One of the most influential producers and DJs in Cairo’s electronic scene, El Kontessa breaks down her production process step by step.
Tehrangeles Vice traces how exiled Iranian musicians in 1980s LA transformed nostalgia, loss, and freedom into lasting pop culture.
Heavy metal has long served as an outlet for unrest—a place where intensity, conflict, and emotion are shaped into sound.…
Salma Mousa takes aim at Donkey Pop, the latest trend of music meme-ification collapsing socio-cultural context into absentminded catchphrases.
Inside producer Ratchopper’s process, from writing camps to arranger keyboards, and the sound shaping Arab pop today.
How Ziad Rahbani’s Houdou Nisbi blended jazz, satire, and Lebanese reality to lay the groundwork for Arab indie and alternative music.
A self-proclaimed Pop Princess, Amira Jazeera places Palestine at the center of her life – though not necessarily her music.
On Fawzi, Shabjdeed and Al Nather’s “Youmi,” a song that turns routine into ritual, and repetition into resistance.
Gorillaz venture into Levantine shaabi with Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey on ‘Damascus,’ meeting Syrian music on its own terms.
Inside MDLBEAST’s long game: CEO Ramadan Alharatani on building infrastructure, developing talent, and reshaping Saudi Arabia’s music future.
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