Yawm El Ghadab Video Released!

Alright, I've finally finished the Yawm El Ghadab video - based on the track of the same name on Shabaka. It was shown on Dream TV, where I hopefully managed to talk about it without making a fool of myself. In any case, you can watch the video here.

Posted by Omar, 22/03/2003

Shabaka on Yallabina.com: You Can Buy It Now!!

Yallabina.com - probably the most frequented English language Egyptian website now has a Shabaka section!

It's linked from yallabina.com's main page - or you can find it right [here] - their ordering page for Shabaka (you pay on delivery) is right [here] !

Posted by Omar, 21/03/2002

Shabaka on Masrawy.com !

Shabaka is now available for sale through masrawy.com - if you've been too lazy to enjoy it - now's your chance! And if you haven't been able to get your hands on a copy, well - what're you waiting for! Check it out!

Posted by Omar, 20/02/2002

It's OUT!

Shabaka has been released! It's out! Well, pretty much! The tape is now available throughout Cairo, and the CD will be released in about two weeks!

Posted by Omar, 14/12/2001

Well, we're almost there...!!!

Okay, things are moving on. The Shabaka tape material is about to be released - expect it out sometime next week or so...the CD will follow soon afterwards, and, as reported earlier, has 4 extra tracks on it.

Meanwhile, Business Today has interviewed us in their December issue, that's out now. Buy the magazine - or read the interview here.

Well, that's all for now, things are finally moving!

Posted by Omar, 5/12/2001

Censorship Hell...

Alright. Things are taking a little more time than expected. The response from the censorship bureau was this - they don't understand the shabaka material - they are mystified by it.

They don't 'get it'...

They are now asking us to explain the tracks. What's to explain? Who knows? But in any case, we have to explain it somehow. So - the record label (Slam!) is now attempting to help the censorship bureau make more sense of the tracks...

Posted by Omar, 27/9/2001

Nothing but the censors...

The Shabaka material is now at the censors, and things are hopefully going smoothly. As soon as it's approved by the censorship authority (yes, they need convincing...) it'll be printed and released.

Posted by Omar, 23/9/2001

CD Mastering Done!

Alright - the full 16 tracks have been mastered. The mastering was done by Mohamad Sakr at the Golden Arts Studio in Sudan St. The tracks have more sub-bass to them, the frequencies are sounding sweeter than ever, and the whole thing just rocks. Wait till you hear it - you'll know what we mean.

Posted by Omar, 27/8/2001