Thursday, June 20, 2013

AP PHOTOS: From Egypt's street, a new techno sound

In this Saturday, April 6, 2013 photo, Egyptian ladies dance during a "Mahraganat" Arabic word for "festivals," concert by music singers, in Cairo, Egypt. A new musical sound emerged from the underground in Egypt since the country's 2011 revolution, a rapid-fire electronic beat, mixed with hypnotic rhythms drawn from religious festivals and fired up with auto-tuned vocals. Besides getting club crowds dancing all night long, it has given a rebellious voice to long marginalized youth, telling stories of everyday life in beaten-down neighborhoods of Cairo. ( AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) CAIRO (AP) — "We tell the stories of our people, words that come up from our alleys, listen to me to understand" — from the Mahraganat song, "El-Rab El-Masri" (Egyptian Rap) by Sadat, Fifty and Haha.








via Entertainment News Headlines - Yahoo! News

No comments:

Post a Comment