Younger producer, pianist and chaabi insider, Gelba, premieres “Yellow” a electro-pop and chaabi combine that encapsulates the artist’s background within the up-and-coming Egyptian digital and rap scene.
As a part of a documentary collection commissioned by COSMOS, Le Guess Who?’s official broadcasting station, we unveil an unique premiere from Gelba, a younger producer from Ismailia, and his new observe “Yellow”. A mixture of electro-pop and mahraganat, the only comes as a bundle testomony to the burgeoning inventive scene throughout Egypt, liberating itself from the stifled woe and malaise of a technology submit Arab Spring. A metropolis in north-eastern Egypt, located on the west financial institution of the Suez Canal, the documentary teaser reveals a bunch of rowdy Egyptian youths lighting flares and celebrating the inventive power of Gelba’s stay efficiency.
Making music for the final 10 years, Gelba has but to interrupt into his personal with solely 2 tracks to his identify thus far, the 2020 “Coma” and the more moderen “Halla bel 3wda” with Egyptian feminine rapper Dareen Salama. Previously Gelba has labored with artists singer-songwriter Hamza Namera, producing Egyptian rapper Mousv’s MAQSOUM album, or as a backup pianist for the dramatic and unbiased Hawas band proven within the opening of the documentary. Throughout a anniversary efficiency, the lead singer of Hawas introduces Gelba by saying, “I don’t know if he performs chaabi, or electro, or r&b or what he’s doing precisely, or disco, however he is excellent at what he does,” earlier than Gelba enters right into a piano solo. Nevertheless, in the remainder of the documentary characteristic we shortly notice Gelba’s essential function within the chaabi-trap music scene, producing, performing and betting on the subsequent technology of rappers and artists who’re banking on Egypt’s latest sound. Now, taking inspiration from this new scene, his household’s musical background and the traditional strings of simsimiyya music, Gelba has ventured onto his personal creative path.
The documentary to be featured on COSMOS might be premiered on Sunday 20:00 – 21:00 at Pandora Lobby – TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht Netherlands brings collectively a complete slate of different younger artists like Gelba who’re pushing the nation’s musical boundaries. As a part of the annual Le Guess Who? Competition, which PAM might be in attendance, the pageant is specializing in native scenes this from Kurdistan-Iraq, India, Egypt, Brazil, Mexico, Sudan, China and Palestine with 30-45 min audio-visual content material to every Embassy to be premiered on-line. Egyptian Roots might be a part of this choice which is able to unveil the early work of Gelba and different tastemakers all over the world.
