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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

A psychedelic rock fusion instrumental album. Composed, performed, played, recorded and mixed by© David Taylor Hughes. All tracks are 100% improvised.

SONG FOR SAM

Medeli AK603 - Latin & Latin Dance - 211 Cuba Samba

Zoom H8 Internal Mics>FLAC 48/24>Soundcloud
Recorded and processed by CRISH

Yokacoka (The New Mastersounds)

Unfinished Track

an improvisation on violin oriental modes  

Violin solo oriental modes

لقد خلقت من القوة

Composed in mid 2018 for the film "Between two seas" بين بحرين.

Scene 1.

و عيني عالباب و الشباك

Duduk & Oud  dialog mood

to watch the Video click on https://youtu.be/ILhjegnTV78
MUSIC THE BONDING FORCE– united in change   Cairo Steps and Quadro Nuevo together for a message – SHAMS, the sun. Where ever we are around the globe – we are sharing the same situation.
Music by :  Basem Darwisch 
from the Album Flying Carpet
Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps 
Basem Darwisch	Oud	Frankfurt
Mulo Francel	Bass Clarinet	Bavarian Alps 
Jan Boshra	Cello	Cairo
Andreas Hinterseher	accordion	Munich
Rami Attallah	Piano	Cairo
DiDi Lowka 	double Bass	Munich
Rageed William	Nay	Cologne
Evelyn Huber 	Harp	Munich
Stefan Hergenröder	e-Bass	Riedenberg
Wael El Sayed 	accordion	Alexandria 
Wolfgang  Wittemann	Sopran Saxophone	Wiesbaden
Emad  Azmy	Violin	Gizeh
Shereen Azmy	Violin	Cairo
Nehad Gamaledin	Violin	Alexandria 
Shady Abdelsalam	Violin	Alexandria 
Ragy  Kamal 	Kanoun	Cairo
Rafat Soka 	Req	Cairo
Ra'fat Muhamed	Drums	Berlin
Hany El Sawaf	Darbuka	Gizeh
Live recorded by :  Mafdi Thabet 
edited by : Shery Shokry 
MIX & Master Sound Eng. : Andrew Dawoud 
Salvation Link Studio  Cairo
produced by @CairoSteps 2020

Shams LIVE

Shams LIVE from around the globe

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