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Sabry Elkoshairy
“Searching for the ultimate blend”
In the music scene in Egypt Sabry ElKoshairy is still a well known and very much respected musician because of his original compositions. When his original oriental pop songs were released in the early eighties, the general public in Egypt was not yet ready for it. His ideas were criticized, his new genre of music was rejected, it was simply daringly different and shockingly new . Some people criticized his music even before listening to it. One thing is certain, most serious musicians adored his music as well as a great deal of youngsters. About 20 years later, his idea of blending Western and oriental music has become an international music trend. That gives me enough satisfaction, says Sabry, for myself. I do not need more recognition. I know I was at least one of the very first founders of that genre of music, if not the very first.
Sabry started his musical career in 1970 as a singer while he was studying engineering in his home town Minya in upper Egypt. He had become a celebrity at the university, even when he was still a student. He introduced a very original idea for university concerts where he performed his original style. Sabry performed with many different bands, traveled to many different places, inside Egypt as well as abroad.: Syria, Jordan, Dubai, Bangkok, Istanbul, Belgium, Norway and Germany. He sang covers of well known pop artists as well as his own songs. Analyzing the differences between Arabic and pop music, he has always been driven by his desire to create the perfect Arabic song in a combination of East and West. His aim was to create a simple song, with international (pop) music arrangements, that could please listeners in Europe as well as in the Middle East.
His first “Ya postagy” tape (in Egypt tapes were more common than albums) was Samira, an old folk song in which he blended African tunes. Samira became a great hit in Egypt in …. 1986
“Yallah bina”, which was a hit in Egypt in the early nineties was actually composed by Sabry. Unfortunately, someone else took the credit for it.
In early 1986 Sabry came out with the first video clip ever in the Middle East: “Ya Postagy” which was the title of his first tape release. Ya Postagy was not well understood by the Egyptian public at that time. Recently, various musicians have approached Sabry to bring out these old songs again, now that the time is ripe for it and oriental/western combinations have become a music trend.
“The way I make music reflects by all means who I am and what I think about the world. Sabry combines East and West also in his personal life. He fell in love with a Dutch girl and now raises his two children in a small village in The Netherlands where he opened his own music studio: Combo New Sound. With is fluent Dutch with a touch of the local dialect, he integrated perfectly well in the laid back culture of rural Brabant. With his never ending enthusiasm for music he supported many starting artists, local projects of amateur-musicians and some projects for handicapped people and he continues to compose new songs. Evry single day.



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Koshairy | about 1 year ago

Hi Varun,
I am very much into the dance music seen lately, here in Holland and belgium a new dance style has broken out, it is called jumb style, I like it a lot and I am involved in a couple of projects for some very talented young people.

Varun | about 1 year ago

Hi Sabry..
Back online after a long time. Been buried under work lately. Nice to see you on MI7 too. What you been upto lately?

longmansleep | about 1 year ago

thumbs up - great!
greetings from southern germany
niko

linda mi7 | about 1 year ago

Hi Koshairy
Like your songs!
Hope to listen to some more.
Best
/Linda

mich56341 | about 1 year ago

Hello Koshairy
Thank you for having a look at my stuff I'm glad you like it .You can cheack out more of my stuff at http://www.arkade.com/default.aspx?a=Mikey_p ,or, http://www.indiestore.com/mikep.and also I do a colab with my friend One Way Ticket called "The Link" you can have a listen at http://www.indiestore.com/thelink .
Have a look let me know what you think.
Thanks again.
Mike

mich56341 | about 1 year ago

Hi
I like your music I love the way you blend diffrent cultures very cool.
Cheers
Mike

Koshairy | about 1 year ago

Hallo Tom,

Heel erg bedankt voor je reactie. Die liedjes zijn nog niet op de markt gebracht daarom heb ik alleen maar promo songs op de site staan. Bovendien ben ik nog steeds op zoek naar goede vocalist.
m.v. groeten
Sabry

Tom Pedroli | about 1 year ago

Tracks klinken erg lekker. Opvallend kort, dat wel. Zomaar?
Karamba ligt erg prettig in het gehoor. Kan wat mij betreft makkelijk 3 a 4 minuten doorlopen.
Groet, Tom

Koshairy | about 1 year ago

Thanks

I was born egyptian but I do live in the netherlands for 20 years now. somehow the egyptian in me is still alive and kicken

Perkalars | about 1 year ago

I think you are our first artist from Egypt, congratulations! I hope you'll enjoy it here,

All the best,

Per

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