Garraya is Maurice Louca's Debut
album, with songs composed  and produced
over the last couple of years. the charged, concrete melodies, and rhythm's
create music that borders between the vastness of landscapes, and the
repetitive intensity of a confined space.

compilation #1

A
selection of 100COPIES MUSIC releases of the past 4 years, including
live recording sessions from the 100LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL of
various artists featuring tracks from: Ahmed basiony, staalplaat
soundsystem, hassan khan and many others. 

*Track list

01- Audiology  I  mahmoud refat

02- Bir Khalda  I  kareem lotfy

03- Tabla dubb #16  I  hassan khan

04- Pleasure and opening  I  adham hafez

05- Betrayal  I  bikya

06- Dharma  I  ramsi lehner

07- Gasha mwali  I  kareem lotfy

08- Bo-za set (excerpt) I  iqbit

09- Copia (excerpt)  I  ahmed basiony
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dirty zeyda is a condensation of alot of samples and materials i'v been
collecting and building over the past few years,mainly driven from mass
media,arab sat,t.v,radio,tapes. some are recorded by laptop,some
recorded by a very primitive tape recorder,to have a domestic sound
quality and varying frequencies at the end.

Bikya debut release is composed of tracks writen over the last two
years, which is evident in the variation of styles and sounds between
the tracks. Bikya sound is very beat oreinted, with layers of acoustic
and electronic sounds, subtle melodies structured in song format.

Definition is a compilation of different technical explorations, ideas and approaches. However, despite technical differences and styles, they all explore the mundane attempting to grasp something a bit more tangible than the repetitive nature of itself. Even melodic sequences weigh heavy and proceed lazily. It is possible that through the repetitive nature of some of the work, the tracks inspite of being mundane become alive and more layered on levels beyond actual hearing. The sounds themselves tend to be electro-organic in some cases or very low and dirty in others, possibly as a reflection of our day to day encounters with ourselves and surroundings.

tabla dubb uses a foundational element in popular Egyptian musical culture (the tabla) as the basic building block of a music that works with structure and texture, tension and release, repetition and difference. Samples from various sources (from Fouad El Mohandes to Abd El Baset Hamouda, from Gregorian Chanting to Abd El Azim El Atawany) are an integral part of the sound world being created, buried deep within the mix these references are not used as decoration as much as a secret spark, a ghost in the machine. This is a music that aims to be charged, urgent, haunted, intense and dangerous.

Music For a Small Room
This creation consists of several tracks, ranging in style and duration. It started with an experimentation with sounds, trying to see the possibilty of sounds carrying meaning while avoiding falling into traps of aesthetics or musical styles and forms. With this awareness, I worked on different themes like pleasure, or loosing hope, or ideas as being idle and waking up to life.  read more »

the work of zimoun is more in a style that is related to Pan Sonic, but without the highly rhythm groove. Zimoun's music is entirely rhythm based, but these rhythms aren't for dancing. His work bears similarity to that of Goem: minimal to the bone, always rhythm inspired, but not necessarily dance music per se. Rhythms aren't made of machines here, but are rather short loops of white noise and static. Quite a nice one this one. text from "vital weekly"

The recent work of mahmoud refat is based on memories of locations and situation that has been experienced between 2002 and 2005. Working with the raw sound material and field recordings that has been recorded in the past 3 years, and dealing with them in the present time and state of mind.
" It is is always fascinating what i find in my older sound material,and how i recognize them. it opens all possibilities to those hidden aspects and emotions of one regular reality " Refat says.  read more »