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independent music • 27 min read

Rupture and possibility: How the coronavirus crisis struck Cairo’s indie music scene

Nada Nabil | Where does music lie in the deafening quiet of a deadly pandemic?

25 May 2020

detox • 23 min read

Detox | What now?

Alright, so we’re in isolation. What are we supposed to do now?

28 March 2020

detox • 23 min read

Detox | Powering through the shortest month

Our guide to help you unwind over the weekend

7 February 2020

electronic music • 14 min read

Exploring Makimakkuk’s multidimension

Maha ElNabawi | Makimakkuk’s music is intensely earworming; her ad-libs burrow so deeply into my psyche

25 July 2019

electro-shaabi • 12 min read

Cosmic innovation: How Maurice Louca changed the rules to make Elephantine

Peter Holslin | It’s almost startling the ways that Louca, 36, has evolved as a musician over the years.

1 July 2019

2018 year enders • 17 min read

Sounds of 2018: Boredom, silence and the music in between

Maha ElNabawi | Maha ElNabawi on the sounds that came out of 2018, puncturing a year of boredom and silence

31 December 2018

electronic music • 16 min read

Mapping Possibilities: Audiovisual collective reimagines live performance

Peter Holslin | “At the beginning, it was just a slogan … Now, we are really mapping possibilities”

2 October 2018

electronic music • 15 min read

Reclaiming the city’s dancefloors: JellyZone

Peter Holslin | A look at the DIY platform attempting to reshape Cairo’s club scene

7 September 2018

electronic music • 9 min read

Found in Translation: From Machine Eat Man to a new band called Majhoul

Yasmin Shehab | One-man band Machine Eat Man and new project Majhoul at Found in Translation

14 September 2017

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