since I bought more space on soundcloud, I might as well re-upload some Older stuff 
This one is from the album Secretly Famous


Saidi The Man

A little freebie from the album Secretly famous. Tribute to the great masters Farid Al Atrache and Mohamed Abdel Wahab ( they used to write for Om Kaltoum, for those who don't know ).


Leila   A Tribute To Mohamed Abdel Wahab

LOVE

AJ98 - Music for the death of a tyrant

Something Happy About A Meaning In Me

Majid Bekkas , Joachim Kuhn et Ramon Lopez

Syrian-Armenian musical trailblazer Lena Chamamyan is considered one of the best singers of her generation. A spirit of oriental jazz runs through her music – a fusion of traditional eastern songs from the Arab world and Armenia with western styles.Today Lena Chamamyan is one of the few female artists from the Middle East who is able to write, play and interpret her own works. While she draws on the rich Syrian classical and folk repertoire, her Armenian roots are also ever-present – her interpretations of traditional songs such as ’ “Sareri Hovin Mernem” form a regular part of her performances, drawing applause from her fans in Armenia and throughout the diaspora. Producer Steve Markarian makes his debut on Take 5 Music  with the “Sareri Hovin Mernem”  Remix by The Spy from Cairo EP
Lush tropical vibes clash with ambient soundscapes, deep bass, and folkloric innerworkings.


Sareri Hovin Menem (The Spy From Cairo Remix)

Lena Chamamyan

Lena Chamamyan  Sareri Hovin Menem (The Spy From Cairo Remix)

Titi Robin & Mehdi Nassouli - De Mashreq à Maghreb.mp3

Joachim Kuhn   Majid Bekkas   Ramon Lopez - Asmaa

Majid Bekkas - African Blues

One of the amazing things about the deeply Jamaican music called Dub is its ability to act as a conduit. From its early days as stripped down versioning of popular Reggae tunes to its indoctrination into late 80 / early 90s UK Soundsystem & Dance Music culture, to its current massive mutation (with the “Step” planted firmly in its behind); Dub has shown itself to be not only a musical art form that stands strongly on its own, but also a vehicle of sorts that can transport and connect disparate musical universes. And it’s at the unique nexus of Dub and Arabic music that the Spy From Cairo sits the most comfortably. 

The Spy From Cairo aka Zeb is the kind of musician that fits perfectly in with the downtown NYC music scene – Italian by birth, Gypsy by heritage, and Brooklynite by residence, he has been closely associated with the Turntables on the Hudson scene for close to 12 years – producing dozens of albums as Zeb, the Spy From Cairo and the Organic Grooves project, as well as remixing for everyone from Baba Maal to Tosca to Billie Holliday to Novalima, steadily garnering a worldwide collective of fans and followers 

The Spy’s new album, “Arabadub” is perhaps his most realized vision of deep Middle Eastern and Jamaican sounds coalescing into something that sounds right and natural – because it was conceived and produced in just that natural way. There are no samples used on the album, and Zeb has programmed everything, as well as playing traditional Middle Eastern stringed instruments called the Oud, Chifteli and the Saz himself. Check the opener “Alladin Dub”, with its echoed out skanks, pulsing bassline, and majestic strings – and the deepness that is “Taksim Square”, complete with swirling, psychedelic accordion. Other highlights include the tense four-to-the-floor stomper “Desert Tears”, the rolling dub of “Sons of Hannibal” with it’s beautiful Middle Eastern vocal chants, the nostalgic “Egyptian Pulse” with its Steppers sound and melancholy vibes, and the dancehall vibes of “Prince Ahmed” – sounding like 3AM Kingston wrapped in a Bedouin Tent!
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Saidi The Man

Zebda-The spy from Cairo