Cairo Steps

In 2002, “Cairo Steps band” was born through the collaboration of two highly talented and esteemed musicians.
Coming from very different two parts of the world, and different music styles.
Basem Darwisch  from Egypt, and Matthias Frey from Germany. 
They both wanted to introduce a new and unique music production to the younger generations of the Middle East.
The collaboration between the two musicians resulted in collaboration between their music styles also, and the result was a combination between the Egyptian spiritual ethnic music and Jazz music.
The band toured in Egypt and Europe in many different events, inviting musicians and artists from around the world to join them their performances and tours.
During this time, the band was invited to represent Germany in the cultural Institute festivals around Europe and the Middle East.


Cairo Steps   كايرو ستيبس

سبع نوايات تمر من مسلسل العهد -  - El Ahd 2015 Hesham Nazih

موسيقى تصويريه من مسلسل هذا المساء - أمين بو حافه
The TV Show Haza al Masaa , soundtrack composed by Amine Bouhafa
@bouhafa-amine
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موسيقى تصويرية 2 مسلسل هذا المساء - أمين بو حافه

موسيقى فيلم بيروت الغربية

لقد خلقت من القوة

موسيقي اول ايام الحظر مستوحاة من  blue song

اول ايام الحظر

Duduk mood of the day

Jan Boshra is Cairo steps general manager in Egypt 
Soloist Rababa 
The rebab is a type of a bowed string instrument spread via Islamic trading routes over North Africa, Middle East, parts of Europe, and the Far East.

Spritual Moods 

Rababa mood of the day

Jan Boshra is Cairo Steps Cello Soloist and general manager in Egypt

Cello mood of the day by Jan Boshra

Guitar  : Sam Mills

Kawala : nancy Mounir 

Vocal : Dina el wedidi

Guitar+vocal+kawala

Kanoun : Ragy Kamal
Pads & sound Eng : Bassem Sobhy
Cover Design : Ossama Boshra
Produced by : Basem Darwisch
Label : GLM music Germany
The idea of ​​Diwan Cafe: Cairo Steps band members in DE and Egypt could not see each other during the lockdown and only meet virtually.

That is why they have opened a virtual cafe where you can meet every Friday and exchange ideas, thoughts and news between the two countries. At the end of the meeting, one of the soloists was playing music alone on his instrument ...

These recordings were so beautiful and served as documentation of the Corona time for the band. That gave Basem Darwisch the idea to publish these solo moments. They are solo instrument appearances with a one-take recording without any improvements, so that it remains authentic.

Diwan Cafe aims to stimulate the audience to reflect and meditate.

06-11-2020

Diwan Cafe ft. Ragy Kamal  Egyptian Kanoun

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