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Israel: Full Trunk –“Time For Us To Move”
Full Trunk, a new Israeli blues-rock super group, has presented itself as one of the most talented bands in the Israeli rock scene. Their second album, “Time for Us to Move“, is a truly kickass...
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Interview: Autostrad – Jordan
One of, if not the most acclaimed alternative band from Jordan currently, Autostrad was born in 2007 out of a long-lasting friendship. Since then, the Amman-based group have recorded three albums and...
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Egypt: Soopar Lox –“Sunrise”
Egyptian electronic band, Soopar Lox released their synth-laced debut album, “Semsesizer”, this month with rhythm, textures, and Arabic/English vocals that evoke a sun kissed beach somewhere in the Red...
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Middle East: Alif –“Holako”
Formed in 2012, Alif is an ensemble comprised of five musicians coming from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. After an extensive period of touring, the group started working on “Aynama-Rtama”, their...
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Portugal/Palestine: Mina (مينا) –“Betti Sahranah”
Mina (مينا) means “port” in Arabic, and it’s the name of a unique new band whose members actually could have met in one of many ports of the Mediterranean Sea – somewhere in the middle between Portugal...
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Israel: Tuna –“Gam Ze Ya’avor” (טונה –גם זה יעבור)
Tuna (טונה) is a key figure in the Israeli music scene, well known and very respected. He’s been involved in multiple music projects for more than a decade now, but no one expected 2015 to be the year...
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Netherlands/Iran: Sevdaliza –“Marilyn Monroe”
Rotterdam-based singer Sevdaliza made this utterly beautiful new track “Marilyn Monroe” with her go-to producer Mucky. We’ve never heard the Iranian-born artist this vulnerable before. The hazy and...
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Saudi Arabia: El Jesr –“Kafil”
One, if not the most distinct YouTube phenomenon to have come out from Saudi Arabia this year is the video called “Kafil” (كفيل), or “Sponsor”. In its own special way, it raises the issue of labor...
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Israel: Dana Ivgy (דאנה איבגי) –“We Love”
Daughter of actors and an acclaimed Israeli actress herself, Dana Ivgy (דאנה איבגי) has been also involved in directing and – now officially – music after the recent release of her debut album, “ID”....
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Iran: Damahi –“Mahalleye Khamooshan” (محله خاموشان)
The south of Iran has its own culture influenced both by African and Arabic culture, a distinct dialect and its own strong musical traditions especially based on rhythms. Damahi formed in Brazil,...
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Israel: Daniel Sapir –“אנחנו לא”
To a random Israeli listener Daniel Sapir’s self-titled debut album might seem as one of many – there are so many singer-songwriters of similar manners that it’s easy to take Sapir’s music for granted....
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Jordan/Egypt: Za’ed Na’es –“The System” feat. Maii Waleed
Collaborating with an exciting range of Arab contemporary musicians, the Jordanian collective ZA-ED NA+ES continue to release a series of riveting tracks on their SoundClound. Their sound is expansive,...
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Egypt: PanSTARRS –“Khally Balak Hatmoot”
Egyptian musician Youssef Abouzeid has released his third EP under the PanSTARRS (بان ستارز) moniker with a dark, droned out alt-rock soundscape that is both eerie and captivating. The post-rock,...
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Interview: Safar – Lebanon
“We wrote ‘Olive Oil Soul’ in the summer of 2014. The music and lyrics explore what it means to be home. As youth, we are in this questioning phase, looking for our identity, our comfort zone,...
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Iran: Name –“A Labyrinth Of Circles”
Heartfelt sound of the Name band is quietly catchy from the beginning. With their minimal arrangement they try to reflect their personal universe in their songs. As they said, they are “searching for...
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Israel: Riff Cohen –“Helas”
With her Algerian-Tunisian-French roots, the unpredictable Israeli singer-songwriter Riff Cohen brings back all of her musical heritage into our post modern world. Her deservedly viral video “Helas”...
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Saudi Arabia: Majed Alesa (ماجد العيسى) & Misfer –“Samry King”
“The story behind the video is that it is a traditional Saudi song, which was originally written by Soliman bin Shuraim – a very well known poet, the studio 8iess tell us about their spectacular recent...
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Middle East: 47SOUL –“Intro to Shamstep”
A new sound has arrived. They call it SHAMSTEP. A sample-ised and electrified mijwiz paves the way for the unique band called 47SOUL. They came from Jordan, Palestine, Syria and the US to work together...
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Egypt: Mostafa Rizk –“Elkhir”
Blues music with an Egyptian flavor is what you’ll find on “Bab Ellouq”, a new album from singer and composer Mostafa Rizk (مصطفى رزق), who recently presented his new material at Cairo’s venerated club...
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Egypt: Islam Chipsy & Eek Kahraba –كهربا (Electricity)
With over 50 gigs booked in Europe this year alone, keyboardist Islam Chipsy and his band EEK are pioneering an entirely new genre of music known as Electro-Shaabi. Using a YAMAHA PSR A200 keyboard...
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