German Jazz Award 2018 for the Album Flying Carpet together with Quadro Nuevo
Building Bridges between cultures and to send an indirect message to the audience, creating an positive image about the Egyptian Culture Heritage was the reason why Basem Darwisch founded the German/Egyptian Band Cairo Steps in 2003 .
Cairo Steps merges and combines traditional Egyptian and oriental grooves with modern jazz and classics , using vocal inserts with old Arabic poems . it is a mix between improvisation, classical music and contemporary sounds. The music is influenced by spiritual ethnic music as well as European music traditions and alternates between strong unison rhythms, virtuoso solos and meditative soundscapes. The result is a unique music style and an exciting blend of various cultures
Basem could manage to make Cairo Steps plays the role of the umbrella that has all of the different musical genres and experiences merged together all the way from spiritual chants to modern classics with their own flavor and to pursues the vision of crossing cultural, political and religious borders and building bridges between the occident and the orient. Basem Darwisch’s Vision is to present the audience with a tense spiritual musical experience as language that can help them transcend over their earthly matters and to use the concert to create an atmosphere of tolerance and acceptance of other and different cultures advocating the motto “Music is the bonding force” 
His Vision is also to leave an positive impression about the Egyptian culture heritage through short speeches , visuals and introductions during Cairo Steps concerts in Europe in very well known opera houses and theaters e.g. : Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Prinzregententheater München, Theaterhaus Stuttgart  , Kuwait , Abou Dhabi and Cairo Opera House etc.
discography:
2017 „Flying Carpet“ – Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo (album)
2017 „Gnossienne No. 1“ feat. Sheikh Ehab Younis (single)
2014 „Arabiskan“ (album)
2004 „Oud Lounge“ (album)
contact : management@cairosteps.com
https://www.facebook.com/cairosteps/
videography:
2017/04 „Ikarus’ Dream“ - Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-DTbh_wSys
2017/03 „Flying Carpet“ - Cairo Steps & Quadro Nuevo https://youtu.be/Va8WqXDm7Mo
2017/01 „Gnossienne No. 1“ – Cairo Steps feat. Sheikh Ehab Younis (more than 2,1 Mio. facebook views and 500.000 youtube views) https://youtu.be/FOpblB88D18
2015/02 „Sultan“ – Cairo Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0Dnz5fhVY

productions:
2015/12 Mohamed Mounir - „Ana Mennek Etaalemt“ 
(#1 Egypt single charts, more than 6 Mio. youtube views) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WamOKFaCo

https://www.youtube.com/c/CairoStepsofficial
https://vimeo.com/cairosteps

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In his other work, Basel is interested in translating natural systems and behaviours into immersive experiences through the design of multi-sensory media spaces. Basel works with diverse media on architectural, interior and sound design projects.

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