Bio

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. In 2007, Massar Egbari participated in 2 international festivals, as it played in: Malta Arts Festival in Valletta-Malta and in Barisa Rock Festival in Istanbul Turkey (a three-days festival , 62 bands from more than 6 countries). [u][b]Massar Egbari Awards :[/b][/u] - 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 [link="http://www.euromedcafe.org/swinner.asp?lang=ing&documentID=841 "]Kol El Khal'[/link] (written by: Salah Jaheen and composed by: Ayman Massoud) was selected to get a Special Recognition Award. - In 2006, Massar Egbari’s song [link="http://www.euromedcafe.org/swinner.asp?lang=ing&documentID=4705 "]‘Taam El Byout’ [/link](written by:Abd El Rehim Mansour and composed by : Ayman Massoud) was selected to get a special award in Other Songs Contest. And the song stayed the most listened song on the Euromef café website for months. [u][b]Other News :[/b][/u] - Massar Egbari released a remix of their song ‘Massar’ in the CD called Remix 2006. The song was recorded in a workshop with Arab musicians.Featured musicians: Adel El Louzi (violin) from Morocco, Donia Hattab (Flute) from Tunisia, Orwa Saleh (Bass) and Yazen Al Hazim (Drums) from Syria and Wael El Sayed (Accordion) from Egypt. - Massar Egbari recorded one of their songs in the compilation CD ' Kawalis Masr vol.2'. The CD will contain 5 songs for 5 Egyptian Independent bands. The CD will be released in 2008. - Massar Egbari joined the Lebanese pianist and singer Mike Massy in his tour in Egypt in January 2007. - The band members run their own studio Hi-Hat Music Studio since 2005. The studio hosted two training workshops: sound engineering and Music management and production. Hi-Hat studio also hosted a lot of workshops gathering Egyptian and foreign musicians. In less than 2 years the studio became one of the most important places in the independent music scene in Alexandria.