Enta Fen

Shahrayar Blues

Music and Lyrics by Maii Waleed 
Produced by Zeid Hamdan

Kalam El Leil

A Night of Dancing with Yasmine Hamdan.
May 29 2014 - Radio Beirut.

When Yasmine Hamdan meets Soap Kills meets Oum Kalthoum meets Billie Holliday meets Aisha Al Marta meets YAS meets Sabah meets Esther Phillips meets Souad Abdallah meets Dina Washington meets PJ Harvey meets Marylin Monroe meets Mohamad Mounir meets Madonna meets Ahmad Adawiya meets Mirwais meets Bandali Family meets Feyrouz meets Asmahan meets Cheikh Imam meets Nina Simone meets Omar Zeini meets Fleetwood Mac meets Tarab meets Kitsch meets you....

Yasmine and Nasri take to the decks delivering a musically rich set exploring Yasmine's music, influences and roots.  

Photo by Nicolas Hrycaj

RK | YA NASS - by Yasmine Hamdan & Nasri Sayegh  / Volume One

قلب
أنا معي بالقلب ومعي ضغط
مشاكل كبد أوجاع وصرت
كل ما تذكّرت ضغطي تسرسبت
كل ما دسدست كبدي توسوست
أنا عندي هوس أنا عندي قلق
اذا ضغطي لعب اذا ضغطي قشط
كل ما استفسرت ع المرض مرضت
كل ما تذكرت ضغطي توسوست
أنا عندي زهق أنا عندي ملل
أنا حايص لايص أنا عندي قلق
كلما نبشت على مرضي مرضت
كلما استفقدت لحكيمي وجعت
أنا شاعر في وحدي
أنا شاعر  في عزلة
أنا شاعر في غربي
أنا شاعر في وحدي
أنا شانصي نحس أنا طبعي نكد
كيف ما قلبتها قلبت نكد
كلما هلوست صار عندي عبقة ودوخة ولعية ودقت قلب
أنا معي بالقلب شكَّات وصرت
كل ما تنفست على ضهري نقزت
اذا ضهري لمع اذا ضهري لوق
اذا ضهري كمش دغري تشنجت

ALEB (From the Album YA NASS) قلب

ELON-SUN-0717 - Glass Horizon

Souad Massi - Le Bien Et Le Mal - سعاد ماسي - الحق والباطل - Cover

خلص _ زياد رحباني khalas_ziad rahbani

Douss from Yasmine Hamdan's album "Al Jamilat", out now

دوس
أنا ولا أنت ملناش فيها
ولا الفتنة اللي وصلنالها
أنا ولا أنت ملناش فيها
حكوماتهم أنظمتهم
أنا ولا أنت ملناش فيها
يا للعار 
ويا للأسف
عصاباتهم  ملناش فيها
ربيع العرب حي

شعاراتهم اكاذيبهم
أنا ولا أنت ملناش فيها
نزاعاتهم دوافعهم 
استنزفونا مللنا منها
طموحاتهم مصالحهم
أنا ولا أنت ملناش فيها
يا للعار 
ويا للأسف
مؤامراتهم ملناش فيها
ربيع العرب حي


That war was thrown upon us
Enmity you and I did not seek
Wallowing in bitter strife
One you and I did not seek
Their governments, rulers, ministers
One you and I did not seek
Oh the shame the sorrow
Their rings of outlaws we did not seek
The spring for Arabs is here     

Feeding us slogans lies and deceits
All of which you and I did not seek
Their conflicts undying greed
Drained our souls, emptied us whole
Their motives, insatiable hunger
You and I did not seek
Oh the shame
And the sorrow
The plots they hatch we did not seek
The spring for Arabs is here

Al Jamilat

Douss

6. Kalam el-Leil - rima khcheich

Side B of The Invisible Hands 7 inch "Insect Dilemma/Disallowed b/w Lili Twil"
Out now on Abduction Records (ABDT051)

Personel:
Alvarius B: Electric Bass, Chorus Vocals
Cherif El-Masri: Electric Guitar
Aya Hemeda: Lead Vocals
Magued Nagati: Drums
Adham Zidan: Organ

Recorded live at Sonic Studios, Cairo, 2012. 
Engineer: Hussein Sami

Lili Twil

NEW ALBUM "TESLAM", out NOW on Abduction 

The Invisible Hands is a transcontinental collaboration between Alvarius B. (Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls) and four stellar young musicians from Cairo, Egypt: Cherif El-Masri, Aya Hemeda (both formerly of the popular Egyptian group Eskenderella), Adham Zidan and Magued Nagati. On Teslam, The Invisible Hands expand the already panoramic range of their eponymous debut LP with a haunting set of melodic, impeccably crafted songs whose vintage psych/hard-rock edge conjures up early Alice Cooper almost as often as it recalls Sun City Girls and 20th-century icons like Ennio Morricone and Serge Gainsbourg. The band's exquisite sonic palette is deepened by Cairo-based guest musicians Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed 'Moe' Asem, and Sammy Sayed, as well as by longtime SCG compatriot Eyvind Kang. Recorded in Cairo between 2013 and 2014, Teslam represents a further evolution of Alvarius B.'s peerlessly idiosyncratic pop sensibility, which is just as volatile and unclassifiable as his more experimental work. His songwriting -- both on his own, and in partnership with Cherif El-Masri -- is marked by a unity of purpose that has compressed countless musical and emotional incongruities into a handful of sharp-edged, pitch-black jewels. A brooding track composed by keyboardist Adham Zidan ('The Great Implosion') perfectly complements the record's uneasy mood. As usual, Alvarius B.'s lyrics comprise an apocalyptic pile-up of cruel metaphors at the intersection of culture, politics and international crime. But they take on new power and new implications as sung by El-Masri and Hemeda, whose seductive voices are as inviting as a welcome mat at the gates of hell. Each song stands on its own while also fitting into a planet-sized jigsaw puzzle detailing dark associations and secret narratives that stretch back as far as the foundation of the world. Arguably Alvarius B.'s most accessible work to date, Teslam is a generously baited steel-jaw trap for the unwary listener. Like The Invisible Hands' 2013 debut, Teslam inevitably reflects the precarious political circumstances in which it was conceived and recorded. As such, it's a vivid document not just of an unlikely musical collaboration, but also of a critical moment of hope, defiance, rage and sorrow in one of the world's most venerable cities. [This limited-edition razor-edged stainless-steel CD comes in a beautiful die cut balsawood jacket that folds out to form a fully operational guillotine. Just kidding, but it does come as a digipak CD with lyrics booklet and lovely artwork]. --B. Kearney	