OriaBela (NL)

OriaBela, founder of ConneQtingTheDots (CQTD). I've lived in Amsterdam for two decades, shaped by long-term immersion in London and Amsterdam's underground music scenes. In 2020 I founded CQTD, a platform rooted in Community Without Borders, connecting artists, venues, and audiences across Europe and North Africa.

I've organised and curated underground cultural events in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Toulouse, Barcelona, Lisbon, Marrakech, Essaouira, Granada, and Sierra Nevada — delivering club nights, festivals, fashion shows, beach clubs, listening bars, private events, and long-form DJ performances across Funk, Soul, Disco, House, Afro House, Deep House, Broken Beat, Hip Hop, Brazilian, Dub, and Detroit Techno.

For the past four editions, I've had the pleasure of building CQTD's official ADE programme solo — from artistic curation, booking, and full-cycle event production to marketing, venue partnerships.