El Kontessaالكونتيسة
About the Project
Nos Habet Caramel, El Kontessa's debut album, brings together 7 sample-heavy, beat-driven tracks with accelerating polyrhythms, echoing Mahraganat percussion, vocal hits, bursts of synths and fragments from Cairo's sonic landscape.
Bringing together her production and experience as a DJ, El Kontessa navigates those two worlds seamlessly, creating a condensed and shorter DJ-like structure with every track.
Like the artwork, illustrated by El Kontessa herself, the album takes on slippery shapeshifting forms that seem to dissipate just as they solidify. The sounds of ‘Nos Habet Caramel’ are oversaturated, entangled yet fluid, carrying in them a sense of longing that is constantly disrupted and changing.
Released on July 28, 2023
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All tracks produced and recorded by El Kontessa
Artwork: Art direction and typography by Yazan El Zubi
Illustration by Fajr Soliman
Mixed by Ismael Hosny
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Biography
El Kontessa, is the stage name of Cairo-based producer, DJ, and multidisciplinary artist Fajr Soliman, her city comes alive. In her voice, Cairo’s soundscapes are deconstructed, combined withstrokes of different music genres, and turned into multilayered sonic explorations. Since debuting in 2018, she has been a staple of Egypt’s alternative music scene, thanks to features on label irish’s ‘did you mean: irish’ compilations and international outlets such as Vice, Boiler Room, and NTS Radio. El Kontessa has also crossed over, performance-wise, outside of Egyptian borders, as she has played esteemed venues and festivals across Africa and Europe.
Only sounds that tremble through usفقط اصوات ترتعش في أجسادنا
Kam Min Jannehكم من جنّة
Muyassar Kurdi - Mountains of Poetryميسّر كردي - جبال / أشعار
