Tag: Cairo

• Postdrone is one of Egypt’s most versatile musicians – his new album for the RAKETE label further shows the talent of producers from Cairo

  Postdrone is an emerging production talent from Egypt and his forthcoming Ready For Nothing LP – a feast of post-dubstep electro fusion, industrial ambient and rap –  is in perfect company at Cairo-based label RAKETE. The stable “echoe the sounds of an ever-growing club culture, bringing together the most sought after work from music producers…

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  August 7, 2021

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  Cairo, Egypt, jungle, Noise rap, Postdrone, RAKETE, Resident Advisor

• Omar Khorshid kicks off 2021 for Wewantsounds – this reissue of collector’s classic ‘We Want Love’ is an instrumental masterpiece, by one of the greatest guitarists ever

  Omar Khorshid is one of the greatest guitar players of the Arab world – so naturally, one of the best to pick up the instrument and grace our planet – and this much needed reissue of We Want Love is a must from Wewantsounds. The label’s Arabic series of albums has grown very consistently, blessing our…

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  January 8, 2021

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  Abdel Halim Hafez, Ahwak, Anwar El-Sadat, Beirut-based labels, Brian Eno, Cairo, Camp David Egypt-Israel Peace Treatt, Egypt, Egyptian diva, Egyptian pop stars, Egyptian President, Farid El Atrache, Hebbina Hebbina, In 1977, Institut du Monde Arabe, Lebanon, Les Petits Chats, Mario Choueiry, Middle Eastern sounds, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Omar Khorshid, Oum Kalthoum, Oum Khalthoum, Paris, Rahbani Brothers, Rahbaniyat, reworkings, Voice of Lebanon, Wewantsounds, White House, World Treasures Music

• Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy has been detained for more than 1,000 days – ‘El Amiis El Karoo (The Flannel Shirt)’ by Ramy Essam highlights #FreeGalal and #IwantToBreathe campaigns

  El Amiis El Karoo (The Flannel Shirt) is the latest single and video from Egyptian rock artist and human rights activist, Ramy Essam – it was released to mark 1,000 days of imprisonment of Egyptian poet, Galal El-Behairy. Galal has been imprisoned in Egypt since the 2018 release of the song Balaha, which he wrote…

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  December 23, 2020

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  #IwantToBreathe campaign, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bayram El-Tunisi, Cairo, Egypt, El Amiis El Karoo, El Amiis El Karoo (The Flannel Shirt), Galal El-Behairy, Hela Hela, Hosni Mubarak, Mustafa Gamal, poet, Ramy Essam, Shady Habash, Sheikh Imam, The Finest Women On Earth. Galal, Tora Prison, Ya Habayebna