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Kareem Ali

KAREEM ALI

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Kareem Ali

PRODUCER · DJ · LABEL OWNER

Kareem Ali is a New York-born, Phoenix-based electronic producer and one of the most prolific names in contemporary deep and jazz house, with over 200 million streams and a catalog of nearly 100 releases built at a famously breakneck pace. His sound blends fluid jazz musicianship, lo-fi warmth and driving house rhythms with a deeply Afrofuturist vision — music about utopian Black futures and liberation, inspired by Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Larry Heard, Underground Resistance and Drexciya. A self-releasing artist on his own CosmoFlux label (which he has since turned into a non-profit supporting aspiring Black artists), he has earned recognition from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Boiler Room and a 2022 SXSW spotlight, plus co-signs from Four Tet, Bicep, Caribou and Pete Tong. With around 229,000 monthly Spotify listeners and a relentless release schedule — his most recent music dropped in spring 2026 — Ali is a fully independent, do-it-all producer operating right in the sweet spot of a mid-tier artist on a hot streak.

VERIFIED STREAMS9.097.834TOTAL · 9.1M
2 DAYS · Total
Releases20
Years active2024–PRESENT
Collaborators ·
Kareem Ali
Kareem Ali
43 tracks · 9.1M
Sreya
Sreya
1 track · 510.7K
Cilon
Cilon
1 track · 510.7K
Plage 84
Plage 84
2 tracks · 37.4K
Blimp
Blimp
1 track · 20.3K
Merry Lamb Lamb
Merry Lamb Lamb
Kareem Ali
Kareem Ali
43 tracks · 9.1M
Sreya
Sreya
1 track · 510.7K
Cilon
Cilon
1 track · 510.7K
Plage 84
Plage 84
2 tracks · 37.4K
Blimp
Blimp
1 track · 20.3K
Merry Lamb Lamb
Merry Lamb Lamb
Top tracks · Ranked by streams · 10
Collaborators ·
Kareem Ali
Kareem Ali
43 tracks · 9.1M
Sreya
Sreya
1 track · 510.7K
Cilon
Cilon
1 track · 510.7K
Plage 84
Plage 84
2 tracks · 37.4K
Blimp
Blimp
1 track · 20.3K
Merry Lamb Lamb
Merry Lamb Lamb
Kareem Ali
Kareem Ali
43 tracks · 9.1M
Sreya
Sreya
1 track · 510.7K
Cilon
Cilon
1 track · 510.7K
Plage 84
Plage 84
2 tracks · 37.4K
Blimp
Blimp
1 track · 20.3K
Merry Lamb Lamb
Merry Lamb Lamb
Curatorial

OBRA BY KAREEM ALI

20 RELEASES
ROLE

2026

4 releases

2025

8 releases

2024

8 releases
Catalog · Notes · Curatorial

Bio

Kareem Ali is a New York-born, Phoenix-based electronic producer and one of the most prolific names in contemporary deep and jazz house, with over 200 million streams and a catalog of nearly 100 releases built at a famously breakneck pace. His sound blends fluid jazz musicianship, lo-fi warmth and driving house rhythms with a deeply Afrofuturist vision — music about utopian Black futures and liberation, inspired by Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock, Larry Heard, Underground Resistance and Drexciya. A self-releasing artist on his own CosmoFlux label (which he has since turned into a non-profit supporting aspiring Black artists), he has earned recognition from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Boiler Room and a 2022 SXSW spotlight, plus co-signs from Four Tet, Bicep, Caribou and Pete Tong. With around 229,000 monthly Spotify listeners and a relentless release schedule — his most recent music dropped in spring 2026 — Ali is a fully independent, do-it-all producer operating right in the sweet spot of a mid-tier artist on a hot streak.

Credits

  • Kareem Ali·
  • Sreya·
  • Cilon·
  • Plage 84·
  • Blimp·
  • Merry Lamb Lamb

Coordinates

Handle
kareem-ali
Spotify
9,097,834
Total
9,097,834
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