Arab tunes mixtape # 21 - So you say there is no arabic experimental music ?!! Vol.5 / The Egyptian scene

Front cover by Mina Nasr

Avant-garde, experimental and electronic sounds coming from Egypt. Among well-known names and lesser known artists, an overview of the best offers on the Egyptian scene in terms of sound research. A decisive refutation to the accusations of anti modernism related  to the Arab world.





 

Avanguardia , sperimentazioni e suoni elettronici provenienti dall'Egitto. Tra  nomi conosciuti  e artisti meno noti, una panoramica delle migliori offerte sulla scena egiziana in termini di ricerca sonora. Una confutazione decisa  alle accuse di anti modernismo riferite al mondo arabo.

01 Omar Raafat - Suitcase dogtree
02 0mran - Kullu 'amin
03 HKL - Sad night jam
04 Ola Saad - Vision 2
05 Bikya - Traffic
06 Adham Hafez - Anger and letting go
07 Ramsi Lehner -Martial Law
08 Kareem Lotfy \ Abdelkarim - The Turba Philosophorum of Karbalaa
09 Machine Eat Man - Slavery Inc
10 Yara Mekawei - 4 meters of silk cloth
11 Rami abadir - A dialogue with my friend the believer
12 Apo(Ehab) - Ma Dama Ya7komuna Algonoun2
13 Hassan Khan - Tabla dubb n. 16
14 Mahmuud Refat - My Mind In Motion 2
15 Amr Qenawi - On 1.5
16 Ahmed Basiony - Untitled Multitrack 1
17 Maurice Louca - Garraya
18 Magdi Mostafa - The 3rd. movement
19 Abdelkarim - Cartoon chicken


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Arab tunes mixtape # 21 - So you say there is no arabic experimental music ?!! Vol.5 / The Egyptian scene from lazyproduction on 8tracks Radio.

Sami Rageb - Hyetti

                                          

Sami Rageb was born in Cairo , Egypt, where he began his musical career in 1960 as pianist at the Maxim 's nightclub in Cairo . From there, he played the nightclub circuit until 1965 when he established his famous American band ,"The Knights" which accompanied famous egyptian movie stars and singers and toured Egypt . In 1968 Sami accepted an offer to play organ and piano at several Egypt's top hotels in upper and lower Egypt, amongst which was the famous Nile Hilton Hotel. Before going abroad , he had appeared in all the media.

In 1972 he traveled to Paris where he played in the " Intercontinental Kahlawi-Tunisi band" followed by a solo Egyptian musical engagement at the Cafe Coue Jase located in the famous St Michelle "quartier".

In 1974, Mr. Rageb went to U.S.A. and playd the tabla, accordion,organ and piano professionaly in clubs throughout the country. His talent for improvvisation and sheer musical artistry make him one of the most sought after organists in the Midwest.
In the U.S.A.,in the 1978, he recorded his only album, entitled Hyetti ,for the label Mer .
One of the most successful songs of the album is "Alf leila," a free and minimalist reinterpretation of the song "Alf Laila wa Laila" of the Egyptian superstar Umm Kalthoum. Sami Ragheb (organ Farisfa) is accompanied by Jerusalem-born percussionist Jamil Shamma (Tabla) and Iraqi Arsham Zakarian (plates and tambourine).

01 Alf Leila
02 Bahia
03 Ramallah ( Dabke)
04 Naffoosah
05 Middle Eastern Medley - Dance Routine

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Telepoetic تيليبويتيك

 

Telepoetic is a name that’s floated around if you’ve managed to dig into the Egyptian underground scene. Featuring compelling live drums and all sorts of moody sometimes aggressive, synthesizer and bass sounds, this Alexandrian trio is somehow both driving and introspective.

Formed in 2006 , this band made up of Amir Rizk on drums, Mohamed Desouky on bass, Ahmed Saleh on guitars and synth and occasionally Mohamed El Essawy on saxophone ,pack a powerful,l sonic punch.

Telepoetic's music is a nice melding of acoustic instruments and electronics, its a mixture of different musical backgrounds and experimentations by a trio of musicians and by the clash of their approaches, its a melodic deformed audio material and improvisations walking over a strong tight acoustic construction. If it must be given a genre, you could call Electro Experimental Post-Rock.

Their debut album, Ensehab, has been released by the ever growing Egyptian family at 100Copies record label.

Released in November, 2013,the album is a fusion of electronica and progressive post rock and was referred to by CairoScene.com as: “a solid instrumental effort that takes unexpected turns that make you happy you took the trip”.
Telepoetic’s live performances turn into an audiovisual experience, the band often uses light and visual installations to set on a proper mood for its audience.

The band has a big portfolio of live performances in Egypt, at events such as 100LIVE Electronic Music Festival and Dcaf Festival. The band have also shared the stage with various international acts such as Mouse on Mars and Jan Jelinek from Germany, IQBIt from Italy, and Erik Truffaz from France.

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Telepoetic تيليبويتيك - Ensehab إنسحاب       
 

01 El Tanya 
02 Twinkle 
03 Unicorn 
04 Locus 
05 Ensehab 
06 Nady El Cenima
07 JPEG 

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Ahmad Shehadeh أحمد شحادة AKA Kazz كاز AKA Kazz Al Omam كاز الأمم

 

 


Ahmad Shehadeh/ Kazz (March 21st, 1992) is a poet and rapper who originates from Palestine but resides in Jordan. He is one of the founders of Torabyeh’s project. He was born in 1992 in Saudi-Arabia. He is mostly known for his video song Ghorbeh. Kazz is one of the founders of the creation of an alternative, radical and liberating music that speaks on behalf and truthfully reflects the streets. He worked on Torabyeh’s project, which includes producing its first album (Bonyeh Ta7teyeh) and then a mix tape including the song Ghorbeh. He participated in many workshops and projects. Mostly notably is a project known Sentences on the banks and other activities, and many others. which held place in Darat al Funun. Currently, he is working on a solo project called Kazz AlOmam.

Kazz AlOmam: is an artistic, philosophical and simplistic project that sees more powerful words than riffles as a resisting tool. It depends on a symbolic poetry style in order to highlight its importance in literature as a social and thinking aspect, which rebels from different issues in somewhat a latent way. Also, it’s a project that is a bit distant from reality and its social and political issues, instead it seeks fantasy in which symbols represent the rational meanings and emotions, seeking an unknown ideal world in order to fulfill the spiritual emptiness that it does not posses.

On June 2, 2013, released "Athar alGhorab" the first album of the project Kazz al Oman





                                        

أحمد شحادة/كاز (21 آذار 1992م) شاعر ورابر فلسطيني الأصل مقيم بالأردن، وأحد القائمين على مشروع ترابية. ولد عام 1992م في السعودية. أكثر ما اشتهر به أغنية غربة المصورة، وهو من أوائل القائمين على إنشاء قاعدة موسيقية بديلة، راديكالية وتحررية ناطقة بلسان الشارع وصادقة بما تنقل عنه. عمل بمشروع ترابية على إنتاج ألبومها الأول (بنية تحتية) ومن ثم الميكس تيب، والذي يتضمن أغنية غربة. شارك بالعديد من ورشات العمل والفعاليات والمشاريع، من أهمها مشروع (عبارات على الضفاف وأنشطة أخرى) الذي أقيم بدارة الفنون. الأن يعمل على مشروعه الفردي باسم كاز الأمم

كاز الأمم: مشروع فنّي وفلسفي بشكل مبسّط، يرى أن الكلمة أقوى من البارود كأداة مقاومة. يعتمد بكتابته على أسلوب الشعر الرمزي لأهميته بالأدب كمضمون فكري واجتماعي متمرد على العديد من القضايا، بطري0قة مستترة بعض الشيء، وهو أيضا مشروع بعيد قليلا عن عالم الواقع وما فيه من مشكلات إجتماعية وسياسية، ويلجأ إلى عالم الخيال بحيث يكون الرمز هو المعبّر عن المعاني العقلية والمشاعر العاطفية، ويبحث عن العالم المثالي المجهول، ليسد به الفراغات الروحية التي لا يمتلكها

 

Kazz al Omam كاز الأمم - Athar al Ghorab أثر الغُراب

01 Al Bedayeh 
02 Shaware'Yolojya ft. Ayman Mao 
03 Cheta
04 Athar AlGhorab ft. Hisham Bustani 
05 Nelma7 Al Noor 
06 Do7ok 3al Le7ah ft. Gharad She3ri 
07 Taja3eed ft. Hisham Bustani
08 Laysat Nehayeh: Lasto Adri  


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Noura نـــورة R.I.P 1942-2014

 


La cantante Noura (nata Fatima Zohra Badji nel 1942 a Cherchell in Algeria) è deceduta domenica 1 Giugno all'età di 72 anni in un ospedale di Parigi dopo una lunga malattia.

Noura è stata la prima cantante algerina a godere delllo status di Star distinguendosi nel trattare i temi dell'esilio e dell'amore sfruttando i diversi registri del folklore regionale. 

Nata nel 1942 a Cherchell, antica Cesarea Mauritania ( una delle più grandi città della costa occidentale del Nord Africa, in epoca romana) da una famiglia numerosa , Fatima si è trovata ad affrontare in giovane età la separazione precoce dei suoi genitori , fatto che la costrinse ad abbandonare gli studi per impegnarsi nella vita attiva in aiuto della madre.

Nel 1950 è contattata da Radio Algeri che, alla ricerca di nuovi talenti , la assumerà per dirigere una trasmissione dedicata ai bambini nella quale si farà notare per le sue brillanti interpretazioni di brani tratti da operette e spettacoli teatrali. Gli studi musicali portati avanti sotto la guida del virtuoso del piano Sheikh Mustapha Skandrani e l'amicizia con Mohamed Jamoussi ,direttore artistico del Teatro dell'Opera di Algeri , la porteranno alla scoperta delle sonorità della propria terra e all'interpretazione di canzoni tratte dalla tradizione Kabila, oranense , andalusa e sahariana. La sua ricerca musicale durerà per tutta la vita , aiutata dal marito Kamal Hamadi anche lui musicista e compositore.

Nel 1959 , su invito della casa discografica Teppaz, si trasferisce a Parigi in compagnia di altri musicisti algerini per una serie di registrazioni. Nello stesso anno sposa il cantautore Kamel Hamadi, uno dei più prolifici autori algerini, conosciuto nel corso della sua permanenza presso Radio Algeri. . Questo incontro rappresenta un vero punto di svolta per la carriera di Noura ( che deve il suo soprannome ad un apprezzamento del poeta Sid Ahmed Lakehal) . Oltre ad una serie di brani interpretati in duo con il marito , il suo repertorio si arricchirà di canzoni scritte o riadattate per lei dai più importanti autori della scena musicale algerina tra i  quali figurano El Habib Hachelaf ( Ya Rabi Sidi) e Sheikh Ahmed Wahby ( Rebbi ad isahel) . Molte delle canzoni da lei interpretate affrontano le problematiche femminili , l'amore verso i figli e temi legati al matrimonio.

Tornata a vivere nel paese natale nel 1962 per alcuni anni farà la pendolare tra il suo appartamento ad Algeri e Saint-Michel, luogo nel quale frequenta molti artisti francesi del tempo, tra i uali  Juliette Greco.

Nel 1965 realizzerà addirittura un album tutto in francese contenente il singlo di successo “Paris Dans Mon Sac”

Nel 1971, grazie ad un lavoro realizzato con il poeta favolista Slimane Azem, riceve il disco d'oro in virtù del milione di copie vendute divenendo la prima artista nord africana a realizzare un simile risultato in Francia.

Per anni continuerà la sua carriera dividendosi tra la Francia e l'Algeria rapresentando uno delle colonne portanti della canzone algerina.









La chanteuse Noura (née Fatima Zohra Badji, en 1942 à Cherchell en Algérie ) est décédée dimanche 1juin, à l’âge de 72 ans dans un hôpital parisien suite à une longue maladie,

Noura est reconnue comme la première chanteuse qui a bénéficié du statut de star par des thèmes proches à tous les Algériens en interprétant le thème de l’exil (ghorba) avec «Gal el-menfi» (le banni), le thème de l'amour avec «Houa, houa» (lui, lui) et en exploitant différents registres des folklores régionaux. Elle est la première chanteuse maghrébine à obtenir un disque d'or au début des années 70. Une soirée artistique a été organisée en mars 2012 à Alger en l'honneur de l’artiste, dont la discographie comporte plus de 500 titres de chansons en langues arabe, kabyle et même française.


C’est à Cherchell, l'antique Césarée de Maurétanie (qui fut une des plus importantes cités du littoral occidental de l'Afrique du Nord particulièrement à l'époque romaine) en 1942 que voit le jour Fatima au sein d'une famille nombreuse. Elle a été confrontée très jeune à la séparation de ses parents et abandonner sa scolarité qu'elle suivait en Français et en Arabe pour se lancer dans la vie active pour aider sa mère.

Dans les années 1950, Fatima est engagée à Radio Alger qui cherchait de nouveaux talents pour animer une émission destinée aux enfants et se fait repérer en interprétant des pièces de théâtre et des opérettes (Amari Maâmar lui offre à cette époque la chanson El ouarda souda écrite par Saïd Hayef) : elle chantera notamment sous la direction de cheikh Mustapha Skandrani dont on retient également de lui sa virtuosité au pianoriental.

Grâce à Mohamed Jamoussi et à Mahboub Bati, elle deviendra très vite une vedette de la chanson algérienne.

Elle se mit à apprendre tous les airs anciens des répertoires kabyle, oranais, aurésiens, andalous et sahariens pour élargir son éventail de répertoires. Elle s'adonnait des années durant à ce travail de recherche et de découvertes, aidée par son époux Kamal Hamadi.

Elle tient un rôle dans une opérette intitulée ana el warqa el meskina (je suis une pauvre feuille) écrite par Mustapha Kechkoul, (1913-1991) discothécaire de Radio Alger bien introduits dans le cercle musical algérois et composée par Mustapha Skandrani. Cette chanson éponyme sera reprise, plus tard, par Lili Boniche en France et plus tard par Hamidou.


Le poète Sid Ahmed Lakehal, ravi par sa prestation, dit spontanément : « Noura, vous avez été magnifique ! » et le pseudonyme est né.

Encadrée par Mohamed Jamoussi qui occupait la fonction de directeur artistique de l'Opéra d'Alger et le grand parolier-musicien Mahboub Bati, Noura s'imposera très vite comme l’une des plus grandes chanteuses algériennes de l'époque.

En compagnie de nombreux artistes et à l’invitation de la maison de disque Teppaz, elle part pour Paris en 1959 pour une série d'enregistrements. Elle épouse la même année l'auteur compositeur interprète Kamel Hamadi, rencontré à Radio Alger. Ce dernier fut le plus prolifique de tous les artistes avec des chansons écrite est composées pour de nombreux chanteurs aussi bien en Kabyle qu'en Arabe. Cette rencontre est effectivement un nouveau tournant pour la carrière de Noura qui commence sa collaboration également avec El Habib Hachelaf qui adaptera pour elle la chanson traditionnelle, Ya rabi Sidi (Ô Mon dieu)., Kamel Hamadi compose la musique de cette oeuvre qui devient célèbre. Cette dernière comme d’autres de son répertoire, répercute les préoccupations des femmes algériennes : Dans le cas de Ya rabi Sidi , c’est une mère qui se plaint du mariage de son fils avec une « Roumia » (Française). Noura s’intéresse aux thèmes traditionnels du mariage avec Mebrouk el aêrs (félicitations à l'occasion du mariage) et Ya Bnet el Houa (les filles du quartier), ou encore l'amour filial d’une mère pour son fils avec Ya bni (Mon fils).

Cheikh Ahmed Wahby lui composera du Asri (style moderne oranais) et son époux Kamel Hamadi, des chansons Kabyles comme Rebbi ad isahel (Dieu nous aidera), qu'ils chanteront ensemble. Elle incarnera avec son mari, à la ville comme à la scène, le duo de la chanson algérienne des années 1960.

En 1965, elle fera également un album tout en français où elle interprète Une vie, écrite par Michel Berger (à l'époque de Salut les copains où il commence à se faire connaître et Paris dans mon sac de Kamel Hamadi.

Après 1962, elle retourne vivre et à travailler en Algérie, mais continue de faire la navette entre son appartement d'Alger et celui de Saint-Michel où elle fréquente de nombreux artistes français de l'époque comme Juliette Greco.

En 1971, c'est en compagnie du chantre et fabuliste kabyle Slimane Azem, qu’elle reçoit son disque d'or pour plus d'un million de disque vendus chez Pathé Marconi. C’est la première fois que des artistes maghrébins sont distingués pour leur vente en France.

Pendant des années, elle fut sans conteste la représentante incontournable de la chanson algérienne. 

Noura نـــورة - Some Songs

01 Ya bnet el houma يا بنت الحومة
02 Ana nebghik انا نبغيك
03 Ouhadania وحدانية
04 Wech beqali  واش بقالي
05  Law Kana  habibi لوكان حبيبي
06 Roqsi ya hama رقصي يا يمّا
07 Ouahdi وعدي
08 Ain el kerma عين الكرمة
09 Benti ya benti بنتي يا بنتي
10 Houa houa هو هو
11 balak balak بلاك بلاك
12 El Habibi el Haddar   الحبيب الغدار
13 Nakhaf al  'alayk نخاف عليك
14 fy tariqy mishya في طريقي مشية
15 Nitfar qubla  dawas نتفرقو بلا دواس
16 Hadha al zayn  هذ الزين
17 Sharfik ya bint bilady شرفك يا بنت بلادي
18 Hunaka qalbik  هنا ك قلبك
19 Ya 3ami Belgacem  يا عمي بلكاسم
20 ya walad bilady malik يا ولد بلادي مـالك
21 ya jari ya salah  جاري صلاح
22 Ya Rabi Sidi   يا ربي سيدي
23 Isma' lihadha al qawl  إسمهع لهذا القول
24 kulluha wa sa'adu  كلها وسعدو
25 Ya ray ya ray  يا رايي يا رايي
26 Wa3di Ya Wa3di    وعدي يا وعدي
27 Paris Dans Mon Sac

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Hashem L Kelesh هاشم الكلش AKA Dijit ديجيت AKA H-L-K

Hashem L Kelesh is an Egyptian artist, musician ,photographer and filmmaker. He is in his late 20s and has been using online technologies for the production and dissemination of most of his work. 

He studied art history and musical composition online, on his own. And he continues to do so, substituting for Egypt's archaic formal art education programs.

From his flat in suburban Cairo, Kelesh has also been drawing, painting, making music and posting it all online. When it came to his street art, he handed out his stencil designs for others to spray on the city walls.

His inspirations come from online interactions, and he posts the work on his Facebook page, Tumblr blog and SoundCloud. The feedback he gets from his growing fan base and many more who stumble upon his work inspires new work, keeping things rolling.
His work is divided between the graphical and musical production. Working under Zanna Productions, his music is heavily inspired by Aphex Twin and produces under the name HLK, as well as more experimentally under the pseudonym DJIT.

As for graphics production instead his art is sexually provocative and sometimes even a little bit sick. His brilliant, disturbing and unique art ranges from lesbian cunnilingus and anal spreading to female ejaculation. 

About his inspirations says : “what inspires me the most is the noise. The crowded roads and the polluted culture. I don’t really do art, I just fool around…art is boring and overrated. It’s not art, it’s nothing. Crap. I just fool around. I sketch, take photos or make noise just for the sake of it. I feel good doing whatever I do and that’s the main concept for my stuff. Also to make fun of people sometimes.”

His performances are not about making delightful music or even making sense, but, rather, providing people with noise that reflects the community we live in.

He has produced music under many titles and featuring many renowned artists as well as budding ones like Aly Talibab (spoken word artist), Abyusif (rapper), Mohamed Adel (composer and guitarist), AC Ghazy (rapper), As Dee (singer and spoken word artist), and Leila (vocals).

Each production, graphic and music, was born in what he calls The Room : “The Room is all I have. It’s a small room, but I work there, I jam there and I sleep there. I don’t have enough money for a studio, so I fixed my bedroom to double as one. Loads of underground artists come over all the time…we work on stuff there or just chill.”

Open to collaborations has created, along with Moe Al Hussainy and Islam Shabana, the "One year project" .

"One year project" is an experimental project in which simply, three Egyptian artists photograph themselves daily and send the portrait to the others, and then everyone does an artwork choosing the medium and the concept. The artworks could be designs, drawings, illustrations, collage...etc. 

vagina heart By:H.L.Kelesh

The project will last for a whole year which means 365 experimental artworks for each artist and 1095 artworks as total.

When asked about the current state of the art in Egypt, he replies : “ I don’t really see any art scene in Egypt. It’s mainly about hustling, so thank God I'm not part of it. The art scene in Egypt is dead and if you’re not doing stuff about the revolution then they think you stink. I guess you can still shock some people in Egypt, but I’m more interested in the online art scene. Now that is the shit. It’s a new space that’s way better than the actual scene in Egypt. If you do something and the Egyptian art spaces can’t show your work or don’t like it…screw them, you can always have your space online!”

To learn more about his story and his thoughts you can see the beautiful video interview made ​​by Medrar.TV in which he reflects on the local context in which artists operate be it exhibition opportunities or art education systems.


 To get an idea of his photographic work you can visit his Tumblr's page : Hashimation 


 

Hashem L Kelesh هاشم الكلش  -  the Work of dijit 

01 Layla  ليلى الوسخة  Vocals by As Dee
02 Saber  صابر  Vocals by As Dee
03 Natfo  نطفو  Vocals by As Dee
04 Dizzy  Vocals by As Dee
05 Virgin Mary  العدرة ٣  Vocals by As Dee
06  الحلوة  Vocals by As Dee
07 HBD  Vocals by As Dee
08 Ro3ban  رُعْبًا  Vocals By Leila
09 ايس كريم  Vocals and lyrics by Karen
10 استعداد  Vocals By Taha Husien
11 black star  vocals by Mahmud sa'id rasalan
12 Howa  هو  Vocals by  Nasr El Deen Tobar
13 Yalla ya ma3fina Vocals by El zanny
14 لك Vocals by Bahtemy
15 strawberry lip-balm moans  Vocals by Mohmed Omran
16 1 2 Virgo
17 Alice
18 Blue spring flower smell in January
19 blue..
20 العدرة
21 Welad El Weskha
22 Syasa
23 Jazzmadeeh
24 Kharshoof
25 Next gig teaser
26 wasted youth
27 two humans in love in mansoura
28 Napoleon Tobar
29 Schmetterling Selbstbefriedigung
30 The Gay Science
31 Ya salam
32 Muby
33 K7
34 V 28
35 Nashat el sa2emeen

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Hashem L Kelesh هاشم الكلش  -  H-L-K

01 Green Fish Love Bite Feat. Izumi J!n
02 Pancake wings feat. Izumi J!n
03 The kiss that killed everything Feat. Izumi J!n
04 Tv smoke Feat. Izumi J!n
05 Zeher Feat. Sour.
06 Modnak Feat. Marleine
07 Digs - Living quarters
08 L
09 Death in G
10 abdo
11 Sad night jam
12 Ya qalb
13 Sick Fish


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Rami Abadir

Rami Abadir was born in Cairo (1982), he is the former/composer/guitarist of Dusk ; a band which plays rock and blends it with folkloric and several music genres. The band recorded many materials and played it on the radio and live however they are considered inactive since 2009 or more like a studio/recording band. This has opened for him the opportunity to explore other music genres such like : ambient/minimalistic/modern and contemporary classical/avant-garde/electronic/world music. For almost a year he has experimented new instruments, alternative techniques, sounds, synthesizers many jamming session and free improvisation. His works involve phasing technique, ambient music and sounds and focusing in music's texture and timbre.He is relying on Guitar Synth, Synthesizers, sampling, phasing, polyrythmic music to make his unique sound. . His works consist of experimental and ambient electronic music. The mixture of analog and digital synthesizers, drum beats, sampling, repetitive patterns, phasing techniques beside the visual art show is creating a different musical dynamics with more focus on the sound's textures and timbres leading to a unique experimentation. Being interested in modern and contemporary art his works are considered as an open source for art exhibition, visual artists, film makers and dance performances.








Rami Abadir - My Nineties تسعيناتي

Music for the audio/visual show of Mohamed Allam project , My Nineties: A Panorama of Collective Memory Televised .

My Nineties is an art project that addresses the media in era of nineties through an audio-visual performance. The material Allam uses consists of found footage, a documentary film featuring some of the symbols of the media industry of this era, and a book that documents some of what has been already written in the newspapers, magazines and research papers about the television and media in the nineties.


 01 Window on the world   نافذة على العالم
 02 Cough cough  الكحّة
 03 Behaviours  سلوكيات
 04 As you like   على كيفك
 05 Interlude  استراحة
 06 5 Tourism   خمسة سياحة
 07 At your request طلباتك إيه
 08 The tragedy of Hamid   مأساة الكابو
 09 Sahlala   صهللة
 10  A dialogue with my friend the believer حوار مع صديقي المؤمن

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The Work of Rami Abadir

 01 To the void
 02   Zaat ذات
 03 When it rained saliva عندما أمطرت لعابًا
 04 Ma3lesh معلش
 05  Maybe-Dead dog - Music for a dance performace
 06 Secretions  إفرازات
 07 Glass 'n Bass
 08 Newspapers جرايد
 09 Ambient In A
 10 Soundscapes
 11 Camus' dance هكذا رقص كامو
 12  Withered faces  وجوه ذابلة
 13 4 Ways Of Dying - Music For An Exhibition
 14 Rami Abadir & Mostafa El Sayed: Live Session From Balcon


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Cairokee كـايـروكــي - El Sekka Shemal الـسـكــة شـمـــال New Album 2014

 

01 - E3adet Nazar - اعادة نظر
02 - El Khat Da Khaty الخط دا خطي
03 - Agmal Ma 3andy - اجمل ما عندي
04 - El Seka Shemal - السكة شمال
05 - Ghareeb Fe Belad Ghareeba - غريب في بلاد غريبة
06 - Yama Fel 7abs Mazalem - ياما في الحبس مظاليم
07 - Nefsy Afagar - نفسي افجر
08 - Ana Mesh 2ader - انا مش قادر
09 - Lama Et2abelna - لما اتقابلنا
10 - Tele3 El Saba7 - طلع الصبح
11 - Masara7ia - مسرحية
12 - Ya Tara Faker - ياتري فاكر
13 - Fel Nahaia - في النهاية

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Adnan Joubran عدنان جبران – Borders Behind خلف الحدود

                                  


An oud player and composer, born on 9th November, 1985 into a family with a deep rooted passion for music and oud making. His father, Hatem Joubran, a luthier (oud maker) his mother, Ibtisam, along with his sister Suha are all talented singers in their own respect. At the age of 18 Adnan joined his two elder brothers, the Oud players, Samir and Wissam Joubran, to form the first oud trio in the world, known today as Le Trio Joubran, whose debut performance was in 2004 at Luxembourg Gardens, Paris.

Since this debut performance, Adnan has travelled the world performing in various renown festivals, theaters and music halls. At the age of 23 he perfomed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (NYC) and at 27, Olympia (Paris), passing by Radio City Hall (NYC), Salle Pleyel (Paris) and Theatre de Champs Elysees (Paris), to name a few of the many infamous music halls they have played in around the world.

Adnan’s albums with the Trio (Majaz and Asfar), have won numerous prizes and awards. They have been chosen to compose music for award winning and Oscar nominated documentaries and films such as Le Dernier Vol by Karim dridi, starring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet. Adieu Gary by Nassim Amaouche, starring Jean Pierre Bakri, which won best Music for Films award in Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF 2011). The Last Friday by Yahya al Abdallah, which also won best Music for Films award in DIFF (2012) and finally the infamous Oscar Nominated Five Broken Cameras (2013). They have topped the World Music charts in France with a Number 1 Album and have been privileged to collaborate with many artists such as the late Mahmoud Darwish, Chkrr and Dhafer Youssef. Adnan has also featured as a guest for Ibrahim Maalouf and Rodrigo & Gabriela and created the show Eko Du Oud with the French juggler Vincent Berhaut.

After 10 years of Parisian life, Adnan has created his own musical identity alongside his ongoing project with the Trio. Whilst respecting the traditional way of playing the oud he has followed his passion desire to propose something different and new. With these experiences and challenges, Adnan has created his debut solo album, Boarders Behind, expressing through music, his new identity of compositions, rhythms, virtuosity and feelings.

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 Adnan Joubran عدنان جبران – Borders Behind خلف الحدود

01 Borders Behind (03:34)
02 Signs Of Madness (05:08)
03 That Moment When (04:13)
04 Never Been There (03:38)
05 My Way Home (05:59)
06 La Danse De La Veuve (06:05)
07 I Wish I Were A Tree (04:33)
08 Beat The Dream (03:37)
09 Mientras Espero (05:29)

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Joe Namy AKA El Iqaa

Joe Namy AKA El Iqaa (Arabic for provider of the beat) is an independent multimedia artist creating sample based sound collages exploring the musical history of his roots – based somewhere within the triangulated time-space of Detroit / New York / Beirut. He is an interdiciplinary artist who is currently studying to obtain a total freedom of expression through any and all means of visual and sonic communications.

Joe Namy received a MFA from New York University, participated in Ashkal Alwan's Home Workspace programme in 2011-12, and has studied jazz, Arabic and heavy-metal drumming. He has worked with performance, sound, photography and mixed media installation to investigate aspects of youth culture and masculinity, while focusing on the intrinsic power dynamics played out in certain subcultures often impacted by the prophetic force of music. His work has been exhibited, amplified, screened at the Detroit Science Center (USA), Queens Museum (USA), Brooklyn Museum (USA), Art Dubai (UAE), Homeworks (Lebanon), Beirut Art Center (Lebanon).

He also hosts and produces the program Electric Kahraba for the online radio station artonair.org.

He has made 4 albums,using mainly electronic tools and samples from old 45's and new mp3's.

"I seek to promote and empower an image deserving of my heritage. Appropriating from a culturally insensitive and illiterate media, I attempt to create a consciousness for my people, a people that is all too often misunderstood and misrepresented. My expressions are related through exploiting the digital medium from which many of these constricts are propagated. However, this art is not only a means to educate those who are denied exposure to a true Arab image, but serves also to clarify my own identity, as well as inspire self-awareness for others". 

El Iqaa – Detroit Beirut (2007)

This music was made with live drums, with samples from old 45's and new mp3's, with a mixer and a mic, Michael's Moog, technics and technique, some claps and snaps, a g4, pro tools, sticks on cymbals from Istanbul, fingers on a Kevork riq, masking tape, kahwa araby, sweat, pride and love (infused with a little camoon). [It] is [the] rhythm from rebellions and resistance, for empowerment and progression. Through audio imaging, history is sampled onto the future, terrorific stereotypes are rejected, a slandered heritage is reclaimed, the ruins of a city are rebuilt. Sound and visions express the struggles and share the beauty of Detroit, Beirut.

( http://piratebeirut.com)

01 Prayer for a Passive Resistance [1:54]
02 She Still Sings(as the world passes her by)[1:16]
03 Whoever Can Will [3:45]*
04 Time Is Changing [1:27]
05 If Your Heart Is Ice [2:27]
06 America Today [0:24]
07 We F*d Up Iraq (Electro-Jurjina) [1:56]
08 July War (Juxtapose Instrumental) [3:14]
09 While They Were Sleeping [1:36]
10 Al-Safi Interlude [1:07]
11 Detroit Beirut [3:03]
12 This Time [1:17]
13 7 Wonders [1:56]
14 Bitter Cherries [2:41]
15 Music Make You Lose Control [2:07]
16 Make 'Em Shout (one more time) [1:43]
17 Drumming War in US [0:56]*
18 Wahab's Bounce[2:08]
19 Zeina [2:28]
20 Al-Arabiya [3:50]
21 Olds 98 [1:18]
22 1001 Fights [1:54]
23 Keep Pushing [1:08]
24 Doctor Crush [3:06]*
25 Dawr Hindi Blues [1:14]
26 or.G In Rhythm (Dulab Live Ver.) [3:51]
27 Movement of the Tribe [4:45]
28 Floating On A Nod [3:40]

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El Iqaa – circulate (2011)

Circulate (EP) نشر – is a collection of tracks created within the past year in dialogue with various video/photographic/installation art projects.These research projects, and the musical asides they inspire, all carry overarching themes which the artist is continually struggling to define; issues of language and translation (specifically around the languages of Arabic, English, Music and Love), memory, movement, electricity (power) and appropriation. circulate (EP) نشر explores these issues through quotes and cuts from specific definitive samples (ranging from Abdel Halim Hafez to Pierre Boulez, Amiri Baraka to Trisha Donnelly + much more). These splices are mixed with original recorded sounds to create a dialogue between the past and the future, in hopes of trying to make some sense of the present.

  ( http://piratebeirut.com)

 
1 we were struck by love  #humanity's special power 02:06
2 maksur   #diasporics 02:56
3 rahou  #resurface 04:00
4 ya deeb  #ritornello 02:38
5 parabolic mirrors   #containers 02:29
6 cyan triangles  #present cacophony 01:49
7 tufgng   #prizmatic remux 02:16
8 nseet  #this well of privation 02:21
9 rated raqs   #things that quicken the heart 03:05
10 crepusculars sunrise  #3rd mind 

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El Iqaa – SuperExtra( 2013)

1 Jjjjadid 02:44 

2 Geomantic Romantics 02:12
3 Tik Tik Tek 03:41
4 CoBoys Parlay 01:08
5 Opium Red Handkerchiefs 02:35
6 She's So Jupiter, I'm More Jupiter 04:02
7 Suite for Southwest - I - 28th Color 04:38
8 Suite for Southwest - II - Midnights Under Bypasses 03:27
9 Suite for Southwest - III - Static Vertical 03:05 

10 MetaStatic 06:10

11 As Soon as You Start Thinking About the Beginning. Its the End 03:01
12 Bellerophon Orbiting A Sun Like Star 04:28
13 Come Sunday (corniche edit)

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El Iqaa – Rising to a Level of Blissful Stability (2013)

 

1 A Sea of Grief is Not a Proscenium 03:30
2 Party of god 03:06
3 Night Eyes 05:06
4 Over Palms (drones) 03:25
5 Entities With Uncertain Boundaries 04:25
6 Turning the thousand poems into a shapeless indeterminate heap 01:27
7 1 raised to the power of infinity

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Joe Namy's official site