Shuffle | April 24 - May 7

We’re back with another installment of our flagship cocktail playlist,‘Shuffle’, this time bringing you a hefty selection of new regional releases across every kind of genre and style.

The playlist features Egyptian-Sudanese alt-pop shapeshifter Nxdia with ‘More!’, a provocative, hard-hitting tune that explores themes of desire and the intensity of new love through the compelling electric and punk feel that Nxdia is known for. Then, we have the trailblazing Italian-Palestinian artist TÄRA with ‘Ya Helwe Ciao’, a powerful rendition of the famous Italian resistance song, ‘Bella Ciao’.

Next up on the list is the Egyptian singer Donia Wael with ‘Shams W Amar’, a sweet and melancholic tune co-produced by Hatembas and rap superstar Marwan Moussa. We also have Turkish-born artist INJI turning messy situationships into a fearless dance-pop banger, ‘U WON’T’. The track is accompanied by a music video, shot on a shoestring budget, that oozes with DIY grit and raw emotional power.

The playlist also features rising Kuwait-based Lebanese-Syrian artist Rita Malek with an afro-inflected pop, ‘Ya Dunyay’, from her upcoming debut EP, along with fresh tunes from Hawas, Vinyl Mode, Sami Galbi and more.

TRACKLIST:

TÄRA - Ya Helwe Ciao

Mazyn - 7ala Ayami

R3hab - Right Here, Right Now

Husa & Zeyada - Wla Wla (Vinyl Mode remix)

Nxdia - More!

Shah, Kassar - Ghazala Bayda

Roufaida - Silver Linings

Rita Malek - Ya Dunyay

Soraya - Sugar Origami

Elmiene, Timbaland, Rance 1500 - Someday

INJI - U WON'T

Shkoon - Mili

Sharake - Ya Habibi

Donia Wael - Shams W Amar

Anna Zaatar - Come By

Hawas - Bashawer

Naham Saleh - دنيا دايرة

Nada Nader - Msh Ananeya

Cleo - 3asal

Marwan Moussa x Donia Wael - SAM3AAK

Lina Makoul - Radiya

Dal!a - Ndoor

Amira Jazeera - Deadline

Sami Galbi - L’MJMR

Banna - It Goes Like This

Claudia Khachan & Ziad Moukarzel - Gone Beginnings

Almas x Gelba - ELHAZ