An undergound icon throughout the Arab world,
YASMINE HAMDAN
presents her mesmerizing debut solo album
Ya Nass


YASMINE HAMDAN became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded in Beyrouth,
which must have been the first indie/electronic band to appear in the Middle East.
The music of Soapkills quickly became the soundtrack to the vibrant, young arts scene which developed in postwar Lebanon,
the band gradually acquired an emblematic status and, to this day, Yasmine is considered as an undergound icon throughout the Arab world.

After working with CocoRosie and French electronic music producer Mirwais,
she's written and produced this mesmerizing debut solo album in collaboration with Nouvelle Vague mastermind Marc Collin.
An elegant, mutant strain of electro folk pop, mysteriously springing from somewhere in the Persian Gulf?…
With acoustic guitars, vintage synths, spellbinding atmospheres and Yasmine's multi-faceted, wonderful voice.
YASMINE will appear in Jim Jarmusch's upcoming movie, singing a song she wrote for the occasion.
 

 
Here's what the press has to say:
 
"If you can feel the emotion, it's for you" - (The Telegraph, UK)
"The modern face of Arabic music" - (The Guardian, UK)
"Arabic Music's Modern Voice" - (New York Times, US)
"Mesmerising..." - (KCRW Los Angeles, US)
 
Watch the video for Samar:


 

YASMINE HAMDAN presents her album :

24 MAY - BBC TWO TV  "Later... with Jools Holland" 
30 MAY - CONCERT @ THE ISLINGTON, LONDON N1 0XT
1 JUNE - BBC RADIO 4 "LOOSE ENDS" (6.20 pm)
2 JUNE - BBC RADIO 3 "WORLD ON 3" (10 pm)
7 JUNE - CONCERT @ La Boule Noire, Paris FR (as part of the Crammed mini-festival)
13 JUNE - CONCERT @ Turmzimmer, Hamburg DE
14 JUNE - CONCERT @ Schlachthof Bremen, DE
15 JUNE - CONCERT @ Gruener Salon, BERLIN DE
16 JUNE - CONCERT @ Respect Festival, Prague CZ
17 OCT - CONCERT @ BUSH HALL, LONDON W12  

Check this link for additional dates