that fuckin surprised me I didn't expect that at all

lazy noon

عم بتمتع فيك - ياسمين حمدان soap kills

Some time ago I worked for a Berlin based NGO called MICT while running Jakarta Records. During this time I helped organize a recording session in Tunisia with 9 female singers and musicians from Tunisia, Libya & Egypt together with Oddisee and Olof Dreijer of The Knife. "Nouh Al Hamam" by egyptian singer Maryam Saleh is the first leak of the project. You can pre-order the vinyl here. Below you can find the infos for this project....

http://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/sawtuha

A little less then three years ago the political situation in many countries of the Arab world changed dramatically. Uprisings started in rural areas of Tunisia and from there spread to various countries in the region. Millions gathered in the streets united by their demand for more democracy, rights and participation in the political process. In most cases the reaction of the governing dictators were relentless and severe towards every form of protests. Violence in the streets of Cairo, Tunis and Bengasi escalated and resulted in the overthrow of the governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Lybia.
A year later a group of female singers and musicians from Tunisia (Nawel Ben Kraiem, Badiaa Bouhrizi, Medusa, Houwaida), Libya (Nada) and Egypt (Donia Massoud, Maryam Saleh, Youssra El Hawary) met in Mohsen Matri Studio in Tunis to sing- against corruption, despotism, patronization and narrow-mindedness. The song with Syrian artist Rasha Rizk was recorded some months later in her political asylum in Cairo. Sudanese/American producer Oddisee and Olof Dreijer of the Swedish pop duo The Knife joined the session, participating in the creation of the musical backdrop as well as the often multi-instrumentalist female singers. For the vinyl edition producers such as Brenk, Blackjoy and Blundetto contributed remix versions of the project.

At the time and still today especially musicians and especially women were and are trapped in a spiral of repression, discrimination and violence. "Sawtuha" (Arabic for "her voice"), the album that is the product of the 2-week session, is a vital encouraging testament of rebellion against the repression of democratic rights, gender inequality, and lack of inclusion. The music is an organic mixture of traditional Arabic music, regional influences and various forms of contemporary Western musical genres. A mixture that may sound contradicting at first but makes total sense once you listen to the music.

The studio session was organized by the Berlin based NGO MICT (Media In Cooperation And Transition) and was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

www.facebook.com/MaryamSaleh.Official
www.jakartarecords.de
www.mict-international.org

Maryam Saleh - Nouh Al Hamam (Produced by Oddisee)

buy on itunes

Sezen Aksu - Yeni ve Yeni Kalanlar (Moguz, Baris K. Rework)

Lyrics:
Don't save me let me drown
Sea and weed deeper and deeper
Don't preach keep me flowing
Don't ask me I don't want to answer

I’m not here, Neither not not here
So where am I ?
In between

Don't carry me you wont bare it
Don't smile in my face I ain't joking
To live, I'm forced to be a hypocrite
I keep silent, I don't speak, you think I'm agreeing 
But, I'm not here, Neither not not here
So where am I ?
In between
You see me but you don’t, you know me but you don’t
Is it me or not? It’s not
It’s me after revision and correction
After every word went through auditing and rethinking
You may call it "the edited version of me" 
But, I'm not here, Neither not-not here
So where am I? 
I'm everywhere
I am a balloon
A transparent balloon 
I fly, I fall, without being seen
Until I blow up in the whole universe
***
ما تنقذنيش خليني أغرق
بحر وحشيش أعمق فأعمق
ما توعظليش خليني ساحب
ما تسألنيش بديش أجاوب
أنا مش هون ولا مش مش هون
لكان أنا وين؟
أنا بين وبين
ما تحملنيش مش رح تتحمل
ما تضحكليش مش عم بتهبل
عشان أعيش مجبور أنافق
بسكت بحكيش، فكرني موافق
بس أنا مش هون ولا مش مش هون
لكان أن وين؟ أنا بين وبين
شايفني مش شايفني
عارفني مش عارفني
هدا أنا ولا مش أنا 
هدا مش أنا 
هدا أنا بعد المراجعة والتصليح
بعد ما كل كلمة مرقت تدقيق وتنقيح 
بتغدر تقول الإيديتد فيرجن تبعي 
بس أنا مش هون ولا مش مش هون
لكان أنا وين؟ 
أنا في كل الكون 
أنا بالون بلا لون 
بالون شفاف
بطير وبوقع وما بنشاف
غير لما أفقع... في كل الكون

Lyrics by Jowan Safadi
Music by Fish Samak (well, Jowan got this fuckin super cool melody, the band got so hyped, so tamer brought this kick ass bass line, Jebus hit the drums like he knows best, and Bshara learned how to use his synth!
Arranged and produced by Fish Samak
Mixed by Jebus

Guitar and vocals - Jowan Safadi
Bass- Tamer Omari 
Synthesizer and backing vocals - Bshara Rizeq 
Drums - Jebus Khoury

FISHSAMAK - Beno Bain بين وبين

يا جوز التنتين / ياسمين حمدان تغني صباح
(Unreleased Demo)

Yasmine Hamdan
www.yasminehamdan.com

Dj Nasri
www.soundcloud.com/nasri-sayegh

Abraham H.Zeitoun 
www.wildblumen.tumblr.com



be:kult
www.bekult.com


Ya Jawz el Tentayn (2002)/ Homage to Sabah by Yasmine Hamdan and Friends

أهواك أهواك فيروز Fairouz ahwak

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Soapkills - "Cheftak (Paris Version)" (previously unreleased)

Listen to my new Album 'Shamat' on Soundcloud : http://bit.ly/2rZReG2

Video Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bk_7TP8fmU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rubashamshoum
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubashamshoum

كلمات والحان - ربى شمشوم
توزيع - حسن ورامي نخلة
رسم - نايف شقور

غناء - ربى شمشوم
كمان - حسن نخلة 
اكورديون -  حسن نخلة 
جيتارة - رامي نخلة
جيتارة باص - رامي نخلة
درامز وايقاع - رامي نخلة
تسجيل موسيقى - Good Vibe Studio - بشر ابو صالح، مجدل شمس
ميكس - ستوديو "مزاج" - عنان قسيم، الناصرة 

--مدلين--

الورد لقاه بالزباله قال بعطسك كتير
متخبيه بالبيت تيمرق الربيع
ولا مره بتجازفي 
شو مالك خايفه؟
بدكيش مفاجئات قلبك حساس
يا ملكة الاحساس

مدلين
مدلين

كيف كنت طايره اول ما عرفتيه
معاه طول الليل والنوم نسيتيه
فجأه صرتي تنامي
عل تماني
والشخير ماشالله
بشو بليت حالك بشو؟

مدلين
مدلين

عكلشي لازم تتمقتي كتير, حتى لو فرشلك بساط من حرير

عامله حالك ام المغامرات
عايشه بالمدينه وبتوعظي بالناس
بتحبي برج الدلو بس بتخافي من العلو
والبحر, والرمل
والصيف والشمس
والشتا والبرد
وبتكرهي الاعراس , والناس - بشكل عام
والسهر الطويل والفيقه بكير 
وبتكرهي البنت هاي... اللي قاعده بالمراي.
‫

_____________________________________

Madeleine

Melody and Lyrics - Ruba Shamshoum
Music Arrangement - Hasan and Rami Nakhleh 

Voice - Ruba Shamshoum
Violin - Hasan Nakhleh
Accordion - Hasan Nakhleh 
Guitar - Rami Nakhleh
Bass guitar - Rami Nakhleh
Drums and percussion - Rami Nakhleh
Recorded at Good Vibe Studio by Busher Abu Saleh, Majdal Shams
Mixing - Mazaj Studio by Anan Qseim, Nazareth

Madeleine| Ruba Shamshoum - مَدلين | ربى شمشوم

MASHUP COME BE THE MAN I NEED X MY BODY BY DJ SUNFIYAH

DEAN MAN I NEED X BODY MASHUP-DJ SUNFIYAH

warda w na7la ( a flower and a bee)

iTunes Samar Single 

Yasmine Hamdan - Samar

Soap Kills - Lost

Part of the album "Moga" 
Release expected for May 2013

Music and Lyrics : Maii Waleed 
produced by Sherif Megarbane and Zeid Hamdan

Baad el bahr

Yasmine Hamdan singing (ZIZI) 
it was taken for a soundtrack for (Bel Alwan El-Tabeaya) Movie 

Soap kills - Zizi

Yasmine Hamdan - Aziza

 لو كان قلبي معي ما خترت غيركمُ
و لا رضيتُ سواكم في الهوا أبدا
لكنهُ راغبٌ في من يعذبُ
و ليس يقبلُ لا لوماً و لا عتبا

يا من حوى ورد الرياض فى خده
 و حكى قضيب الخيزران بقده
دع عنك ذا السيف الذي جردته
 عيناك أمضي من مضارب حده
كل السيوف قواطع إن جردت
 و حسام لحظك قاطع في غمده
إن شئت تقتلني فأنت محكم
 من ذا يطالب سيدا في عبده

ياسمين حمدان وكريسيتن - لو كان قلبى معى

Yasmine Hamdan first made waves in the music scene with the pioneering Beirut indie electronic duo Soapkills, which she co-founded with Zeid Hamdan in the late 1990s. 

Having moved to Paris in 2005, Yasmine collaborated with Madonna producer Mirwais for the Y.A.S. project, releasing the sleeky clubby Arabology album on Universal in 2009. Since then, she has earned international acclaim as a solo singer-songwriter and producer, elegantly entwining far-ranging elements, from pan-Arabic roots and pop and poetic lyrics, to electronica, soul and guitar melodies. Yasmine has collaborated with filmmakers such as Elia Suleiman, Jim Jarmusch, and has toured globally in support of her albums Ya Nass (2013) and Al Jamilat (2017). 

Her upcoming third album is scheduled for worldwide release in September 2025 on Crammed Discs/ [PIAS].

Photo : Ylias Nao

Ya Jawz el Tentayn (2002)/ Homage to Sabah by Yasmine Hamdan and Friends

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