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Maurice Louca “Salute the Parrot” Album Listening Party

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014
8:00pm -> 1:00am
Radio Beirut

Radio Beirut, Beirut Banter radio show & Bekult presents Maurice Louca’s new album “Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan” (Salute the Parrot), followed by a DJ set from Essabbagh. Iraqi oudist Khyam Allami, who’s just recently launched the new label, Nawa Recordings will be in town to discuss Louca’s new album and the label on the Beirut Banter radio show. They’ll also be a chance to hear the album in full, before Essabbagh takes over on the decks.

Maurice Louca is an Egyptian musician and composer born in Cairo where he currently lives and works. He is the co-founder of the bands Bikya, Alif and Dwarves of East Agouza. His critically acclaimed debut solo album Garraya was released in January 2011 on the Cairo-based 100COPIES label. Louca has since lent his formidable sound to numerous projects composing for theatre, film and contemporary visual artists.

Two years in the making, his second album Salute the Parrot is indeed the fruit of such intense reinvention. With myriad new components rendered by a host of guest musicians, he has created a genre-defying work that leaves ample space for fluidity and improvisation, paving the way for unique live renderings of the work to come. Inspired by many influences, from psychedelic to Egyptian shaabi, Louca shatters the confines of musical and cultural labelling with eight genre-defying tracks.

Free Entrance