
Two Curators, One Floor
Nai b2b Rammie isn't a group so much as a pairing — two DJs trading tracks back to back (that's what the "b2b" means), each bringing a different half of the same instinct: build a night where nobody's music has to make room for anybody else's, because it was all meant to share a floor from the start.
Nai: Belly Dance to Dabke to Brazilian Funk
Nai (ناي) works as a DJ and curator behind Culture Sessions, a recurring series that treats genre-mixing as the whole point rather than a gimmick — nights built around belly dance and dabke performance (with troupes like Turath Troupe and instructors like Dulala) paired with live DJ sets moving through Brazilian funk and beyond. It's programming built the same way Habibi Shik Shok builds a night: dance class first, then the floor opens, then the genres stop being separate rooms.
Rammie: Soca, Jersey Club, and a Guyanese Foundation
Rammie plays under a simple but earned tagline: "your dancer's favorite DJ." With Guyanese roots and a sound built on Soca, dancehall, and Jersey club, Rammie has built a reputation for taking classic Caribbean tracks and reworking them into something that still moves a room raised on club music — a resident alongside Nai at Culture Sessions, with additional Sunday sets at Come Spin With Us.
Why This Pairing Makes Sense for Zambalita
Nai and Rammie already share a booking home and a regular series together — which means the "b2b" isn't a one-off experiment, it's a partnership with real mileage behind it. Put simply: Nai carries the SWANA half of the room, Rammie carries the Afrobeats-adjacent Caribbean and diaspora half, and together they're close to a live blueprint for exactly what Zambalita is trying to build — one floor, two traditions, no translation needed between them.