BIOGRAPHY
The team chose the name referring to the High Dam in Egypt, for which reason the building has flooded the Nubian area in Egypt and Sudan .That causes the vanishing of its cultures and traditions, which was distinguishing this region in language, music, poetry, dances, art, colors and outfit.
formed in 2012, High Dam band works on the reproduction of the Nubian Folkloric music in a contemporary technique by adding modern instruments and a divertive distribution. Some of which are fast pace and others with the multi-musical passion of the team members of different nationalities and backgrounds.
Despite that the Nubian culture seems to be spreading, the team members were interested to extend more, reaching a larger audience. High Dam band concerts are full of harmony , using sentences that characterizes their songs to synchronize with the audience such as “Negrita” their most famous ”I am an Egyptian,Nubian,African,Arab” , built a strong desire to open up the Nubian culture widely welcoming other cultures inevitably.
In 2017 High Dam band brought the connection with the audience into the scene, as they have introduced the Nubian culture in their clothes and stage performance using uniforms such as “Dashiki” and “Sapiurs” .A great evolutionary progress has been noticed as they wrote new songs and seeking to integrate in workshops with musicians from central and West Africa to access new and different allocations
BAND MEMBERS
Hassan Fares(JAMAICA)
Jamaica is the main singer of the band and a percussionist .. His African musical background controls his strong performance and presence on the stage which helps him interacting with the audience .
Mohamed Gomaa
Gomaa is one of the founders of the band , and member of the management team .. He is a percussionist , plays Djembe , shakers and some other western percussions .. His passion and influence for Latin music appears in his energy and performance on stage .
Ahmed Khairy
Even though he grew up in Alexandria , he failed to forget the culture of his native country in Nubia although he is interested in many types of music... He plays the oriental percussion . He is one of the founders and member of the management team .
Boniwani
He came from Juba in South Sudan 25 years ago to stay in Alexandria .. He is a music teacher and plays music daily in the Sudanese general club .. He is the main composer and arranger of most of the songs and he is the lead guitarist of the band … a living legend .
Karim Mostafa(JOOLA)
Joula joined the band recently in 2017 , as he was a member in other bands. He is the keyboardist . He plays a huge role in composing and arranging the band tracks which gives different taste and fusion because of his various musical background.
Ahmed Abdelreheem(REMO)
Remo joined the band in 2014, He worked as band manager of several bands . Remo is the bass guitarist and member of the management team .. He is interested in Western music in general and has a wide musical background.
Karim Mahmoud ( Kisho)
Kisho is the youngest member of the band , he plays drums as he learned a lot from his great teacher and best friend “Simo” in a very short time – two months before joining the band in 2012 . Kisho is seeking to merge the Africa and the Nubian music despite that the drums is not a main instrument in the Nubian heritage.