/ Zeid and Maryam
DRM - Democratic Republic of Music / 06.10 / 23:00
Godfather of Lebanese underground music Zeid Hamdan, founder of the iconic band Soap Kills teams up with young Egyptian singer Maryam Saleh, known for her covers of Sheikh Imam, the famous satirical singer of 70’s Egypt.
Zeid came to Alexandria in 2010 and met Maryam. They quickly recorded together a few tracks in a room of Cairo. Then, they released the demo “Watan el Ak” (Nation of Chaos) in 2011, that epicts the current state of affairs in post-Mubarak Egypt.
This is a new Arabic electro-pop sound: Maryam’s powerful singing in Egyptian dialect merging with Zeid’s funny electro-pop loops. Songs burst with energy, making you both dance and think. You’re warned, Sheikh Imam goes electro.
