Zaid Khaled | El Waili

Crossroads of pop and electro ! genre boundaries dissolve and sonic imagination takes center stage with these two visionary artists who are reshaping contemporary Arabic music with bold creativity, emotional resonance, and fearless experimentation. Zaid Khaled, the Jordanian‑Palestinian musician whose sound blends alternative pop with nostalgic nods to ’90s Arab pop and modern electronic textures. With silky auto‑tuned vocals and introspective songwriting, Khaled’s music is melancholic at the core, dreamy at the center, and uplifting at the edge.. His distinct voice pushes regional pop into new alt‑pop territory, echoing influences that span the past and the present from all over the middle east. Sharing the spotlight is El Waili, Egyptian producer whose work defies easy categorization. Emerging from Cairo’s underground scene during the pandemic, El Waili sound is an unusual fusion of electro‑chaabi, trap, future bass, and experimental electronic production. His music is cinematic and unpredictable, deconstructing urban soundscapes and rebuilding them into richly layered compositions that are as atmospheric as they are danceable. Celebrated for tracks that push conventional rhythms into spontaneous, expressive territory, El Waili represents the adventurous spirit of Egypt’s new wave of electronic artists. Join us for a night of lyrical pop sensibility and cutting‑edge production on April 1st!