Bands

Akram started his musical career by doing jazz covers. His first musical performances were at The Citadel Festival in 1997/ 98. He formed his first band "Steps" in 1999, and left later to form his latest band "Akram El Sharkawy Band". The music is Oriental & Contemporary Jazz, which comprises only originals and is distributed by Akram himself. They performed in famous venues like Cairo Opera House and the Culture Wheel.

Asfalt was formed in early 2005, then the first single came out in mid-2005. In late 2005, Mohamed El Deeb joined Asfalt. And till now the band is still maing a lot of changes and making progress. Asfalta's music and lyrics are 100% original. They stand out with their original mix of Arabic/ English Hip-Hop.
2007 Asfalt appeared on OTV (Sha3'al show).
2008 Asfalt appeared on MTV Arabia.
2008 Asfalt won the rap auditions with MTV Arabia.

Sahra featuring Black Bulletz Band.

Blackbulletz

Blackbulletz is a full hip-hop elements crew. The crew includes beat boxers, rappers and breakers. It started from scratch; from street to schools, from schools to stages, from stages to universities. They are developing and growing, but their ambitions and motivation are still high. The crew was founded by five founders and grew up to 15 members, each one of them is on fire and always ready to rock the stage.

Performers Department:
♣♣♣Rappers:
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♣Mc Flash (English)
♣Blaze (English)
♣Haroon (Arabic)

Brain Candy, they were playing in different bands, Mohamed Tariq met Timmy and they talked about forming a kind of side project to what they were already doing, witch involved playing punk music.

It was only Timmy, drummer and Mohamed Tariq then Moe and Gamal joined them.

The music is more symphonic.

Chromatics consist of four young musicians, aiming at presenting their point of view through music. Their music is a mixture of genres from rock to oriental. The band started in December 2005 and participated in lots of concerts in famous cultural venues, such as Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the French cultural center. All of the band members performed individually in other bands throughout the past ten years.

Officially the number one R&B and hip-hop DJ in Egypt, Fadi Tawfik AKA DJ Feedo kick-started his career in 1997 at Cairo’s Club Exit.
Following appearances at other club nights in the city, Feedo’s fan base grew tremendously and eventually gained the attention of international DJs – as well as R&B and hip-hop fans outside of the region – earning him gigs alongside some of the biggest names in the business, including David Moreno and Trevor Nelson.

At the beginning of El Dor el Awal, there’s Ahmed Omar and Mohamed Samy jamming. They created a few tunes and they decided to make a band which plays music, original music, its own music. Omar gets his two friends Bob and Mizo who play with him in West el balad band, and Samy gets Naissam, the French Syrian girl that he mets playing with Fathi Salama, Nour Ashour, his friend from Alexandria, and Fady Badr, his old friendship.

Fathy Salama was born in Cairo, Egypt. He grew up listening to the family radio, which played the music of Uum Kulthum, Abdel El Wahab and Farid el Attrash. Later, he reached beyond the banks of the Nile to Jazz and to a huge variety of world traditional music. Learning the piano from the age of six was a good beginning and was followed by gigging in Cairo clubs from the age of thirteen. Soon, the kid of Shobra, Harlem of Cairo, made it to Europe and to New York to learn Jazz with such great artists as Sun Ra or Ossman Kareem.

Idle mind was formed in February 2003 by Youssef Altay (Drums), Mohamed Ibrahim (Vocals), and Karim Maghrabi (Guitars). Jacques Avakian (Bass) joined the band later in December of the same year. The main idea among the band members was to create music free of all genre and taste restrictions, stereotypes, and clichés.

The three year old band Kravin is a trying to bring back the true spirit of rock n' roll, grasping audiences with what has become known as lively and charismatic performances. The band is influenced by all the rock n' roll pioneers of the 60s and 70s, such as The Who and Led Zeppelin.

The idea of Love and Peace started in the late seventies, a time that saw a phase of political stability upon the 1973 October victory, Egypt's signing a peace agreement and the emergence of different forms of art and creativity.

"Love and Peace" was the brainchild of the Alexandrian Nabil El Bakly and his friend, the poet Ahmed Yousry. Together, they made a huge success with songs like "Alexandria Marya" and "Ozkoreeny" (Remember me).

Mascara plays hardcore music with both aggressive and clean vocals, violin, flute, and keyboard. It's melodic metal music. The band's name is an expression of how violent the world is becoming, as according to the band, they find that the world as it is now is "a massive scar era." The abbreviation "Mascara" was then put to add a feminine touch to band's title (Ma ="massive", sca="scar," ra="era"). The current members knew each other before forming the band and were initially united by their passion for music and performing.

A treat to the ears

A bold music initiative, organized by the British council and Serious Production team, one of the UK's leading producers of live jazz, world and new music.

Prominent Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma says he plans a fundraising campaign next month that he hopes will raise millions of dollars to help Iraqi refugees in countries such as Syria and Jordan.
Shamma, who has lived in exile since 1993, told Reuters the campaign would feature Arab artists and public figures and would take place under the supervision of the Cairo-based Arab League.
It will include an advertising campaign calling on people to donate through bank accounts, and programmes will be shown on Arab television stations to raise awareness of the refugees' plight.

Jordanian singer-songwriter Ruba Saqr's work has been recognised by winning the UNESCO Prize for Best Performance Bridging Traditional and Contemporary Traditions in 2007 and the Global Battle of the Bands in Jordan in 2005, which also led to a UK appearance at the Astoria.

The band started over three years ago when Mohamed Ali, Osama Saad and Amr Gioushy decided to combine their musical talents together to make music that's different, catchy, fresh and meaningful. Through Arabic lyrics, Salalem is able to represent the youth of Egypt and many of their issues. Salalem strives to continuously progress and turn their musical ideas into songs that are highly anticipated by their fans.

Zeid and Francois from Soapkills

Zeid and Francois are the 2 lasting member from the succesfull band “soapkills”
Their music is about melancoly and sensuality with a powerfull electro touch
Inspired by Arabic classical music from Asmahan to Oum koultoum, the band presents a new type of Arabic music combined with powerfull dub and drum n bass thanks to talented guests, singers or musician and the experience of Francois Cunin and Zeid Hamdan on synth and programmation .

Some call him "Iraq's first crossover music celebrity" while others call him "the Baghdad Beatle". This may be passed off as local hype, but when those people who are giving him such praise are the premier entertainment papers and magazines in Britain, you would be wise to take notice and investigate, which is exactly what we did, and realized that we have an Arab treasure that most of us don't even know about.

It all started on an ordinary day in the lives of two high school students: Moose 'n Belal. Moose was obsessed with creating trance beats. When Belal heard Moose's beats, he was simply psyched! Soon, Belal heard of Rahzel, the famous beat boxer, and insisted on introducing Moose to him. It wasn't long before Moose started imitating his beats. Right then and there, a beat boxing talent was born.

Vybe is one of Cairo's most popular live bands. Their most energetic performances can be witnessed at the Cairo Jazz Club (Cairo) and Camel Bar (Sharm), where you can see them on a regular basis. The six members of Vybe are renowned for their showmanship and for their tight renditions of much loved feel-good tracks. They are probably the only band of Egyptian origin that have funk, soul, R'N'B, Pop, and Latin listed in their repertoire. They always aim to flex their creative muscles and give their audience a taste of something different.

The band was formed in November 2003 as a 4 piece heavy metal band to cover the songs of heavy/thrash metal legends. In a society that doesn't accept new forms of music, especially the rock/metal genre it was really difficult for wyvern to get the exposure needed to present their music.

The band started writing songs-influenced mainly by the old school heavy genre-in 2004. The songs discuss important subjects such as using sexual innuendos and acts to promote what are so called music artists.