Episode 16 – Kairo

A selection of recent releases by talented producers and singers from Cairo’s dynamic music scene, including artists from the TIMEZONES episode Cairo.

To be released on Spotify November 7, 2023

© private Rama is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ based in Berlin. In 2019, she co-founded the independent Cairo-based music platform irsh. Rama quickly made a name for herself in Cairo’s electronic and dance scene playing at underground parties. She also hosts a monthly show on Noods Radio and is known for drawing from a wide variety of sounds, with no constraints on genres. Follow her on Instagram, Linktree or SoundCloud.

© Eslam Abd-El-Salam Nancy Mounir is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer as well as a key member of Egypt’s alternative music scene. She contributes original music to theatre productions, films, and international art installations. Nancy Mounir plays a range of instruments – including violin, piano, bass, theremin, and the traditional Egyptian bamboo flute called the kawala. She has explored both the harmonic principles of the Western canon and the microtonal foundations of Arabic maqam (musical modes). She recently stepped further into the limelight with her solo debut album Nozhet El Nofous – a transcendent exploration of musical freedom through the lens of century-old archival recordings. She was born in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria and now lives in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp or X.

© private El Waili is the stage name of Egyptian music producer Kareem Gaber from the city of Sohag in Upper Egypt. Kareem Gaber started his music production journey while studying drum and percussion at the Faculty of Musical Education, Helwan University. In 2020, he initiated the El Waili project to experiment with noises and sounds that distinguish his musical persona and to develop his famous “beat drop”. He launched his project with a remix of the Egyptian hit “Elabd Wa El Waili”, “العبد والوايلي”, making his mark in the electro chaabi/EDM music scene. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, X or SoundCloud.

© Fajr Fajr Soliman is a Cairo-based multivisionary artist and producer.