Diaspora

There are at least three artists using the name Diaspora 1) The London-based band, Diaspora, has four core members, Dr Cat, Stephane René, Baheeg Ramzy Mikhail and Amina Annabi, all well respected musicians in their own fields. Italian born Luca (Dr Cat) Gatti is the founding member of Diaspora. Over the years he has worked with such artists as General Levy, Gaudi and Asian Dub Foundation. French composer/musician Stephane René specialises in traditional stringed instruments and his performances on oud Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

There are at least three artists using the name Diaspora 1) The London-based band, Diaspora, has four core members, Dr Cat, Stephane René, Baheeg Ramzy Mikhail and Amina Annabi, all well respected musicians in their own fields. Italian born Luca (Dr Cat) Gatti is the founding member of Diaspora. Over the years he has worked with such artists as General Levy, Gaudi and Asian Dub Foundation. French composer/musician Stephane René specialises in traditional stringed instruments and his performances on oud, saz, guitar and percussion are a major contribution to this project. Baheeg Ramzy Mikhail contributes vocals and violin as well as a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained through a long and prolific career. Known as ‘the master of the Maqam’ (the Arabic scale system) he has worked with many of the great figures in Arabic music, including the much celebrated singer and composer the late Mohammed Abdel Wahab and the legendary Om Kalthoum. Amina Annabi is a well known French Tunisian singer who fuses her traditional Arab roots with modern Western styles. In 2006 Diaspora was commissioned by the English National Opera to co-compose and arrange the score for the opera 'Gaddafi: A living myth' in collaboration with Asian Dub Foundation. In November 2010, Diaspora released a critically acclaimed 11 track album on Green Queen Music entitled A Jamaican in Cairo. As well as the band's four core members, the album features Bob Andy, Raiz, Sami Bishai, Ashtech and Claudio Marino. 2) The one with the album 'The Night Before Last' was a gothic rock band from Berlin, Germany, 1995-2000. They also appeared on the sampler 'Independent Voice of Berlin'. 3) Diaspora is a punk rock band from Finland. Discography: Gaikkodibehtet Muvrrat Vuolás 1999 Lõhkuge Müür 1999 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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