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Wax Tailor in Athens
18 March 2017 | Time 20.00
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18 March 2017 | Time 20.00
#Wax_Tailor is one of the leading voices of the instrumental hip-hop and #downtempo scenes. With 4 albums under his belt as well as 2 live albums, over 600 shows in 50 countries, he entices fans worldwide with a unique musical blend of #Hip_Hop, #Soul and #Funk enhanced by a sense of storytelling akin to a film director’s.
Maysa Daw, a fresh and charismatic voice
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| Maysa Daw, singer ©Hanna Hazzan |
Les Culturelles love discovering new artists and songs. We found Maysa's video (below) on Facebook.She decided to follow her dreams by launching an indiegogo campaign in order to release her first solo album. We were impressed by her voice and will to fight for her love for music and decided to interview her. Although, Maysa's songs are in Arabic this was not an obstacle for us to enjoy her lovely voice.
Maysa lives in Jaffa, so we Skyped in order to prepare this interview for you. She gladly accepted to introduce herself and work with us
Maysa, could you tell us a few things about you and how you started singing?
I grew up in an artistic home, and was raised
in the art world. I started singing since I was very young. I had my first
show in theatre at the age of 7 and first singing show at the age of 10. I always loved
performing. When I was fifteen I started professional vocal lessons. Three years later I
started writing my own music and performing with amazing local artists, like TootArd and Ministry of Dub-Key. I started studying music in TLV in
Muzik-school for creation and production in 2012. During my studies I took types of music lessons,
like producing, sound but also singing writing and composing. A year later I
joined the amazing DAM and together we released “Who You Are”.
Maysa's indegogo campaing for her new album
What is music for you and what do
you want to achieve through your work?
Most of us, if not all of us, feel lost. We have an identity crisis. I always say that I got into arts before
I even knew anything about politics, and it’s true. Although, I hate
politics I don’t have another choice but to deal with it. As a Palestinian citizen it’s
brought into my daily life regardless if I want it or not.The more I get into
performing the more I realize that I have the privilege of singing and telling our
story when a lot of people can’t. I want to share our story not because I
want everyone to accept us but because hate is brought into our life through the media propaganda. I have a voice that I can use to express what a lot of us want to say but cannot. It is for the rest of the world, the Arab world, and mainly for ourselves. The
way media portraits us evokes the world's hatress against us. The worst of all is that it’s making us hate ourselves and our traditions. It’s dividing
us by making us believe that we are not worthy and that we are bad.This is the idea that I want to fight. I want us to be proud of what we really are and not create hate. Loving yourself when everybody else is trying to make you hate
yourself, this is what I call true resistance.
live performance of the song "Enough"
You are now working on your first
album, could you share with us a few things about it?
My upcoming album “Between City
Walls” is my final project for my last year of studying. I worked on it during my
last year in Muzik with two great friends ,Ohad Manor and Gil Meir, who were also classmates of mine back then. It was
our final project.The album is recorded and almost ready and will be out soon!
It has 8 tracks, all in Arabic except one that is English. It was so much fun working on it
because I got to experience in many genres of music through it, and that’s the
thing I like about it. You can feel that each song has a different touch and a
different vibe. It was very experimental and eye opening for me.
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| The cover of the album "Between City Walls" ©Hanna Hazzan |
If you would chose one piece of this album which one would
you distinguish?
One of my favorite parts of the
album is actually not a song. It’s a musical piece called “Radio”. Instead
of singing lyrics, I had a few interviews with people, adults and kids from two
Palestinian refugee camps near Bethlehem, Al-Azza and A’ida refugee camps. It is sad when the adults talk on the other hand there is so much hope and innocence when the
kids speak. They are so honest it’s really unbelievable. English translation will be
available once the album is out!
Music video by Shaun Warner, Maysa Daw performing We Are One. © 2016 Shaun Warner, under exclusive license to Universal Music MENA
What are you currently
doing/planning regarding your work?
Right now I want to share the
album with everybody and start moving forward. We (DAM) are starting to work on
a new album soon. I’m so excited about that! I love collaborating with
other artists, so I’m pretty much looking forward to what life is gonna bring
me next.
Maysa Daw, singer © Hanna Hazzan
The album "Between City Walls" will be released soon and we are looking forward to listen to all tracks.
We would like to share with all of you that despite a great voice Maysa is definitely a great person.
We need people like Maysa ,people who can teach us that there is always hope.
We can guarantee that Maysa's voice will impress you all.
Special thanks to Hanna Hazan for the photos.
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Good luck Maysa!
