Mashrouʼ Leila is not a bandʼs name. It is not a proper noun per se; Mashrouʼ Leila is Arabic for ʻan overnight projectʼ lusting out a microphone, a violin, a bass, two guitars, drums and keyboards. It started out as a music workshop at the American University of Beirut in 2008, an open platform for students of architecture and design, somewhere to experiment with sounds and make things audible. Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges, Hamed Sinno, Omaya Malaeb, Andre Chedid, Firas Abou Fakher and Ibrahim Badr have enjoyed this sound fetish savoring its façade of nonchalance and feeding on its lack of genre – sustaining their collective as Mashrouʼ Leila, an experiment. 

You can hear Leila, cascading melts of masculine vocals only suspended with thrusts of violin, beats and bass – attacked by neurotic melody that means no harm – sometimes tender, even sometimes on pause. Through the music, you can smell where Leila has been, in bed sheets, on sidewalks, jasmines in riﬂes and spilled coffee on dresses as she made you play with aubergines, dancing her dance. Music has constantly been their place to play with things, to match and mis-match, a project. 

In the various performances, Mashrouʼ Leila is a constant attempt to taste and produce, more than happy to harvest anyone from the audience as a guest in their encores. They have performed around Lebanon since 2008, playing in various venues in Beirut, taking over supposed public piazzas as well as clubs, pubs, hybrids and the such – they also played in Zahle, Sour, Jounieh, Saida and Deir el Qamar, each of which pushed forward their thinking about how to go about their music, lyrics and performance. It is only when Mashrouʼ Leila goes live, that you can actually catch a glimpse of Leila. As it talks to you of Beirut, the city that tastes of the absurd, the product of its day-to-day experiences, its stubborn security and lack of the latter, its musical bombshells, incoherent sexuality and thrusting pleasure…narcotic pain – as it brings forward hints of Arabic Tarab, rock, to folk pop, electro, you can see Leila in every man and woman in the silent- come-raving audience. In this trajectory, they participated in music workshops and concerts in Amman and Cairo to maneuver their way into a pan-Arab music scene, to know and to announce, more importantly to grow, musically. 

In March 2009, Mashrouʼ Leila won the Lebanese Modern Music Contest jury prize and public vote organized by Radio Liban in partnership with CCF, Incognito and the Basement. They recorded their debut album with B-root Productions, released in December 2009. The music in the album is a reclamation of the aftertaste; sequel-ing a dose of Beirut.

written by Raafat Majzoub

Man of No Ego is a project focused on healing through sound. The music is imbued with universal messages coming from teachers such as Alan Watts, Osho, Ramana Maharishi and follows the 432hz tunning principle. Dimitar initially heard the name Man of No Ego from an Osho lecture. Besides that, as a person, he leads Yoga Classes in his home town Sofia and has released an еBook. In the recent years Man of No Ego has stepped into the role of Ecstatic Dance space holder as a DJ. After facilitating events arround the world, his latest release is inspired by the Ecstatic Dance medicine and features a more shamanic and activating sound.

"If You Let Me" now available everywhere: https://song.link/album/us/i/1433480620

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Sephira, a Blue Magnetic Monkey whose tool of choice is Magic and Whose guide is the 4 / 4 beat of the psybient realm. His debut album showcases Sephira's unique fusion of downtempo ambient spaces utilising twilight overtones and driving, rolling baselines that takes you on a journey through psychedelic soundscapes of a playful nature. If you have ever heard one of his mixes then you know where his passion lies, although this can not prepare you for the unique style laid out in this album. Turn down the lights, line up your Favourite Poison, Take a Deep breath and Let Sephira guide you to wherever you Find yourself upon listening.

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alt-J are Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton and Thom Green. They returned in 2022 with their latest album, The Dream.  

alt-J are one of the most successful British bands of the millennium. Their 2012 Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello Award-winning debut An Awesome Wave, was followed two years later by their number one, GRAMMY and BRIT Award-nominated album This Is All Yours. Released in 2017, RELAXER flew straight into the top 10 of the UK album chart ahead of a summer of major international shows - including a headline show at London’s O2 Arena and headline performances at numerous festivals - and became their second album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize.

LOLAWOLF is Zoë and Jimmy. 

New album 7/3/20
New singles out now
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Whole House https://lolawolf.ffm.to/wholehouse

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