Mystery surrounds the origins of dem Bandits... some say they are completely insane for enlisting soldiers with slingshots, some describe them as Robin Hoods. The truth is to be found in ancient Summerian mysteries, occult books and mystery schools. Now you see them, now you don't. Knock on the door friendly and we'll let you in on our secrets...well, prolly not, but its worth the try. 
We are Hip Hop and we don't mix our beloved sounds with silly noize pollution like CRap music, Hip Pop, Pop Rock or Tekkno...if we mix it with another genre you can be sure its gonna be like weed laced with blueberries. 420 style concerts around town and booking artists for a Europe trip is in our future cards. We promote Hip Hop and other dope styles of music, but be sure we give you a str8 up blunt answer...see everything revolves around a good ass time.
First we brought real Hip Hop back to Hamra and introduced General Knas to an unsuspecting public backed up by another Nordic grandmaster called DJ Stickfiggr...then we moved on to a dope ass concert with Termanology & his DJ Deadeye where the Creme De La Creme of Hip Hop opened up for them to warm up the stage like a green-house effect. Backed by Da Deaf Crew (Fareeq El Atrash) - FZ, Chyno & Edd were joined by Ramcess, Fahrass, RGB & Double A...That's the colors that i claim, mayn. Then we did a few Urban Rootz events with local talents like Mixity, Grandsunn, Venus, Ramcess & Karimbo, Qarar, Samer AK, DJ Mango, Heavy G, Malikah, Uncle Phill Banks, Nizar Ras and others to a great applaud. Hip Hop Slam, the first being Termanology & Da Deaf Crew, continued with Statik Selektah spinning the night away...those who came had an amazing night full of freestyles, friendly competitions and dope ass music. 100's of people passed by and every single one of 'em was grateful...Statik is such a great person.
2 weeks later we brought Rob Swift to Beirut and after complications with venues (thieves) we moved to the most unlikely place called EM Chill...now, this is a perfect human being, so we treated him like a king. Those who made it on mother's day know...they witnessed something spectacular, something you can't describe with words. Well, i will attempt to do so by inventing a word...utterly scrumtrellessant (it was James Lipton who said that).
Dem Bandits went on a hiatus in events untill the summer for a simple reason - Johnny Headbusta is a film maker too, so since April i went on to even direct an episode of Abu Riad shit and acted in a feature film - coming soon to a cinema near you. At the same time we put together a crew of good MC's who needed support, 3 languages, Qarar, Karimbo & Miracle Genius with Qarar & Samer AK producing...executive produced by moi, Headbusta, we went on to create the ringtone of the summer, a small addictive anthem and its accompanying video - a tiny gift for all those who supported us. In the meantime Beirut Bandits assisted in a successful Greek Film festival in Beirut & MEASAF festival in Athens.
We went to the studio again with the guys and recorded a few tracks...one of them you know...Change (a personal gem).
I was then away from Hip Hop except for promoting and getting leechers to leave us alone...Hip Hop is a state of mind...and we won't give it up for anyone.
Currently in a recording process with a nice roster of artists...Cuzins, DJ Mango, Aka Prime, Murder Eyez, Maze, Iron Curtain, Mi-Know & Constantine the G...we slowly but surely aim for one target - a well-respected beast of Hip Hop in da Middle East, promoters, booking agents, management crew and event organizers. Big things are coming up soon.
SO YOU GUYS TELL ME - are you ready to help out? We ain't no big company, its just me & my friends a we do it for the love of our state of mind while succeeding in feeding our stomachs the way we would with a silly day job.
**********WE ARE LOOKING FOR A STREET TEAM***********
Distribution and organization assistants. So, if you an upcoming rapper, DJ, breaker, beatboxer (not you FZ - stay in Canada) or you just share our passion...you can join us and while supporting us learn more about the independent industry.
**********THIS IS A CLASSIFIED AD FOR REAL***************
Sincerely
One luv
ALI BABA FAU & DEM BANDITS

Music, images and tales from isolation.
From Beirut to the rest of the world [and/or vice versa].

Musiques, images et autres. Histoire de s'isoler.
De Beyrouth vers le reste du monde [et/ou vice versa]

موسيقى وصور وحكايات من العزلة‎
من بيروت الى العالم و\أو العكس صحيح

Independent Record Label
Based in Ramallah, Palestine.

Arab Female Emcee. Half Lebanese Half Algerian

An emblematic artist of the Palestinian underground scene, SAMA’ is one of the first DJs and electronic music producers to emerge from the region. Her sound, an original punchy kind of techno, is dry and musical all at once and has quickly made its way across Europe and beyond.
 
SAMA, meaning ‘sky’ in Arabic, started mixing in 2006 in parties around Ramallah, Palestine. Several years later she started producing her own music and expanding her interest in synthesis in 2010, with a focus on techno, house, and other deeper sub-genres of electronic music.
 
The artist graduated from the United Kingdom with a BSc in Audio Engineering and Music Production, then moved to Cairo where she worked as a sound designer for film, became a music producer and then instructor. SAMA’ now runs her own Audio Engineering & Sound Design company working across films and documentaries in the Middle East. In 2017, she was selected as a Laureate by the French Institute, and during that time attended a residency at the International City of Arts in Paris. SAMA’ also runs a publishing company called Awyav, representing independent artists from the Arab world.
 
In late 2018, SAMA’s Boiler Room performance and the associated documentary about the scene in Palestine went viral and more and more people are seeing that music has no boundaries. SAMA’ was recently listed in SheSaid.So’s Alternative Power 100 List, and plays a high-profile set at Ibiza’s World Heritage Site of Dalt Vila for the International Music Summit in late May. She is currently working on a studio album.

i do what i feel and sing what i feel ... in other words im keepin it real 

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