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El Tanbura

El Tanbura are a collective of veteran master musicians, singers, fishermen and Sufi philosophers. For the past 17 years they have been custodians to some of Egypt’s oldest folk traditions at their home in Port Said, at the gate to the Suez Canal. Their music is driven by the seductive call of the Simsimiyya - an ancient lyre dating back to the times of the Pharaohs. The origins of the Simsimiyyia are lost in the mist of time and legend.

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Mahmoud Refat

Mahmoud Refat is a sound artist and musician. He was born in 1974 and lives in Cairo whose work has been released on CD, performed live and installed in spaces. His first CD release "SHIFT" is an experimental electronic album released by Swiss music label ‘Leerraum’ following a residency and concert tour in Switzerland. For the concept album "Construction Sonor" 2003 he experimented with field recordings from the Gotthard tunnel construction.

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Plastic Pippo

Home made house-microhouse-minimaltechno- dj and composer.
Originally from Italy he started playing for fun at friends parties, still at the beginning of his career but he has already played for big clubs in London and Brescia.
His crowd is growing together with his success.

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MTM

Eurovision Song Contest 2001 - Copenhagen
Entry for Portugal Performer: MTM
Song title: Só Sei Ser Feliz Assim
Song writer(s):
Song composer(s): Marco Quelhas Sang in Position: 11
Final Position: 17
Total Points: 18 23 countries participated in the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Lithuania and Greece returned to the contest, replacing the seven countries with the lowest average result in the past five contests: Romania, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia, Finland, Belgium, Austria and Cyprus.

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Zaki

1)Zaki is a danish-egypsien mc which mix hip-hop, reggae, afrobeat, worldmusic, latin toghether and raps in danish, english and spanish.
Released his debut "Musikmosaik" on the D.I.Y. label Helicopter. The album got good reviews but didn't get much attention cause it had a D.I.Y. sound and therefor badly produced.
Zaki is featured on the world music project "Oriental Mood" and in the Betty Nansen Theaters version of "Don Juan".
2)Zaki Ibrahim Sho (Iqra In Orange) District Six Music; 2006

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Ehab Tawfik

Ehab Tawfik (إيهاب توفيق) is an only child, and got married in 2006. He learned how to play the lute as a child, and his love for music started when he was only nine years old. In 1995 he received his Masters Degree for his thesis: "The Egyptian Song in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century". Not satisfied with just a master degree, Ehab worked toward his Doctorate in Music and Arabic singing, completed in April 2002. The doctorate was entitled "The Methods of Performing Arabic Singing in Egypt during the second half of the last century".

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