Dubai’s Analog Room: in pictures

Hosted at Dubai’s Q Underground, the night attracts hundreds of clubbers every week, and was founded by a group of audio engineers who, naturally, are connoisseurs of exotic and eclectic sounds. Courtesy Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

The night’s “art ­music” has underground DJs and producers dropping across-the-board electronic sounds, normally broadly house or techno, with excursions into bass and other genres. Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

Celebrating two years in Dubai this alternative club night is the living, breathing antithesis to the stereotype of Dubai nightlife. Courtesy Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

The room is a dark, cavernous underground space, with oppressive black concrete walls. Overhead, glaring strobes dazzle, and in front, scores of blissed-out bodies move to an invisible rhythm. Courtesy Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

Early last year, Analog Room launched in the venue they’ve long been associated with, The Q Underground, a disused basement space below a sports bar in the Holiday Inn, Al Barsha. Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

self-confessed global “professional party person” Ansari, originally from Iran, was unhappy with the limited nightlife options on offer in his adopted home. Courtesy Sami Khatib / Threedots Photography

The room is a dark, cavernous underground space, with oppressive black concrete walls. Overhead, glaring strobes dazzle, and in front, scores of blissed-out bodies move to an invisible rhythm. From the speakers blares a beguiling mix of electronic glitches, beeps and beats. Welcome to Analog Room. See the pictures here.