A terrific artist who has recently appeared on our radar is Palestinian indie singer Terez Sliman. An exceptional voice and talent which she puts to use in a variety of ways, through her solo work or in plays, or with accomplished Portuguese musicians as part of the project Mina WorldMusic. Qasida Fi Zujaja (Poem in a Bottle)…
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…
It’s been a fruitful year for independent and quasi-independent music in the Middle East. It has seen a spurt in budding genres making headway across the region, such as Hip Hop and Electronic music. But when it comes to what listeners on Dandin are checking out, Tarab, Pop and Arabic Rock still rule the roost. Here are the ten…
يوجد لدى الإسكندريّة ما يمكن أن أصفه بسلاح ذو حدّين، و هو نوع من الإنقطاع الزمني عن العاصمة، ففي حين أجد -و في رأيي الشخصي- أن الإسكندرية تعاني من شكل من التأخر في الحقبة الزمنيّة، مما يعطي لها ملمساً في المزج بين عناصر تتواجد في زمنين مختلفين، و ليس كأن الفنّان يعيد إحياء تراث مثلاً،…
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…
One of the things we found most striking about Dina El Wedidi is her age. We’ve heard of her for quite some time naturally, whether as a solo artist or with the Nile Project or sharing the stage with the legendary Gilberto Gil. And yet she’s only 27. In such a short time she’s managed to win…
Hear the New Releases playlist here. Loads of new stuff on Dandin in this latest iteration of the New Releases playlist. First up is Dandin’s first Tunisian artist, Fusam, and his track The Dance of the Flickering Flame. Next up is the track Chaos in Japan off of BluFrank’s latest album. That’s followed by Karset Nevin…
It’s been a year since the launch of Dandin as an audio platform for the Middle East. And it has been a joy to discover such varied talent along the way from a still nascent, but burgeoning, movement. Whether in music, poetry or other audio formats, the snapshot of this past year has been heady and wildly eclectic.…
Classic stylings inform the latest episode of the Dandin Show, which is all about modern takes on the traditional sounds that are resonant here. Combined, the five track selection offers a mix of strong vocals, virtuoso instrument playing and searing lyrics. The show begins with Fayrouz Karawya lending her voice to the writings of the tenth-century Sufi poet Mansur …
Sour, dour and proud is the default setting at which we usually operate here deep in the recesses of Dandin towers so it’s exceedingly rare that we might find anything enchanting, rarer still that we’d admit it. The artist that has forced our hand on both counts is Nadah El Shazly and if anyone could disarm you thirty…
UPDATE: The album is now out and can be heard here. Only a day to go before the release of HA! the new album by Hello, Psychaleppo. The Syrian artist has created a new project that expands on his style, a style which fuses old school Arabic heritage music with electronic sounds. The mix is heady. Having already…
The Discover page on Dandin. This is where you can find all the artists on the website and can further split into categories (music/stories) and genres (rock, electronic, alternative etc). You can also view it by artist or track and on the top left you can see the most listened and most liked. It’s a…
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