in 2018, uk label bbe released chahoud's compilation 'taitu', a 24-track collection of soul-fuelled songs from 1970s ethiopia by artists like mulatu astakte, alemayehu eshete and birkineh wurga. the dj has also curated the reissue series 'middle eastern heavens', a collection of progressive records from the arab world's 1970s and 1980s golden age for experimentation in music. the first three re-releases by ihsan al-munzer, a legendary lebanese composer and the godfather of bellydance disco, came out in 2020, 2021 and 2024 on bbe. he's also curated and written sleeve-notes for a series of releases for wewantsounds, including the first ever vinyl release of the groundbreaking 1985 album 'houdou nisbi' by the lebanese composer, musician and playwright ziad rahbani, and 'giant + guitar', the cult classic 1974 lp by the legendary egyptian guitarist omar khorshid.

over the last decade, chahoud has toured the world, filling dancefloors from beijing to basel with rare funk and soul records, raw ethiopian grooves and his own lebanese funk, '60s garage and soul discoveries. he dj'd for beirut's first boiler room session, held in the sweaty loft of long-running beirut record store chico records in 2017. he has been featured on bbc world service, vice, bbc radio 3, time out london, arte, monocle, cnn and more.