Mohamed Bash

Mohammed Yousef Al-Bash was born on November 6th, 1982 in Syria, and he’s currently 26 years old. Since he was a young child, Moh’d’s love for music was obvious. His musical talent flourished by playing the guitar at an early age, which he instantly got attached to. Soon, Bash started composing his own songs, from melody as well as lyrics. Flamingo is the favorite genre of music for him, his father said in an interview that his son used to lock himself in his room practicing for countless hours almost every day. Mohamed Bash has a unique musical taste, his favorite singers are Marwan Khoury, Wael Kfoury, Ragheb Alama and Shereen Abdel Wahab.Bash is a family loving son, as described by his father. He is the kind of a person who could be described as a “Home Boy”. Mohamed’s favorite cuisine is the Italian; he is addicted to Pizza and Chicken pastas.

Yasser Habib

Yasser Habeeb is an innovative, enterprising producer and Arabic/Gulf –Oriental crossover singer from the UAE. He started his career in 1992 and was heavily involved in studio production work for a number of local artists but it was in the summer of 2000 when Yasser approached EMI Music Arabia with his Indian influenced mystical song “Elama” that his artistic career really took off.His first album was released by EMI in January 2001 and was an immediate success helped by massive radio airplay, such that on 3rd February 2001, he was presented by EMI Music Arabia with a prestigious Gold Disc for sales of the album just one week after release. The album was self titled and produced with most of the songs composed by the artist himself and with lyrics by popular poets including Abdullah Al Shamisi, Ahmed Hijazi, Tarad and others.The songs – unusually for a Gulf Artist – vary in style, speed and influences, and range from Persian to Indian to Turkish.From then on Yasser was approached by media from throughout the Middle East including Qatar, Bahrain, and Muscat where he toured.After his huge success in the GGC countries, Yasser was invited to Lebanon and Jordan for more exposure and coverage, where he appeared on the TV’s, and was featured in all major publications.Yasser has been approached by EMI’s India office to do a duet with leading singers of India, to break into the markets of the largest Asian subcontinent and also benefit from MTV Asia coverage.The song “Elama” has been included in a number of top selling compilations including the most successful Arabic compilation of all time – NOW Arabia – which has been released worldwide and achieved Platinum status in territories as far flung as Chile.Yasser’s follow up album “Mitghayer” – again self produced – released in April 2002, includes the salsa influenced dance track “ Carnaval Mitghayer” which is the first video clip taken from the album, and the Indian influenced “Khanak Zamanak”.Last.Fm

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