Cairo steps

Written and sung by Sheila Scribner/ Arrangement by Mohamed Medhat

Suddenly

Charbel Rouhana - Siwar - شربل روحانا - سوار

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Sahra صحرا -  Baskioula باسكيولا

Sultan

Siwa

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Amber

هذا التراك اهداء لروح عازف الايقاع السوداني  الراحل جعفر حرجل
وهو سجل ايقاعات هذا التراك  قبل رحيله --- تسجيل عود وميكساج  باسم صبحي
                                 ماستر  امير محروس
Sax : Wolfgang Wittemann & Guitars - Keys : Ralph Valenteano
Piano : Matthias Frey

Nubian Groove Oud Version

This collection takes the first movement of Moonlight Sonata and lets it speak through the voice of the oud. The aim is simple and honest. Keep the melody close, listen for the quiet between notes, and let a middle eastern color soften the light and deepen the shadow.

Each piece follows the same path but with a different step. Some linger in stillness. Others find a faint inner pulse. All return to a small hook that feels familiar yet new, like meeting an old friend at a different hour of the night.

It is not meant to replace the original. It is another way of hearing it. If a track keeps you company while you read, walk, or rest, then it has done its work. Enjoy.

Moonlight Sonata · Reimagined · Oud in Warm Sigh and Song Without Drama

خايف اقول اللي في قلبي - موسيقى عمرو اسماعيل

Following the huge success of the album "Belaaks 1” released back in 2009, and after receiving the “Platinum Disc” award from “Virgin Middle East” for the sweeping successes that the 1st installation achieved, the Lebanese Composer and arranger Jean Marie Riachi returns with his 2nd follow-up “Belaaks 2”.

The album embodies a festival of popular world music coupled with a selection of sounds that are fused with oriental flavors.
Jean-Marie has delicately worked his magic to bring to life this masterpiece of musical art.

“Belaaks 2” received an award from The Akademia Music Award for the best funk/ fusion album.

HOPE "LAMA'S THEME"

Ala tool Al Ayyam

طارق الناصر - على طول الأيام - موسيقي داخلية

composer:youssef AL-Adl
oud:Omar Areba 
Art work:Baher Daif

1025

JUAN COLE Wrote describing Belaaks "One of the more original Arabic music albums of 2009 was Jean-Marie Riachi’s “Belaaks,” a hybrid of jazz, gypsy, Latin American and other influences performed by some of today’s leading Lebanese singers. The CD exemplifies the role of Beirut in not just transmitting culture between east and west but in achieving creative syntheses that underline the more positive side of globalization.

The title single– “Belaaks” [On the Contrary]- Arab jazz from – Jean Marie Riachi Feat. Rami Ayach & Abir Nehme — is an Arabic version of of the 1947 hit, “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás,” by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés, which has been covered by many artists, including Cole Porter, Doris Day, Celia Cruz, Samantha Fox and the Pussycat Dolls."

Belaaks Recorded at JMR studios - Beirut and studio val d'orge - Paris
Mixed By: Xavier Escabasse at JMR studios
Mastering: The big sound by florent sabaton
concept, design and art direction: Lama Riachi

08 Fly Me To The Moon

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

Bokra

Cairo Steps كايرو ستيبس

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