Mahmoud Fadl

The Nubian Masterdrummer From The Nile Was Born In 1955. Mahmoud Fadl Is A Descent Of A Nubian Family That Is Rooted In The Griot Culture Of The "Battikol" People. He Was Raised In The Egyptian Cities Of Assuan And In Cairo And Started His Musical Career As A Limbo Dancer And Musician For Nubian And Arabic Wedding Celebrations. His Outstanding Talent For Percussion Soon Made Him A Much Sought After Musician For Top Arabic Orchestras And Singers Like Ahmed Adawia Or Nubian Soul Legend Ali Hassan Kuban. After Several International Tours Including Guestplays In Syria Morocco And Greece Mahmoud Fadl Established Himself In Europe To Develop His Own International Solo-Career. Today The Masterdrummer Works And Travels Between The Old Cairo And The New Berlin Which Happens To Be One Of The Traditional Centres Of Science For Nubian Culture. The Nubian Expert Mahmoud Fadl Has Contributed To These Studies About This Legendary But Suppressed Culture As A Musical Director For Four Albums Of His Project "Salamat". Theses Have Been Released By The Internationally Represented And Berlin Based Worldmusiclabel Piranha Records. The Always Busy Ambassador Of "Cairo Cool" Produced So Far Three Widely Acclaimed Albums Under His Own Name. One Album Featuring The Ancient Rhythms All Along The Nile Called "Drummers Of The Nile". Furthermore He Discovered For The Western Market The Outstanding Grandmaster Of Oriental Trumpet Samy El Bably On A Beautiful Album Called "Love Lettres From King Tut-Ank Amen". His Latest Project "Umm Kalthoum 7000" Features The First All Nubian Homage To The Pan-Arabian Diva Umm Kalthoum Presenting The Exceptional Vocal Art Of Salwa Abou Greisha From The Famous Greisha Family Of Nubian Musicians Accompanied By Selected Instrumentalists From The Cairo Opera. Mahmoud Fadl Can Be Heard On A Series Of High Quality Recordings Together With The Klezmatics New York PianOrientalist Maurice El Medioni Marseille/Oran And The Famous Gypsy Saxophone Player Ferus Mustafov Skopje . Cairosonic Also Known As The Drummers From The Nile Is A Traditional Project That Leads The Audience To Another Sphere Of Extatic Rhythm. Cairosonic Are 6 Musicians On Stage 3 Percussionsts 1 Accordionplayer One Flutist And A Bellydancer. read less