Then the sun goes down.

Four moments from his sets, in the order a night runs. Swipe.

Warm-up
Golden hour
Peak
Closing

His name on the wall, and a city square in front of it.

Footage: zil DZZEN by Domino Production