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Wust El Balad, an amazing blend of sounds, combining traditional Arabic music with a modern and western twist, is successful in making their music as accessible as possible, not just in Cairo, but beyond.

Amir Hedayah - Film Composer / Music Producer
Find more on www.amirhedayah.com

Hawas is an independent Egyptian band, formed in Cairo in 2014. Hawas presents alternative music that aims at exploring new musical dimensions through mixing different music genres. Hawas’ distinguished sound comes from progressive music mixed with the drama of melody and lyrics as a special mean of human expression. Hawas’ lyrics revolve around tales of humans; be it suffering, happiness, memories or journeys of self discovery.

Hawas self produced two EPs in 2015, “Hawas” and “Like Winter”. Hawas performed multiple live shows in and outside of Cairo, and also took part in important events such as the opening of Goethe Film Week, 2016.

Hawas was formed by five former members of “Maghna Khan” band and currently consists of eight musicians: @Mahmoud_Khateeb (Lead Vocal), Marwan Fawzi (Accordion), Amir Rasmy (Keyboards), @HishamAnas (Oud), Al-Moataz Bellah Moussa (Lead Guitar), Mahmoud Waly (Bass Guitar), Ahmed Tito (Drums) and Bouda Abu El Yazeed (Percussions).

Lyrics
Noor El Deen
Haitham Dabbour
Fahd Ibrahim
Mohamed Dawod
Ahmad Abd Elkhaliq

Resident Sound Engineer, Acoustic Logistics
Ahmad Kamar

Live Sound Engineer
Mahmoud Akram

Official Photographer
Mohamed Mosaad - Octopus Studio

Visual Identity
Fady Galal

Eswed w Abyad (Black & White) Band is an original instrumental collaboration between Wael El Sayed on accordion and Faisal Fouad on Piano. Both visual artist Arsany Ebeid and sound designer and engineer Taher Saleh joined the band afterwards. The duo takes their title from the black and white keys shared by both instruments, and creatively blends oriental melodies and Egyptian folk music with modern jazz and classical sounds.

RASSEF L'BKARIYA - LEH MTKONSH KOL HAGA 
 رصيف العبقرية - ليه متكنش كل حاجة
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlOUjgZa_fY

TOOTARD ARE A YOUNG, TRAILBLAZING ENSEMBLE FOUNDED BY BROTHERS HASAN & RAMI NAKHLEH (BORN IN OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, CURRENTLY BASED IN BERN & HAIFA) WHO DEFTLY FUSE LEVANT-TINTED DESERT BLUES, MELODIC PSYCH-ROCK, MORPHED REGGAE AND CLASSICAL ARABIC MODALITIES. THEIR SECOND ALBUM LAISSEZ PASSER, IS THEIR DEBUT INTERNATIONAL RELEASE AND ONE OF THE FIRST SUCH RELEASES FROM THEIR HOMELAND. RESTLESS, BUOYANT AND ECLECTIC.

FOR MORE INFO VISIT: https://tootard.com/home

CONTACT: toot.ard@gmail.com
BOOKING: Marijn Westerlaken | marijn@blipagency.com

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