If DJ Rekha‘s set at the Black Cat in January is any indication, there is an unrequited demand for international dance music in the District. That event not only sold out, but people of all stripes were dancing to the same beat and the crowd reflected one of this city’s greatest assets, its cultural and ethnic diversity. One can expect more of the same tomorrow night at Bohemian Caverns, where two of global electronica’s most respected practitioners, Cheb i Sabbah (pictured right) and Janaka Selekta (pictured below), will be performing at Līv in an event dubbed Electroganic, whose proceeds will benefit Race Against Domestic Violence.

Electroganic will also celebrate the release of Sabbah’s latest CD, Devotion. Sabbah’s recent albums have all combined electronic elements with various types of ethnic music, but he separates himself from most electronic artists in that he does not simply rely on samples. Instead, he collaborates closely with native artists who are part of the genre within which he is working, whether it be North African, Middle Eastern, or in this case, the devotional music of South Asia.

While Devotion and his previous albums are layered, textured, and even dense, Cheb i Sabbah, the producer, and Cheb i Sabbah, the DJ, can be very different.

“As a DJ, I don’t prepare my set and I just go with the flow,” Sabbah explained. “When I produce an album, I have a very specific scene, but when I DJ, it’s totally different and there’s no telling what I’m going to spin.”

But don’t expect the latest Jay-Z record during one of Sabbah’s sets. “I stay within what I call the ‘Triple A,’ Asia, Arabia, and Africa,” he said.