Hoomance on the lessons of eight-hour DJ sets

Canadian-Iranian DJ and producer Hoomance has discussed reading crowds and playing long sets, including an eight-hour open-to-close set in Room 3 at fabric in London, in an interview published by Magnetic Mag on 16 October 2026.

Raised in downtown Toronto, Hoomance traces his approach to early nights at The Guvernment and Circa. The Guvernment had eight rooms, ranging from about 5,000 people down to 150, and watching DJs work such different spaces showed him how much a room's size, intimacy and energy shape a set. Ibiza, where he now lives part of the time alongside Toronto, made him more attentive to a crowd drawn from everywhere while keeping his own sound. He has played Bedouin's Saga at Pacha, as well as Akasha, Chinois and Nocturna.

As an example of changing course mid-set, he recalled a Halloween weekend years ago at Paradise Club in New York, when he dropped the tempo sharply for a breakbeat edit of Michael Jackson's “Billie Jean”. The crowd's response gave him the confidence to keep exploring in that direction, though it had not been planned. At fabric, he said, he wanted to build the night from the first record and let the energy develop as the room filled.

Hoomance has released music on Human By Default and Rebellion and collaborated with HUGEL on the album “Twenty-One”. He said working with producer Mili teaches him something new each time, and that his aim is to earn listeners' trust with records they may never have heard.