AIGEL Live 2026 in Dubai

AIGEL Live in Dubai is the electronic duo’s first ever concert in the city, and they are marking it with a show built around their tenth anniversary. Poet and singer Aigel Gaisina and producer Ilya Baramiya take over The Fridge Warehouse on Alserkal Avenue on Tuesday 10 November 2026, for a night that looks back over a decade of their records while making room for newer songs.

If you already know the band, this is a rare chance to hear them without boarding a plane. If you don’t, it is a good excuse to discover a group whose songs move between Tatar, English, German and other languages, set to dark, rhythmic electronic production.

Who Are AIGEL?

AIGEL formed ten years ago as a partnership between Aigel Gaisina, a Tatar poet from Naberezhnye Chelny, and Ilya Baramiya, an electronic musician from Saint Petersburg. Together they have shaped a sound that draws on trip-hop, electronica and psychedelia, with Gaisina’s poetry-driven lyrics delivered somewhere between rap and spoken word over Baramiya’s heavy, rhythmic beats. The duo is now based in Berlin.

The breakthrough came with “Tatarin”, whose video was released in August 2017. Its lyrics grew out of Gaisina’s own poems, written during a relationship with a man who had been imprisoned, and the song quickly became the track most people still associate with the duo.

Two later moments took them global. “Pyyala” climbed to the top of Shazam’s worldwide chart and went to number one on streaming charts in around 25 countries, introducing the band to listeners who had never heard Tatar before. Separately, the music video for “You’re Born” won a Silver Lion at Cannes Lions. Both show how AIGEL work: strong songs, and an equally strong eye for visuals.

The AIGEL Live Dubai Anniversary Setlist

This is a live electronic show rather than a DJ set, so think of it as a band performance where most of the instruments happen to be machines. Rhythm is central to everything AIGEL do, with tracks that build slowly and lock into a groove, and Gaisina’s voice sits right at the front of the mix.

The organisers have confirmed that “Tatarin” and “Pyyala” are on the setlist, joined by material from more recent releases. With the two songs most closely tied to the duo’s name both included, the night plays as a career overview rather than a straight greatest hits run, with the older tracks sitting next to newer work.

Dubai is part of a wider anniversary run. In the weeks before, the tour took in Germany, Amsterdam and Paris at the end of September and start of October, and Prague in late October, so Dubai comes straight after a run of European dates.

Songs in Several Languages

You do not need to speak Tatar to enjoy this. Much of AIGEL’s appeal comes from the sound of the words and the intensity of the delivery, and with lyrics also in English and German, most people in the room will catch at least some lines. If you like knowing what a song is about, reading up on the stories behind “Tatarin” and “Pyyala” beforehand adds a lot to the night.

That mix of languages is also why AIGEL’s fanbase is spread across so many countries, and why a debut in a city as international as Dubai makes sense.

The Fridge Warehouse, Alserkal Avenue

The concert takes place at The Fridge Warehouse, at #5 Alserkal Avenue in Al Quoz 1. The Fridge is an independent music venue inside the Al Quoz arts district, and it is best known for its long-running Concert Series of original music by UAE-based artists, which reached its 50th season in October 2026. Beyond concerts, the warehouse houses a rehearsal studio known as the Live Room and podcast production facilities.

It is an intimate, raw, artist-focused room, holding up to around 300 people standing, with professional-grade sound and lighting and a non-alcoholic bar. For an act like AIGEL, whose music leans towards the atmospheric and the slightly experimental, a warehouse space this size is a far better fit than an arena, and it means you will be close to the stage wherever you stand.

Who It Is For

This one suits fans of trip-hop, downtempo electronica and anyone who enjoys music that blends different languages and cultures. It is also a solid pick for people who like their concerts a little off the mainstream path, in a creative neighbourhood rather than a stadium, and for anyone who discovered “Pyyala” through Shazam and wants to hear it live.

If your plans change, Platinumlist lets you pass your ticket to another fan through its exchange option. For more live music this month, browse our concerts in Dubai, explore the art and culture scene around Alserkal Avenue, or plan the rest of the month with things to do in Dubai and things to do in November.