His grand father, Zerouala El Aarbi, was a known musician in Algeria, also his uncles were prolific artists in their free time; and they were meeting every Friday in his grand-mother’s house to play together Chaabi and other traditional music. Some time later, Idriss fell in love with Funk, Disco and all kind of Black Music thanks to the radio show he was listening and recording every weekend and
to the influence of his friend Nadir, a dj from Constantine. In the early 90s, he discovered the club scene in Algiers and especially Adel and Chafik, two djs who were icons in all the North Africa with there mixtapes turning around all the countries in Maghreb. And it was Chafik who asked Idriss to play some records for the first time. After moving to Italy he worked in an insurance company called INA in order to being able to sustain his music passion. After 3 years, Idriss opened his records shop VINILMARKET and started to organize small parties in Mantova , where he quickly established himself among the new names in the game thanks to his mixing skills, his unique style, and his hypnotic dance vibes. His prowess and his perseverance led him to widespread acclaim in the country nightclubs and to play at some of the most renowned venues such as Echoes, Cocoricò , Red Zone,Angels of love , Amnesia Milano and Mafia club. his label Memento hosts a weekly party ( every Monday ) in the precious Macarena club in Bareclona. His solid touring has brought him to clubs such as Tresor , Watergate and KaterBlau , club der visionaere in Berlin, Club 4 and El Row in Barcelona, Rex in Paris, Norsdstern in Basel , Privilege ,space and amnesia ibiza . Idriss D popularity as music - business man grew up as he founded db artists and Memento records , an agency focused on breaking through the international nightlife and party culture with the booking of international and new talents.His agency soon became an exclusive partner for Clonk, Freak N Chic and later db artists started representing Cadenza,and Luciano. Beyond his busy dj schedule, Idriss has succeeded building in the last years a strong international reputation for his own imprint Memento, signing artists as Carl Craig, Luciano and The analogue cops and releasing music of many gifted underground producers. discography
2008 Emanuele Esposito – Dakar -Idriss D rmx – Pearl Limited
2008 Idriss D – Environement + Bloody Mary rmx – Memento Records
2009 Idriss D & Danilo Vigorito – Aicha Day – Memento Records
2009 B Girl – Eight Dear . Idriss D rmx – Autan Records
2011 Idriss D – Cross y Mind – Memento Records
2011 Egal 3 – The Hood Idriss D rmx – Monique Musique
2012 Idriss D – Sunset in kreuzberg -Memento Records
2014 Idriss D- Constantine -dib 001 -Memento Records
2015 Idriss D-Alger -dib 002 -Memento Records
2015 Idriss D-Amalgamation album-Memento records
2017 Idriss D -Khomsa -dib003 -Memento records
2018 Idriss D - Shams - dib 004 - Memento records
2018 Idriss D - Hayet Hayati album - Memento records
2020 Idriss D - Lunatic incl Dj Sotofett rmx - Memento records