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Malaa

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Malaa
BornParis, France
Genres
Occupations
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Years active2015–present
Labels
  • Confession

Malaa is a French electronic dance music DJ and producer, who is signed to Tchami's label Confession. He broke onto the electronic music scene through his single "Notorious", which was the second release on Confession.[2] His identity is unknown as he appears in public as a balaclava-wearing man.[3] His participation in the Pardon My French collective suggests he is French, as all other members are.

Identity

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Malaa's identity is unknown.[3] It is strongly suggested that Malaa consists of a duo with DJs DJ Snake and Tchami, as they are credited often on each other's track productions and are connected to the project via remixes.[4][5] It is also speculated that French DJ Mercer is involved in Malaa, since the same management team is shared between the three artists.[4] Through a Reddit post made on the topic, Redditors discovered a tweet on Twitter where a user wrote "cant believe im opening for dj snake + tchami's side project next thursday", while linking to a SoundCloud mix by Malaa. The tweet was then favourited by DJ Snake's Twitter account, which hints his participation on the topic.[4] French DJ Sebastien Benett is also speculated to be Malaa, due to the quick removal of a Facebook comment from Mercer's profile which stated that Malaa was a nickname of Benett and that the last posts by Benett on SoundCloud coincide with the first appearances of Malaa.[6] Both have also been seen individually smoking cigarettes frequently. Benett was also part of the group of 5 dj's called 'Reepublic' before joining the Malaa project.

Career

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2015–present

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In September 2017, Malaa and French future house artist Tchami announced their "No Redemption" tour which was held in North America.[7] To promote the tour event, they released a hip-hop influenced house track titled "Summer 99" on 29 September 2017.[8]

Malaa is known for his "Who Is Malaa?" continuous mixes which he releases through SoundCloud,[9] which feature ghetto house and future house tracks.[10]

Malaa performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023.[11]

Pardon My French

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Pardon My French's logo

Malaa is currently part of the Pardon My French team, a collective of four French DJs composed of DJ Snake, Mercer, Tchami and himself.[12] Throughout the year 2016 and early 2017, the collective went on a Pardon My French Tour in North America.

Discography

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Compilation albums

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Title Details
Illegal Mixtape[13]
Illegal Mixtape II[14]
  • Released: 8 November 2018
  • Label: Confession
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

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Title Details Track Listing
Illicit[15]
List
      1. "Illicit Intro"
      2. "Diamonds"
      3. "Frequency 75"
      4. "Danger"
No Redemption[16]
(with Tchami)
  • Released: 4 April 2018
  • Label: Confession
  • Format: Digital download
List
      1. "No Redemption Intro"
      2. "Summer '99"
      3. "Kurupt"
      4. "The Sermon"
      5. "Deus"

Singles

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Year Title Album Label
2015 "H+M"[17] Non-album singles Self-released
"Pregnant" Fool's Gold Records
2016 "Fade" Confession
"Arsenic"
(with Maximono)
"Diamonds" Ilicit EP
"Notorious" Non-album singles
"Prophecy"
(with Tchami)
2017 "Bylina" Illegal Mixtape
"Contagious"
"Belleville"[18] Non-album singles
"Paris 96"[19] Self-released
"Hostyl"
(with Dombresky) 		Confession
"Summer 99"[20]
(with Tchami] 		No Redemption EP
"The Sermon"[21]
(with Tchami)
2018 "Kurupt"[22]
(with Tchami)
"Music Sounds Better with You"[23]
(with Noizu) (by Stardust) 		Non-album singles Self-released
"Bling Bling"[24] Illegal Mixtape II Confession
"Cash Money"[25]
"We Get Crunk"[26]
2019 "Addiction"[27] Non-album singles
"Revolt"[28]
(featuring Jacknife) 		Premiere Classe Records
"Criminals"[29]
(with Rezz) 		Rezz Music / Confession
2020 "OCB"[30] Confession
"Don't Talk"[31]
"Hell"[32]
(with Koos)
"Riot Gear"[33]
(with Habstrakt)
2021 "Ring the Alarm"[34]
(with DJ Snake) 		Interscope
"Soul Trippin'"[35] Illegal Music
"Pondicherry"[36]
(with DJ Snake) 		Interscope
"Who I Am"[37] Illegal Music
2022 "Wait"[38]
"Outcast"
(with Fivio Foreign) 		Don Malaa.

Remixes

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List of remixes, showing year released and original artists
Title Year Original artist
"Lean On" (Malaa Remix)[39] 2015 Major Lazer and DJ Snake
(featuring MØ)
"White Iverson" (Malaa Remix)[40] Post Malone
"After Life" (Malaa Remix)[41] Tchami
"Can't Feel My Face" (Malaa Remix)[42] The Weeknd
"Mind" (Malaa Remix)[43] 2016 Jack Ü
(featuring Kai)
"Oh Me Oh My" (Malaa Remix)[44] 2017 DJ Snake
"Satisfy" (Malaa Remix)[45] 2018 Mercer
(featuring Ron Carroll)
"Music Sounds Better With You" (Malaa and Noizu Remix)[46] Stardust
"Enzo" (Malaa Remix)[47] 2019 DJ Snake and Sheck Wes
(featuring Offset, 21 Savage and Gucci Mane)
"Someone Else" (Malaa Remix)[48] 2020 Rezz and Grabbitz
"Trust Nobody" (Malaa Remix)[49] DJ Snake
"Anything" (Malaa Remix)[50] 2021 Alison Wonderland and Valentino Khan
"Pick Your Battles" (Malaa Remix)[51] Petit Biscuit and Diplo
"Praise" (Malaa Remix)[52] Tchami
(featuring Gunna)

References

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