Massar Egbari
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Massar Egbari are an Egyptian Band from Alexandria, Egypt
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[edit] The Band
The band members created that sarcastic name for the band since they felt that the society is trying to imply its power over people starting from their childhood till the day they die. This social power wants to stereotype everything including the way we think and feel, leaving no space for creation and innovation.
Massar Egbari presents music and songs talking about our social problems. Love is not our main concern although it represents a part of our songs. Through the members' different musical backgrounds, the band is presenting a kind of Alternative Egyptian Music, mixing rock, Jazz and Blues with some Oriental music.
[edit] Members
Hani El Dakkak : The Guitarist and lead singer was influenced by Blues and Rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler ,and also by the great Egyptian composer and singer Sayed Darwich , Hani created his own style; mixing Blues and Rock with our pure Egyptian melodies. Hani played with many bands like “el Resala”and Khaled Shams group where he added his touch on their music. Hani is interested in Sound Engineering and he worked as a Sound Engineer in Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Ayman Massoud : Ayman (keyboards) started his musical career in “El hob wel Salam”-one of Egypt’s best independent bands- where he played for more than 6 years. As he is interested in Sound and in discovering new styles of music , Ayman participated in lots of workshops on Sound techniques,electronic music, oriental jazz . Ayman played with lots of musicians like the German Blues Guitarist Jurgen Schubert , and joined 16 young musicians from Egypt and other Arabic countries in REMIX workshop organized by Fathy Salama-Winner of The Grammy Award 2005- In 2005 Ayman decided to start his new project “Massar Egbari” with his old friends Toussy and Hafez.
Ahmed Hafez : Ahmed (bass) played with the Egyptian singer Khaled Shams for more than 10 years . They performed in hundreds of concerts and festivals in Egypt , France and Italy. Ahmed is a composer and he composed the sound track for lots of movies , he also writes the lyrics of his songs . He was graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts and he works as a sculpturer . Ahmed participated in the music workshop organized by Fathy Salama in The jesuits cultural center.
Shadi Abdelazim : Shadi and Ayman played together in El Hob Wel Salam for 6 years. Influenced by Oriental music and his studies in classical music, Shadi is considered one of Egypt’s best guitarists. He is also writes the lyrics and composes his songs. And he has his own side project where he plays his originals and songs for Sayed Darwich. Shadi participated in REMIX 2005 with 19 musicians from other Arab countries. In 2005 Shadi’s song ‘Ersem Dayra’ won a special award in Other Songs Contest organized by the Euromed Café.
Tamer Attallah : Known as Toussy. Toussy is the drummer and the electronic man of the band. Influenced by Pink Floyd, he is trying to make a kind of electronic rock. Toussy is also a composer and he composed the soundtracks for many movies and video installations. Toussy released his track “Desert Bomb” in the first Egyptian Compilation CD for electronic music “ELECTRO EGYPT”.
[edit] Awards
-Massar Egbari won the Prize for The Best Band Performing Original Songs in Arabic in the The first International Occidental Music Competition held in Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2006.
- Ayman Massoud won the prize for the Best Keyboard Player in the same competition. The Juries were Dr.Rageh Daoud, Dr. Nevine Allouba, Yehia Ghannam, Mohamed Saas Basha and Sherif Nour.
- Ahmed Hafez won the prize for the best Bassist in the Second International Occidental Music Competition in 2007.
- Hany El Dakkak won the prize for the best Vocalist in the same competition.
-Massar Egbari also won a Special Award in Other Songs Contest 2005 organized by the Euromed Café. 104 songs from more than 20 Mediterranean countries participated in the contest and the band's song Kol El Khal' (written by: Salah Jaheen and composed by: Ayman Massoud) was selected to get a Special Recognition Award.
-Massar Egbari's song 'Taam el byout' (written by Abdel Rehim Mansour and composed by Ayman Massoud) won the same prize in the same competition in 2006.
[edit] TV Appearances
-MAZZIKA TV (SOS Music Festival coverage and interviews). - Dream TV (SOS Music Festival coverage and interviews). - Nile Culture TV (Star Maker program) in 2005. - Nile Culture TV (An Egyptian Tale) in 2006. - CNN World (Barisa Rock Festival Documentary). - TRT (Barisa Rock Festival coverage and interviews). - OTV (Covering the recording session of the band’s song ‘ADDEF’ @ Ganub Studio). - Orbit TV (in the festival held to celebrate Fathy Salama’s Grammy award and BBc award). - OTV (Covering Massar Egbari’s concert @ El Sawy Culture Wheel-May 2007). - Modern Egyptian TV (Covering Massar Egbari’s concert @ El Sawy Culture Wheel - September 2007). - OTV (Covering Massar Egbari’s concert @ El Sawy Culture Wheel - September 2007). - Dream TV (Covering Massar Egbari’s concert @ El Sawy Culture Wheel - September 2007). - Maktoob TV (Interview with the band @ Cairo Jazz Club).
