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Massar Egbari
was founded in 2005
The band members created that sarcastic name for the band since they
felt that the society is trying to imply its power over people
starting from their childhood till the day they die.
This social power wants to stereotype everything including the way
we think and feel, leaving no space for creation and innovation.
Massar Egbari presents music and songs talking about our social
problems. Love is not our main concern although it represents a part
of our songs.
Through the members' different musical backgrounds, the band is
presenting a kind of Alternative Egyptian Music, mixing rock, jazz
and blues with some Oriental music.
Sakia El Sawi - October 008
The band members created that sarcastic name for the band since they
felt that the society is trying to imply its power over people
starting from their childhood till the day they die.
This social power wants to stereotype everything including the way
we think and feel, leaving no space for creation and innovation.
Massar Egbari presents music and songs talking about our social
problems. Love is not our main concern although it represents a part
of our songs.
Through the members' different musical backgrounds, the band is
presenting a kind of Alternative Egyptian Music, mixing rock, jazz
and blues with some Oriental music.
In 2007, Massar Egbari started its international musical career as
it participated in 2 international festivals: Malta Arts Festival in
Valletta-Malta and in Barisa Rock Festival in Istanbul - Turkey (a
three-days festival , 62 bands from more than 6 countries).and in
2008, the band participated in the Biennal of young artist from
Europe and the Mediterranean (Puglia2008) in Bari – Italy.
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Massar Egbari Awards :
- Massar Egbari won the Prize for The Best Band Performing Original
Songs in Arabic in the The first International Occidental Music
Competition held in Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2006.
- Ayman Massoud won the prize for the Best Keyboard Player in the
same competition. The Juries were Dr.Rageh Daoud, Dr. Nevine Allouba,
Yehia Ghannam, Mohamed Saas Basha and Sherif Nour.
- Ahmed Hafez won the prize for the best Bassist in the Second
International Occidental Music Competition in 2007.
- Hany El Dakkak won the prize for the best Vocalist in the same
competition.
- Massar Egbari also won a Special Award in Other Songs Contest 2005
organized by the Euromed Café. 104 songs from more than 20
Mediterranean countries participated in the contest and the band's
song Kol El Khal' (written by: Salah Jaheen and composed by: Ayman
Massoud) was selected to get a Special Recognition Award.
http://www.euromedcafe.org/swinner.asp?lang=ing&documentID=841
- In 2006, Massar Egbari’s song ‘Taam El Byout’ (written by:Abd El
Rehim Mansour and composed by : Ayman Massoud) was selected to get a
special award in Other Songs Contest. And the song stayed the most
listened song on the Euromef café website for months.
http://www.euromedcafe.org/swinner.asp?lang=ing&documentID=4705
Other News :
- Massar Egbari released a remix of their song ‘Massar’ in the CD
called Remix 2006. The song was recorded in a workshop with Arab
musicians.Featured musicians: Adel El Louzi (violin) from Morocco,
Donia Hattab (Flute) from Tunisia, Orwa Saleh (Bass) and Yazen Al
Hazim (Drums) from Syria and Wael El Sayed (Accordion) from Egypt.
- Massar Egbari recorded one of their songs in the compilation CD '
Kawalis Masr vol.2'. The CD will contain 5 songs for 5 Egyptian
Independent bands. The CD will be released in 2008.
- Massar Egbari joined the Lebanese pianist and singer Mike Massy in
his tour in Egypt in January 2007.
- The band members run their own studio Hi-Hat Music Studio since
2005. The studio hosted two training workshops: sound engineering
and Music management and production.
Hi-Hat studio also hosted a lot of workshops gathering Egyptian and
foreign musicians. In less than 2 years the studio became one of the
most important places in the independent music scene in Alexandria.
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