Bosaina

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Bosaina
Also known asBoosykaat
Origin Cairo, Egypt
GenresAlternative, jazz, ambient, industrial, electro, pop
OccupationsMusician, singer-songwriter, artist, model, actress
InstrumentsVocals, synthesizer, piano, sampler
Years active2010 – present

Bosaina is an Egyptian singer, songwriter, producer, art curator, actress, and occasional model best known as the lead vocalist for a number of bands in the Kairo is Koming collective, including Wetrobots, Zuli and Quit Together. [1] She has also pursued a solo project and participated in the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo in 2014, [2] and starred in Touchstone Pictures' first Disney film in the Middle East, The United.

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Career

Bosaina has performed with a number of Cairo-based electronic bands, including Wetrobots, ZULI and Quit Together, [3] through her involvement with the groundbreaking Kairo Is Koming collective. [4] [5] Her shows with the collective are often noted for their electric energy, The Guardian [6] stating that her "post-punk party girl attitude, which blends magically with head-banging blonde locks, high-kicks, and catsuits to create a dizzying spell".

She is also an independent music producer and solo performer, releasing her first EP of ambient and jazz-influenced music entitled 'NY, Apr–Jul 2013' in 2013. [7] Becoming a producer was the next logical step in her career, and on a layover back from a SXSW performance in Austin, Texas she decided to stay in New York and enroll at production school Dubspot to develop her debut EP New York, April–July 2013. [8]

Her work has often been controversial in her native Egypt, amidst all the unrest following the country's revolution, [9] where she says she's "been thrown off stage for not wearing enough clothes", [10] and lending her voice and support to the LGBT community.

She has toured extensively, including gigs around Egypt, Lebanon, [11] Germany, Austria, Switzerland, [12] Japan [13] and in the United States [14] at the SXSW Festival.

Other work

Bosaina ran a Cairo-based fashion school for a number of years, [15] and has worked as a celebrity and editorial stylist internationally. She was also an actress in Touchstone Pictures' first Arab release, The United. [16] Bosaina currently serves as the Art Director/Visual Curator for alternative music space/culture venue VENT. [17]

Discography

EP

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  1. ↑ Rolling Stone Middle East | Bosaina Continues to Fight For Respect in Egypt | http://www.rollingstoneme.com/music/bosaina-ii-continues-fight-for-respect-in-egypt-
  2. ↑ Red Bull Music Academy | Bosaina | http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/people/bosaina
  3. ↑ "Young Female Egyptian Musicians Break Barriers – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". al-monitor.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ↑ KIK, Le tout premier groupe de musique electronique du Caire | Le Monde | Culture | http://mondeaccult.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/01/09/kik-le-tout-premier-groupe-de-musique-electronique-du-caire/
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  6. ↑ "Wetrobots". The Guardian. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Cairo Scene | Bring on Bosaina | "Bring on Bosaina". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dubspot Student Spotlight! Bosaina II, Barber Sonora, Morley Robertson, Alyosha Barreiro, Synesthetic Soul + | Dubspot". Dubspot Blog. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Agony And Ecstasy of Electro Egypt". vice.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  10. ↑ BBC Newsbeat | Egypt elections: Musicians worried about their freedom| http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18521079
  11. ↑ Wetrobots <3 Bosaina | SHARE Beirut | http://www.shareconference.net/en/program/wetrobots Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "Die Antithese zur Revolutionsmusik | norient.com". norient.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  13. ↑ Red Bull | Bosaina Electrifies Tokyo | http://www.redbull.com/mea/en/music/stories/1331664666773/bosaina-electrifies-tokyo
  14. ↑ "Photography". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "The Fashion Studio: Moulding Cairo's Fashion Future". Cairo 360 Guide to Cairo, Egypt. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  16. ↑ Matalqa, Amin, The United (Action, Comedy, Drama), Touchstone Pictures, retrieved 13 December 2022
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