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We never released this remix , but i like it ! 

the song was written with Yasmine Hamdan , Rabih Mroue , Walid Sadeck and me . 

We were sitting doing a composition game , one gives a chord , the other gives a melody , the other  a piece of lyrics and after a few minute a song exists. 

Wadih Saffieddine ( our manager at the time was typing on his computer at this time and we were asking him to join , the song was called after him at the end ! i hope u enjoy... 

Wadih / Soapkills ( unreleased remix )

this is the theme composed for the movie "Haddouta Min Sag" directed by the sooo talented Aida el Kashef
I have to say that Maryam Saleh inspired me for the theme , she s the main actress of the movie , i think she s brilliant , the movie is shot in one decor , very surprising set design...
i hope u enjoy this instrumental !

http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/index.php/en/movie_details/a-tin-tale/15385/2011


Haddouta Min Sag film them

A demo recorded in 2006 for a Bob Marley cover contest .

With RGB , MC Joker and MC Sisska , 



Awast demo2

Taken from the 2005 SideOneDummy release, 'East Infection'.

Gogol Bordello - East Infection

Taken from the 2004 Stinky Records release, 'J.U.F'.

Gogol Bordello - Muskat (Slishal, No Ne Zapisal)

Taken from the 2010 album 'Trans-Continental Hustle', released on American.

Trans-Continental Hustle

My Companjera

50 Polly Vaughn

written by  Cheikh Imam and Ahmed Fouad Negm  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Imam) 
A Satirical song about  how the American president NIXON was welcomed in Egypt with all the protocol in 1974.

I  just added some percussion to Maryam s voice .
Her power and charisma revives this song in a very modern way.
I don t know if i will add anything to it ... i ll let her decide ...

MARYAM SALEH  Nixon BABA ( tribal mix )

Taken from the album 'Ishi Prende' out 25/11/11 through Pee Records.

Share Your Smokes

A raw recording Yasmeen Ayyashi did while we were rehearsing , i think it catches the spirit of the songs and also the spirit of the band .

much love to Yasmeen , Gihane and Sarah . 
Hopefully we ll fall in love again.



Color divine ( Wings rehearsal on my balcony )

Originally sang by ASMAHAN Dany gave here a really nice performance , 
this is one of the track i m preparing for his album and for our concert in St Denis on the 3rd of April .

A lot of vintage instruments used on this track . 
i hope u ll like it  ! 

Ya dirat

strawberry lip-balm moans

Visit Mostakell مستقلّ

Aziz Maraka - Ibki (live)عزيز مرقة - ابكي

Aziz Maraka - Bent Ennas عزيز مرقة - بنت الناس

Long overdue reworks of Fatima Al Qadiri's ominous Genre-Specific Xperience EP, Featuring art remixed by Kari Altmann

7 track GSX Remixes EP is out May 22 on iTunes, Beatport, Amazon, Boomkat and Juno Download
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gsx-remixes/id522783089

Buy the original 12" here: http://www.unonyc.com/shop/uno006ep-fatima-al-qadiri-gsx/

Fatima Al Qadiri - Hip Hop Spa (Nguzunguzu Remix)

I was asked to remix this BOB DYLAN song for Mancopy Danscompagni , for the play "EVERY LAST Breath" . www.mancopy.dk

I still didn t get used to it ! It s my first western folk  cover :) 
i hope u like it , u HAVE to catch one of their performances , they have done a great job.
The play will be touring worldwide.


Ballad Of A Thin Man ( REMIIIIIX ! )

The surreal location on a medieval tiny village, the rock castle with an incredible view to the valley behind and the sea in front, the wind that was hitting so hard you couldn't even stand properly. And it was the wind that shaped also the playing modus, no way to use turntables, so a bit of home listening cd's mashed with the drum machine and the pedals, I still managed to bring this up. Recording is not really clean, but it gives an idea of what happened on that night. Definitely one to be remembered. 

Love Is Supreme [live+tracks in Verucchio, Italy] by Morphosis

Erik Truffaz & Mounir Troudi - Flamingos

Lyrics :
Ghatess bil naoum    diving into sleep
Ahlam ghami2a           deep dreams
Mannak chamem        u don t smell
Ri7t el 7ari2a                the scent of fire 
ichta3ala nar                the fire erupted
3ed el jiran                   At the neighbourghs
Ma hadan fa2              No one woke
Mahadan htam           no one cares

Hayde mich Jazira     this is not an Island
3aychin 3a safine      We re living on a boat
3am btighra2             that is sinkink

Balak fadi                    u have othing on your mind
ghafi bil fay                 sleeping under the shades
Mannak same3        U re not hearing 
Srkhet el khei            the scream of the brother

Saf2it Slah                      a load of weapons
mallet bawakher            filled ships
mar2et ghamzeh          a wink passed 
3a wej el tajer                 on the face  of the dealer

chorus 

hayda el za3im             this lord 
Ibn Za3im                      is a son of lord
3ayan wazir                   he assigned a minister
Ibn wazir                        son of a minister
twechwoch zghir          a little whisper     
A sofat harir                   on a velvet sofa
Hakem a cha3b           rules on the people
bala damir                    without conscience
ma bi sir                       it s not right


chorus

Jazira final

As long as we have this mediocre political class in Lebanon under the rule of religion , we ll never get rid of our problems . 

Here s a song for us , united by our misery.

C un probleme

this is one of the themes i have composed for " Roundtrip " , a film by  the Syrian director  Meyar Al-Roumi.
this piece was recorded between Beirut and Fraizer Park California .
I recorded Buzuk , guitalele , kalimba and melodica 
Miles Jay recorded Lyra , accordeon , contrebass and percussions.
This version is different from the one in the movie. I hope u ll have the chance to see it at the Dubai film festival , if it wins a prize it will hopefully be screened in some theatres around the world. ( finger crossed ) 

DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK HERE :
http://zeidhamdan.bandcamp.com/album/roundtrip-the-composer-s-cut

I hope u like it  . my christmas download for u :) 

Round trip  theme 1

we used to play this song Yasmine and i in the early 2000 s but never had the chance to record a version . Finally out of our recent encounters and with the push of a French documentary we decided to record and produce this version.
Wirtten by farid el Atrash and sng by Asmahan this is the soapkills remix of  Marra fi ghnina 

All proceeds of  the digital sales will go to the relief of the besieged Syrian  Population

available on Muve Music, VerveLife, MySpace Music, Rhapsody, MediaNet, Xbox Music, Rdio, Amazon MP3, iHeartRadio, iTunes Worldwide, Spotify, Google Play, simfy, Nokia, eMusic, Deezer

Here s the Itune link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/marra-fi-ghnina-soapkills/id597655386

Marra fi ghnina ( soapkills remix )

Hanina
ريما خشيش
توفيق فرّوخ

ألبوم: توتيا

Hanina | Rima Khcheich -Toufic farroukh

Another song by Maryam Saleh recorded and produced in Cairo in Tamer Abou Ghazale s Flat.

Watan el Ak means nation of Chaos ,

Vocals: Maryam Saleh 
lyrics : Mido Zohair 
Music :Maryam Saleh
produced and remixed by Zeid Hamdan 

Watan el Ak master

This is a mix of folkloric and outer-regional music of Ethiopia, all 45s, records that I feel need to be heard. Less of breakbeats & wah wah and this time more of krar, claps, howling organs and trad melodies. For fans of previous mixes ‘Axum to Addis’ and ‘Addis Sheckla Explosion’.

Traditional Ethiopian Selection

Zeid Hamdan is a Lebanese music composer.
He was born in Beirut in 1976
For the last 2 decades, he s been producing  some of the most interesting bands of the Lebanese and regional indie music scene such as Soapkills , The New Government , Hiba Mansouri , Kanjha Kora , Maryam Saleh , Maii Waleed and his own songs under the band name "Zeid and the wings"
On top of producing his own records , Zeid Hamdan  has also been scoring for Films .
In July 2012 he was distinguished by CNN as being one one the 8 leading light of Lebanese Culture.

Ballad Of A Thin Man ( REMIIIIIX ! )

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