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CairoScene
9 hours ago
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- CairoScene
July 10
Shuffle | July 10 - July 23 Here are our picks of the best multi-genre releases from across the region and its diaspora. Over the last fortnight, there has been an influx of fresh jams from across the region and its diaspora, encompassing various genres and styles, from electronic and indie-rock to R&B, pop and shaabi. In this installmet of our bi-weekly cocktail playlist, 'Shuffle', we curated a hefty selection of the best new releases, featuring tracks from Nourine Abouseada, Misty, Xander Ghost and more. Egyptian experimental electronic duo Gazzzz comes through with 'O2tom', a sassy club banger that draws upon funk, garage and synthpop, while rising star Nourine Abouseada teamed up with trailblazing producer and live act Ramez Naguib on a cheeky summer bop 'Bassa Meny'. Italian-Palestinian artist TÄRA locks in with 'Offline', an anthem for high achievers and perfectionists, blending shimmering synths with smooth R&B influences and pop sensibilities. Meanwhile, Paris-based duo Acid Arab reimagines Yasmine Hamdan's 'Hon w Honak' into a dark, dub-heavy tune, and Saudi alternative pop sensation Tamtam revealed a heartfelt single, 'Make it Through'. Built on electro-pop production and expansive vocal performance, the track explores the ache of not fitting in, the hunger for purpose and the quiet courage it takes to keep powering through. Featured also on the playlist is Ma-Beyn's 'Ma3 Elsalama', Xander Ghost with a shaabi-fused track 'Amr Mostafa', and Misty with 'I Won't Stop', a dancefloor-ready tune, featuring Daddy Squad and Tymour. TRACKLIST: GAZZZZ - O2tom Lena Chamamyan, Ramez Naguib - Man Ahwa Nourine, Ramez Naguib - Bassa Meny Raneem Haitham - Bel Abyad TÄRA - Offline Yasmine Hamdan, Acid Arab - Hon w Honak (Remix) Malayka - Ansak Daddy Squad, Misty, Tymour - I Won't Stop Tiara Waheb - Ahla Fatra Aziz Maraka, Disco Beirut - Shayfa Eh Afroto - Cool Nadine El Roubi - Dream Girl Ali Arafa - Trapped Randa Shoukry - Hayaty Mestanyany Husa & Zeyada, Saqib - Bel Ax (Remix) Xander Ghost - Amr Mostafa Tamtam - Make It Through Kamikazem x Karamell - 3ady Ma-Beyn - Ma3 Elsalama
CairoScene
3 days ago
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- CairoScene
Daddy Squad & Misty Team Up With Tymour for ‘I Won't Stop'
'I Won't Stop' is a bright house track from Daddy Squad, Misty and Tymour, landing just in time for summer via Love Attack Records, with a remix by Johannes Albert to follow. Jul 20, 2025 As summer reaches its peak, Daddy Squad teams up with Egyptian artists Misty and Tymour for a new house single on Love Attack Records, offering a vibrant, club-focused release built for high rotation. Titled 'I Won't Stop', the track blends Daddy Squad's signature retro-futurist sound with Tymour's soulful topline - originally co-written with Hatem El Chiati for the song 'Restless' - and Misty's sharp, dancefloor-ready production. The result is a polished, melodic house cut with plenty of groove. Now available across platforms, the single has already earned early support from names like Adam Port, DJ Harvey, Massimiliano Pagliara, Vhyce, and Hard Ton. A remix by Berlin-based Love Attack affiliate Johannes Albert is set to follow on August 15th, promising a bigger festival-ready rework to close out the season.
Time Out
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
I went to a rave at a sex carnival, and here's the fever dream that followed
8:03pm Dear Diary… My Friend Misty is throwing one of its signature parties at the Museum of Sex tonight—a dark, romantic soirée layered with intrigue and sensory pleasures. Very much my scene. If past Misty parties are any indication, we're in for a tantalizing treat. Tonight's affair takes place inside an erotic carnival. Misty tells me to dress the part. I'm wearing a pair of dark green Victorian bloomers. (I love saying 'bloomers.') White cufflinks, a black ruffled corset, and a pair of lacy black stockings, I think I pull it off. Leaning into the carnival theme, I paint my lips like a ventriloquist puppet, with cheekbone hearts and a pink button nose. It's Moulin Rouge-meets-Barnum & Bailey. Just need to find my riding crop, and I'm off for the night… 10:07pm We have arrived. I check in with Alan T, a legend of Miami nightlife, and search for Tam Gryn, the museum's curator. I find her smiling atop the staircase, in a pleated blue skirt with metal studs. Before we hit the dancefloor, Tam walks us through the exhibitions. First is " Modern Sex: 100 Years of Design and Decency," a journey of sexual health mirrored by American media. We marvel at douches from the 1920s. There's a paper from Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. 'Whatever is happening in the world reflects in art, and reflects in sex culture,' Tam tells me. We look at post-World War II advertisements warning soldiers of syphilis. Men are noticeably absent from the ads, placing the safe-sex onus on women rather than the soldiers' own promiscuity. Classic. I giggle at the 'Anal Intruder Set,' sit with reverence on the topic of AIDS, and giggle again when I spot the original Sybian. We move on to the next exhibition, " Hajime Sorayama: Desire Machines." I've seen images of Sorayama's 'sexy robots' before, but nothing like this. Gold and silver cyborgs, entangled and engorged, legs spread across the canvas. Provocative is an understatement. Tam points out the octopus, a classic example of Japanese 'tentacle erotica.' The gallery is rattling with heavy bass coming from the party below. Anticipation is growing. Finally, we reach the famous robots, voluptuous steel sculptures encased in glass. They look so human, and yet, not at all. Fascinating… 10:48pm It's time to party. We hug Tam goodbye and walk through a tunnel of kaleidoscopic art—like entering a portal to another world. Suddenly, we're inside a mossy medieval castle. It smells like Big Red cinnamon gum. A few more steps and we enter the carnival. It's hot and steamy in here, just how Misty likes it. I hope I'll catch her tonight. Misty is always elusive, never in plain sight but always present. I figure she's on the dancefloor. Her two best friends are about to play: David Sinopoli, the founder of Miami's iii Points festival; and Elad Zvi, founder of Bar Lab Hospitality, otherwise known by his DJ moniker, Maccabi. We walk past the bounce house of inflatable boobs and shimmy our way into the crowd. Sinopoli and Maccabi start off hot. I mean red hot. I mean 'Red Right Hand' by Nick Cave hot. I LOVE THIS SONG!! I love this groovy remix. It's precisely the heady, genre-bending music I've come to expect from My Friend Misty. A trio of sexy vixens are dancing above. They look like pin-up girls from the 1950s, dripping in sequins, wearing pointy padded bras. I recognize Elena Lee, the beautiful dancer from Club Space. There's still no sign of Misty, but I think I see Mokibaby, her partner in crime. Maybe I'll ask her—but I'm in no rush. Sinopoli and Maccabi just dropped 'Bang Bang' by Nancy Sinatra, and so, I must dance. 11:39pm More of my friends have arrived—Caro, Juan Carlos, Eli, Jonbo. It's like a clown car, they just keep coming! We meet at the conversation pit, between the giant testicles and the skee ball game, when I see a neon 'Misty' sign out of the corner of my eye. Aha! I walk over and find Mokibaby, a.k.a. Veronica Gessa, the mastermind artist behind the My Friend Misty parties. She's hanging with Ventigoth, a local photographer whom I adore. I try not to fangirl. I fail. They're fun, hot and talented—my favorite combination. They tell me Misty just left, and so I take advantage to chat with Mokibaby. Dressed like a sultry secretary, she tells me about the essence of Misty: her love for cinema and strong female characters, her passion for pleasure and self-pampering. At each of her events, Misty is revealed through interactive vignettes. I think about the time I wandered into Misty's bedroom at Floyd, where Audrey Hepburn movies played on analog televisions. Tonight, it's custom-made playing cards inspired by divination, a nod to carnival fortune-tellers. I play my cards right and score a bottle of Misty's essential oil, handmade by Mokibaby herself. Speaking of the carnival—where on earth is Misty? Has she run away with the circus?! 'Misty is a vaudeville dancer tonight,' Mokibaby says. 'She's probably on stage with Elena performing a burlesque act.' Finally, a lead, I think to myself. Ventigoth snaps a photo. I'm off to search for my friend Misty—but not before some naughty adventure. 2:41am THIS IS SO MUCH FUN. My riding crop is a huge hit (and a great way to shepherd the crowds.) I'm loving all the carnival games, especially 'Glory Stall'. Diary, I dare not tell you how to play, just know you need to tug three times… The music is swirling like the girls riding the mechanical bull. I hear 'Smalltown Boy' and Faithless, a low-vocal edit of Madonna's 'Jump', gothic rock and heavy techno all rolled into one. There's a lady in an alligator mask. Alan T is feeding people slices of cake. Elena and the dancers are binding each other Shibari-style, in full-body leotards that somehow look sexier than anything else they've worn tonight. There's a rumor of an after-party at Jolene in downtown. I'm intrigued, but my feeble friends are weary. (To be fair, we've been here for five hours.) Actually, come to think of it, I'm hungry. Maybe we bounce. 3:32am Dear Diary… I'm writing in pajamas. Pizza rolls are in the oven. Night at the Roxbury is on TV. I feel like a teenage cliché, but truthfully, I'm content. I never did find Misty. Maybe she ran away with the circus after all. At least I got a glimpse into Misty's magical world, even if just for a night. Until next time…
USA Today
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Country singer Ray Stevens undergoes surgery after suffering mild heart attack
Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevens is on the mend. "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival" crooner, 86, behind fan favorite hits such as "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty," as well as the comedic "The Streak," is in recovery after undergoing minimally invasive heart surgery on Monday, July 7, according to a press release shared by Stevens' rep Don Murry Grubbs with The Nashville Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network. Three days prior, Stevens had complained of chest pain and was admitted to a Nashville hospital. After a heart catheterization procedure, doctors determined he'd suffered a mild heart attack, the release said. Stevens' initial surgery was successful, but performances at his West Nashville-based CabaRay Showroom are canceled through July as he recovers. Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, Tony Brown named 2025 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees For six decades, two-time Grammy winner Stevens has been synonymous with the crossover of country's traditions into mainstream pop. That success has yielded the sale of more than 40 million albums, as well as inductions into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Seven years ago, Stevens opened the CabaRay Showroom, a live music venue and dinner theater located in West Nashville. Since then, he has performed hundreds of weekly concerts in the 35,000-square-foot venue, inspired by the feel of an old Las Vegas casino showroom. "The reason I built the CabaRay was I was just tired of the road, tired of traveling or having to get on a plane or bus to go where I needed to perform," the performer said when interviewed by The Tennessean last year. "I'm just doing what I've always done and trying to make music. I love what I do and I do just want to continue to do that as long as I can," Stevens said.
Associated Press
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
The Spotlight on Young Chinese Poets at the 26th Berlin Poetry Festival
From June 8th to June 14th, 2025, under the invitation of the Haus für Poesie (House of Poetry) in Germany, the Chinese cultural non-profit organisation QiaoDong Archway curated the China section of the 26th Berlin Poetry Festival. Participants included Misty poet Yang Lian, young poets Dai Weina, Li Jing, Yin Zixu, Xu Yi, Zhou You'an, and Yu Zhe, as well as scholar Ma Ke and Zhao Tai, lead vocalist of rock music band Mercader. Notably, QiaoDong has established a Sino-German Poetry Translation Workshop dedicated to facilitating mutual translation between Chinese and German poets and nurturing a new generation of young translators. The workshop has already achieved remarkable results, which were presented at the Berlin Poetry Festival. On June 8th, Li Jing, Yin Zixu, and Xu Yi participated in the Reading on Green event held at Berlin's Silent Green, organised by the Haus für Poesie. On June 9th, Yin Zixu engaged in a poetry dialogue and mutual translation session with German poet Michel Decar. On June 10th, QiaoDong hosted a translator roundtable on Sino-German poetry translation, featuring Ye Juntao, Jiang Yufeng, Jin Xiaowan, Zou Yousheng, and Sool Park. On June 12th, QiaoDong organised a bilingual poetry reading session. The Chinese readings were presented by Yang Lian, Dai Weina, Ma Ke, Li Jing, Yin Zixu, Xu Yi, Ye Juntao, Zhang Xuemeng, Zhou You'an, and Yu Zhe; the German readings were performed by Ann Cotten, Janin Wölke, Lara Rüter, Mátyás Dunajcsik, and Michel Decar. On June 14th, QiaoDong hosted a Chinese poetry forum at the Akademie der Künste. The discussion featured Zhao Tai, Li Jing, Yin Zixu, Xu Yi, Zhou You'an, and Yu Zhe, with Dai Weina and Yang Lian delivering an introductory and concluding speech. The event highlighted the independence and complexity of contemporary Chinese poetry, articulating its rich potential for multidimensional development. It also offered a concentrated glimpse into China's current poetic ecosystem – where creative practice transcends boundaries of knowledge, profession, age, and social background. People from all walks of life, in every state of being, are passionately pursuing their own poetry. The Chinese program of the 26th Berlin Poetry Festival marked the first collective appearance of Chinese post-1990s poets on the international literary stage. It enabled the world to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese poetry, presented an important aspect of the literary ecology in China's new era, and demonstrated the value and role of Chinese poetry in global cultural exchanges. Media Contact Company Name: PathIN e.V. Contact Person: Ming Huang Email: Send Email Country: Germany Website: Source: The China Box
