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In 2022, I decided to challenge myself by creating a full album of 10 tracks without using any samples.

During the time I worked on the album, I was listening a lot to Tame Impala, which is why their influence is noticeable in tracks 1, 2, and 3. Track 4 was my attempt at capturing the vibe of the 88-Keys & Kanye West song of the same name, “Stay Up.”

For track 5, I was listening heavily to Angus & Julia Stone, and one of my goals was to create a track that felt highly realistic. Because of that, the bassline in this track was one of the elements that took me the most time to perfect and make sound authentic. During that period, I was also very inspired by the music producer The Kount, and his influence can be heard throughout the other tracks as well 

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Its all a lie

We Over Moon

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In 2023, I faced a new challenge. After producing a full album in 2022 without using any samples, the challenge for this album was to produce an entire project using samples. It was a long journey of searching and listening. I worked on more than 32 tracks, of which only 9 made it to the final album.

In the first track, I used a sample from a song by Yumi Matsutoya. I had saved that song back in 2020, but I never dared to sample it because I wasn’t sure if I could achieve a satisfying result. My first attempt was actually in 2020, and I kept that early version. I used the same attempt again, only tweaking it slightly, and made it the first track since it was the oldest one I had worked on.

In the second track, my main driver was the voice-over lines by journalist Yosri Fouda, which I used in the intro. Because of that, I searched for a sample that aligned with his words. I used “Faded” by Clare Maguire, taking the part where she says “chasing paradise,” and it fit perfectly. The album is named this way because the title expresses how I feel about making music: I’m chasing a paradise I’ll never reach.

Even though track number 3 was the last one I worked on, I placed it as track 3 so it would serve as an answer to the track before it — a reminder to never stop dreaming.
The sample used is “Wishing on a Star” by Rose Royce, but it’s a version by an unknown band that I found on an old CD.

Track number 4 didn’t use samples for the melody, and the vocals were random ones I found in a pack I had. But since the challenge required using a sample in every track, the bassline came from the song فاكر زمان - رامي صبري.

Track number 5 was very different when I first made it, but my brother brought me a cassette from the Philippines by an artist named Lew Soratorio, and I really liked one of the songs — especially since he sings in English. Later, I looked him up and found the song “Lonely Day,” and I rebuilt the track from scratch.

Track number 6 is the one I enjoyed making the most because it started as a joke and then turned into a real track. There is a YouTube video titled “man sound just like scarface”, showing a man trying to imitate Tony Montana from the film Scarface. I watched it repeatedly and thought I could make something out of it. The melody sample is from Il ricordo di Serena by Riz Ortolani — I honestly don’t quite remember how I found it.

For track number 7, I created the intro first but couldn’t develop anything from it, so I searched for a song that would fit the intro. The part after the intro felt like an answer to the question asked in the intro.
The sample used in the intro is Zelão by the Brazilian artist Paulinho Nogueira,
and the other sample is “The Way I Feel” by Remy Shand.

In track number 8, I used the song أنغام – لو أعيش معاك, a song that was close to my heart long before I sampled it, so working on it was truly enjoyable.

In the final track, the intro talked about the composer Siraj Omar, but I felt that he was talking about me, so I included it in the track.
The sample used is “Dawn in the Adan” by Ichiko Aoba

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