Mind Medizin began as an act of defiance. What are you still rebelling against in 2025, and has the target become more personal or more systemic?

I feel like Mind Medizin is in a really good place right now. I am really excited about the music we signed and the artists we work with. Right now I am in Paris enjoying my first break after 8 intense months of pilot school in California, plotting the next thing to rebel against will have to wait.

You shadowed your father in the family business from the age of nine. You learned structure, hierarchy, control. Now you throw red-lit parties that worship chaos. When and how did the blueprint for business become a blueprint for rebellion?

Great question. I guess the more control or convention is put on you on the stronger your desire to resist will be. Especially when what is set out for you does not align with your ambitions. To be fair, the way I was raised is really a huge asset to me now. In the end it’s about striking the right balance, indulging in chaos without losing the plot.

What part of your upbringing still lingers in your creative process even if you’ve tried to leave it behind?

That whatever you want to achieve, you need to put in the work and be stubborn about it. That applies for any creative process. There is no magic moment where creativity happens, you need to put in the hours and effort that creates the spark. I feel like I embraced my upbringing and used it to my advantage. I have no illusions about the amount of success it would take to outrun things or get approval, but that is not what I am after.

You once ran a million‑listener radio show in Dhaka while moonlighting at illegal raves in Toronto. What did double‑life living teach you about risk, masks, and truth‑telling?

I had to be careful about what I share and condition my family to what I wanted to do in life. They were fine with the radio show, but if I just came out and said my ambition was to be a techno DJ, that wouldn’t go down so well. It was my little secret and that in itself made me feel rebellious. Truth telling… it a luxury sometimes.

Do you see clubbing as a sacred space for release and transformation, or is it more about indulgence and escape?

Both. Music and dance have always been an expression of freedom. Like a superpower, it can change your emotional state in an instant, make you lose inhibitions and connect with others. How powerful is that?

What does being unapologetic really mean for you in a male-dominated industry that simultaneously fetishises and undermines female DJs? How do you resist being boxed in by those expectations, and how do you flip that energy into power on and off the decks?

In a broader sense that is definitely true. There still seems to be a different threshold, not necessarily in terms of success, but being taken seriously. My own experience wasn’t so much the issue of industry being male dominated, the artist I worked with and people I consider my mentors have been lovely and supportive. What bothers me is the warped system of value where the talent has to take the back seat and what matters is how marketable you are. Thats the box.