Niyaz is a longform features writer, PR professional, and former journalist with 20+ years of experience covering the Southern California music scene for multiple publications, currently including the Los Angeles Times and InSpite Magazine, and previously The Orange County Register and OC Weekly.
He is also the author of the weekly music Substack “universal frEQuencies."
Niyaz is an obsessive Coachella-goer, having been nearly 20 times, and loves watching shows at Shrine Expo Hall in L.A. The Prodigy introduced him to electronic music, Odesza took his heart, and Underworld rewired his brain.
