Lyrics:

I stand awaiting solid ground,
I thought, might it come around,
doth walks to dust invisibly,
an aforementioned epiphany,

Really it don't sit right with me,
'oh you're so attached you can't find it within thee',
how does my own house feel like a city,
it's coming down and it might just k-k-kill me,

Can't tell if it's night or day,
I-I-I've seen some darker ways,
I-I-I've seen the light ok?,
1-800-SAVEYOURSELF *today*

On everything I know,
put up some deuces and ima take it through,
blood oozing out my temples,
yet in faith that I put on crew,
Don't you see?
believed in life saved a catastrophe,
hidden phantasia,
paint a canvas while ur blood turns still,

I'm told to hold on, (search for answers endlessly)
I-I-I'm told to hold on
But I find it odd,
n-n-no moment to pause
I can't beat the odd's (and I'm stuck here permanently)
B-B-But I find it odd
I-I-I'm told to let go,
Is it really so?

I stand awaiting solid ground,
I thought, might it come around,
doth walks to dust invisibly,
an aforementioned epiphany,

Really it don't sit right with me,
'oh you're so attached you can't find it within thee',
how does my own house feel like a city,
it's coming down and it might just k-k-kill me,

Can't tell if it's night or day,
I-I-I've seen some darker ways,
I-I-I've seen the light ok?,
1-800-SAVEYOURSELF *today*

On everything I know,
put up some deuces and ima take it through,
blood oozing out my temples,
yet in faith that I put on crew,
Don't you see?
believed in life saved a catastrophe,
hidden phantasia,
paint a canvas while ur blood turns still.

Windings Through a Solstice at 12 O'Clock

Lyrics:

I might think you're too wise,
Coming down electric,
Swirling like a wave pool,
Tell me what you came for.
On life, I know that you're meant to see,
On hearts, to believe in morphology.

Really, is it fair?
It sure hurts when coming down,
Yet I'm faster than a hare, even if it does confound.
Oh, I'll accept it, I'll leave it up to your will.
Pull up to pray and I'll do fine,
Streamed live on cable,
There's a gust in the air, let it go like maple.

*Nocturnal online*
Did it to myself, it's so transparent,
Foundation on chains, coherent.
At least I'll go near it.

For all I know, I could be a wolf in sheep's clothes,
Doubt my purity, uh, it's a steep slope.
Will your world flip around? Is it on me?
Sacrifice myself again, no, it's not funny.

Really, is it fair?
It sure hurts when coming down,
Yet I'm faster than a hare, even if it does confound.
Oh, I'll accept it, I'll leave it up to your will.
Pull up to pray and I'll do fine,
Streamed live on cable,
There's a gust in the air, let it go like maple.

Leave it up to your will,
Leave it up to your will,
Leave it up to your will,
Leave it up to your will.

I'll leave it up to your will.

I wouldn't say,
I wouldn't say,
I wouldn't say that I used up all my faith.
Too much pride, too much haste, till it blew up in my face,
Blew up in my face.
I could say,
I could say, did too much, entertain,
Till it blew up in my face,
Forced myself to play a game.

Aesopoulos Celeritous

Lyrics:

Is it really too much?
Too much on my mind
Won't fall to despair
Monolith on time

Blah-blah-Blaise
Unknowingly sold his soul on eBay
He was down bad, saw himself reflect on Ogrish
It's a solemn story
Send out a prayer for Y2K

Stuck in life, but I can't fold
Tried to be something that I am not—it has been untold

I'm on attorney leave
Forgot everything that I know
But really, I just dropped a key
I feel too slow

Oh-oh-oh, you don't say
Really came a long way
I realize too
As I resign to my own fate

As I tear my heart up in a guise
Let's just try this one more time
Scratched everything that I know
But really, it's barely so
Save myself right from the tide
Painted life with iodine
It sure felt like eternity
Now I fall on apathy

I fall on dissonance and ways when I couldn't fix it-it
Oh, parlay
MCD, light the way
Said all of this just to convey

Can you tell the difference?
Coming off persistent
Out my body, hissing
Goes clockwork like a piston
Mechanical in vision

Water turned to fission

Pressed me too hard, shut up
Act like you're a-a-above
Maybe you know something, but you don't have the right touch

Is it really too much?
Too much on my mind
Won't fall to despair
Monolith on time

Blah-blah-Blaise
Unknowingly sold his soul on eBay
He was down bad, saw himself reflect on Ogrish
It's a solemn story
Send out a prayer for Y2K

Winding past
Torture yourself out
Can't find a way
No reason to shut the whole book—make a new page
In severance and connection.

Subpoena Duces Tecum... Providential.

En esta ocasión el Rubicón nos reseña dos libros y los acompaña de la música de varias de las bandas de las que hablan. Dos libros que tratan géneros muy distintos. 

El primero, titulado "Fiesta Y Rebeldía", obra de Javier Jerry Corral, hará las delicias de los fans del Rock Radikal Vasco. Tomás nos sumerge en el mismo comentando entrevistas a diferentes personajes, como Evaristo Páramos, Pako Eskorbuto, Txerra Bolinaga, Nico y Loles Vázquez, Fermín Muguruza y alguno más, y lo acompaña con música de La Polla Records, Eskorbuto, Hertzainak, RIP, MCD, Vulpess y Kortatu.

Después, cambio de tercio para hablar de "No Sonamos Mal. Crónica oral de la nueva escena indie de guitarras", libro coescrito por Dani Vega, Enrique Zamorano y Víctor Terrazas. La obra se centra en el indie de guitarras nacional de la última década, donde los integrantes de las bandas protagonistas hablan sobre diferentes aspectos y dificultades del panorama actual, tanto musical como social. Tomás acompaña sus comentarios sobre el libro con música de La Paloma, Alcalá Norte, Marcelo Criminal y Carolina Durante. 


#spoiler tracklist:

1. La Polla Records - Salve (Salve, 1984)
2. Eskorbuto - A La Mierda El País Vasco (Zona Especial Norte, 1984)
3. Hertzainak – Arraultz Bat Pinu Batean (Hertzainak, 1984)
4. RIP - Odio A Mi Patria (No Te Muevas!, 1987)
5. MCD- Jódete (Jódete, 1988)
6. Vulpess - Me Gusta Ser Una Zorra (single, 1983)
7. Kortatu - Don Vito Y La Revuelta En El Frenopático (Kortatu, 1985)
8. La Paloma - Cosquilleo (Todavía No, 2023)
9. Alcalá Norte - El Rey de los Judíos (Alcalá Norte, 2024)
10. Marcelo Criminal – Perdona (Ahora Sí Que Sí) (Repentino Brote De Añoranza Y Amor, 2019)
11. Carolina Durante - Perdona (Ahora Sí Que Sí) (single, 2018)
12. Carolina Durante + El Mató A Un Policía Motorizado – Espacio Vacío (single, 2021)

Wickend 112 - El Rubicon 21 - Fiesta Y Rebeldía / No Sonamos Mal

3rd installment of 30 minute mix for your workouts. Pump it up!

Nolo Nation 003 (Drum & Bass)

In this episode of *Marassi*,on Monte Carlo Radio  Misha Khalil welcomes the Egyptian oud player and composer Basem Darwisch, the founder of Cairo Steps. The band has brilliantly bridged the gap between East and West with its unique musical fusion. By blending authentic Egyptian heritage with Western styles like jazz, classical, and experimental music, Cairo Steps has gained remarkable recognition in European and global music scenes.في هذه الحلقة من مراسي، تستقبل ميشا خليل عازف العود والمؤلف الموسيقي المصري باسم درويش، مؤسس فرقة كايرو ستيبس، التي نجحت في مد جسور فنية بين الشرق والغرب من خلال مزيج موسيقي فريد. تأسست الفرقة على رؤية تجمع بين التراث المصري الأصيل وألوان موسيقية غربية، مثل الجاز والموسيقى الكلاسيكية والتجريبية، ما جعلها تحظى باهتمام واسع في الأوساط الموسيقية الأوروبية والعالمية.يتحدث باسم درويش عن رحلته مع كايرو ستيبس، ودور الفرقة في تقديم الموسيقى المصرية في قالب عصري يجعلها أقرب إلى الجمهور الغربي، مع الحفاظ على جوهرها الروحي والتقليدي. كما يتناول الإصدار الأخير للفرقة "لما قسى قلبي", الذي يجمع بين صوت الشيخ إيهاب يونس وأداء الممثل والمغني هاني عادل، في تجربة موسيقية تجسد روح البحث والتجديد التي تميز أعمال الفرقة.

ولا يخلو الحوار من الحديث عن التعاون مع رباعي كوادرو نويفو، إحدى الفرق الألمانية الأكثر شهرة في الساحة الموسيقية المعاصرة، حيث يستعرض باسم درويش كيف أثمرت هذه الشراكة عن مشاريع موسيقية مزجت بين العود الشرقي والنغم الغربي في تآلف متناغم.
حلقة تأخذنا في رحلة عبر الألحان والأنغام، حيث الموسيقى تصبح لغة عالمية تعبر الحدود وتصل إلى القلوب.
إعداد:
ميشا خليل

Monte Carlo Radio Interview with Basem Darwisch 31MAR2025

Lyrics:

*birds of prey* 
let you fly
*locked doors*

to d-d-define
it's alot, oh it's ok
It's the least off the case
to believe I could pay
line the streets all I'll say

to believe I could pay

line the streets all I'll say

oh turn around what's the meaning of life?
too terrified -so go sit in front
I realized too that its still televised
barely knew -real life its not qui-ite

haven't you seen some meaning in life?
drift to side said it quick like goodbye
live life how you want
I do this all the -time

Do this all the -time
Try to hard to -find
Silent like a -mime

barely knew to see the past -untimely.. 
ah its ok resign to see
you pay to play but it's not a game,
i've been given too much that I can't repay
felt it in my sole as I resign to fate

haven't you seen some meaning in life?
drift to side said it quick like goodbye
live life how you want
I do this all the -time

Do this all the -time
Try to hard to -find
Silent like a -mime

to d-d-define
it's alot, oh it's ok
It's the least off the case
to believe I could pay
line the streets all I'll say

to believe I could pay

to believe I could pay

Unrullyyy Safariii ~_~

DJ FH DO BARREIRO, MC RN DO SB - TRAJADO DE MCD.wav

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Lyrics:

*cyclical torsion,
dialysis imported,
medical bill -a fortune,*

center frame halls, 
what to do.. just wait,
pick another card -wrong one,
go fish,

put it all together tryna a nice dishhhh,
Im afraid of loss.. so I feel smit-enn,

I know when to let go -oh when im in it,
I ain't afraid to chase my dreams god willing,

on sights of dogs that are tryna get viscous,
holding training weights so I can barely reach the ceiling,

float around not a kiss but a feeling,
claw marks deep woven so shifty,
too close get scorched and lifted,
fell down it's not meant to cryptic,

repeat a cycle -oh wait I think I know this,
it's the background I might have to phone in,
look again as I grasp too strongly,
bird on a wi -re so so lively,

For life? they say,
I will escape not cliche,
two tone put it back in space,
truly convicted ok?

purification ritual, 
gradual unrest,
energetic arrangement,
wound up sweat,
try to calm down senses,
a logician is not suited -well,
maybe if I could grasp at other elementals?
not in this moment a bitter piety -quell

center frame halls, 
what to do.. just wait,
pick another card -wrong one,
go fish,

put it all together tryna a nice dishhhh,
Im afraid of loss.. so I feel smit-enn,

I know when to let go -oh when im in it,
I ain't afraid to chase my dreams god willing,

on sights of dogs that are tryna get viscous,
holding training weights so I can barely reach the ceiling,

float around not a kiss but a feeling,
claw marks deep woven so shifty,
too close get scorched and lifted,
fell down it's not meant to cryptic,

repeat a cycle -oh wait I think I know this,
it's the background I might have to phone in,
look again as I grasp too strongly,
bird on a wi -re so so lively.

Center Frame Halls

Programa musical. 
Folk, pop, punk, rock, metal y más...
Un nuevo episodio cada miércoles.
Presentan: Julián Encinas y Tomás González Lezana (El Rubicón).

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

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