Beirut

What to expect when one of the most eclectic and prolific producers of the Lebanese underground scene steps behind the decks?

On June 21, for the Fête de la Musique at the SUBS in Lyon, Zeid Hamdan presents a DJ set that moves through the many musical territories that have shaped his journey as a producer and musician. A pioneering figure of Lebanon's independent music scene, he has spent more than two decades exploring a remarkably wide spectrum of sounds — from trip-hop to alternative Arabic rock, from experimental electronics to pop textures and reimagined Middle Eastern grooves.

This DJ set is a natural extension of that trajectory: a free-flowing journey through the sounds that have influenced his productions and those that continue to inspire his work today. Between rare tracks, electronic rhythms, unexpected influences, fragments from the Middle East and remixes of classics from Arabic music, the selection unfolds like a story in motion.

More than just a DJ set, it is an immersion into the musical imagination of a producer who has never stopped blurring the boundaries between genres, scenes and cultures.

Zeid Hamdan

Lyon

Dance People Festival

Abaya Road is the latest of Zeid Hamdan's projects. This umpteenth musical formation allows this hyperactive producer to have fun with pop and dancing remixes of great classics from the Lebanese, Syrian and Arab repertoire in general. He is accompanied this time by two young singers, Jeanne Humbert (John), harp guitarist with a fragile and suave voice and Celine Khoury who with nuance and assurance handles the different techniques of Arabic singing. But it will also be no surprise if the group launches into some reinterpretations of the great classics taken from some 20 albums that Hamdan has to his credit and from his many titles that marked the Lebanese post-war generation.

Zeid Hamdan

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