Following on from the artists of the year list, it’s time for the top ten albums of the year, as decided by our users. One important caveat before proceeding though; the albums need not have been released in 2015. This is a list of – through a combination of actions on the Dandin website – the most popular…
عبدالرحمن أبوشلوع حين بدأت حديثي معه، أوضَح لي أن المشروع الموسيقي هو ثناءي روك -Rock Duo-، و بالرغم عن إهتمامي بمشاريعه الفنّية عموماً و دروبه المختلفة، وَجِب عليْ أن أسلط الضوء على أوبجت أوبسكيور –Object Obscure– كفريق روك بدلاً من مشروع فردي أو ثنائي، ملفتاً أهميّة لعمليّة العرض الحي على الرغم من خبرته كمهندس صوت…
We’ve been going a little crazy running through the new site and a byproduct of this has been a set of new and updated playlists by genre (though of course we use the term quite loosely). So whatever your poison may be, may you find it on this list. Tarab Playlist: Sonorous voices, searing violins. Hip…
Every so often you chance upon an artist full of talent and promise you can’t wait to hear what’s next to come from them. One becomes more appreciative when recognising the myriad difficulties musicians face in the region. One such musician is Alexandrian native Abdelrahman Abou Shelou, known as The Chikatura. We first came across Shelou…
A lot of music we listen to because it induces a certain relatable mood, one of a myriad of reasons why people like the music they do. Seeing as at Dandin we do what we want when we want (until our mother says otherwise), we’ve come up with a playlist of what we find to be mood…
We often speak of hidden gems in Cairo, places, nooks and crannies that are tucked away within the immensity of the city. It isn’t often you have a walking, talking hidden gem, but Cairo does sport such a thing in Alan Bishop, of Sun City Girls fame. The Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band…
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