Behind the name
Records, live sets and a production community.
- Name
- Abdulkader Baghdadi
- Based in
- Dubai
- Producing since
- 2011
- Co-founded
- Hidden Portal Records
Abdulkader Baghdadi began producing music as Kade B in 2011. By the end of 2016, he had completed a production diploma at Point Blank in London. The following year, he started the Kuwait Ableton User Group, organising sessions for musicians to meet and work together.
He moved to Dubai in 2021 and launched Hidden Portal Records with SU SANNA. His own live recordings include an opening set at Surf Club, a session at VNYL HiFi and a DXB Boat Party set with Boatriders.
The release catalogue crosses melodic techno and progressive house. Wasted arrived on Move Music Productions in July 2025, with a Ranj Kaler remix. The War, with SonixUniverse, followed on Sonix Universe Records in January 2026.