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Ahmed Younes, aka YUNIS, is an Egyptian experimental producer based between Paris and the west Delta province of Kafr El-Dauwar. A self-taught musician, YUNIS has developed deep interest and extended Research in traditional/trance music and rituals. Owner of poignant production style and also a proficient Live performer, YUNIS has toured extensively across Europe and has been artist-in-residence at the prestigious Nyege Nyege label from Kampala, Uganda, and at Cité Internationale des Arts, in Paris, France, where he’s been developing a cross-disciplinary project with dancers. In his working method, Yunis values an approach of cross-pollination, syncretism, and experimentation. While genre-bending is at the root of his artistic method, he believes in the sacredness of the traditional musical forms he draws from. Moreover, a prominent issue throughout his work is the characterization of “cultural revival.” In speaking about his work - or various musical genres such as Shaa’bi, Zār, Mouled, and Takhmir - musicians, artists, critics, and writers often characterize the practice as “cultural revival.” However, Yunis sees that his work subverts this characterization, as he treats these traditional genres as living, evolving, artistic forms, as opposed to stagnant, historical, artifacts that need to be “revived.”.
Yunis brought his vision of contemporary wedding music to life in his debut solo album The Blue Djinn Dance (November 2019, KDR) after producing an earlier collaborative record with Ibrahim X, Ya Khal (September 2019, KDR) where he brought the Egyptian practice of wedding MC-ing to the studio for the first time in collaboration with Suliman; the label art director.
In his latest music release, Mulid El-Magnoun (KDR, February 2021), Yunis worked on distilling the popular Egyptian moulid practice and its various manifestations in Egyptian folklore, while closely examining the space between moulid in its Sufi form, with its rhythmic patterns and instrumentation, and as a genre with gritty aesthetics originating from folk weddings.
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Live performances
Bandcamp
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
KAFÉ HÆRVERK, Hausmanns gate 51, 0182 Oslo, Norge,Oslo, Norway
