The ME Indie Jukebox best of 2017, 3 volumes!

I am easily the luckiest guy in Dubai.

Every week Adam, the guy in the picture above, joins me for the price of a cup of decaf, to talk about the coolest indie music in the middle east and along the way we actually get to play the tunes.

So, not only do I get to hang with one of the coolest guys in Dubai but I get to learn about some cool music that many have not heard of and then we get to play it out on DubaiEye!

So, as I was saying I have it pretty good.

Well over the last several weeks we have been playing out the best of 2017, as far as our ears are concerned.

We could have gone on, and on, and on but I capped the best of shows at 3.

So we have 3 volumes of best of for 2017 which translates in 24 songs.

Here we go.

Vol #1 of the best of 2017. Yasmine Hamdan_Douss Hamza Hawsawi - Frame Of Mind Nur Alfayez - Khaleek Postcards - Bright Lights The Bunny Tylers_Été We Speak In Colors_Nobody's No One Zeid Hamdan_Oulouleleh Feat Muhammad Abdallah






Here is the Podcast link.



Vol #2 of the best of 2017

Coffee & Cigarettes_AlcoB Anas Arabi Ft Speech - Al Sheir Wa Al Balagha Etyen feat. Tala - Homosapiens The recipe fool you Hana Malhas_Nasi Sean Warner we are one Gurumiran - 'Hingala' Hollaphonic - Spaceship ft Bxrber




Here is the podcast link.


Vol #3 of the best of 2017

Nadah El Shazly_Afqid Adh-Dhakira (I Lose Memory) Ala Ghawas - Red Abri and The Dreamfleet_Unborn Hello Psychaleppo - ANQA LUMI - Talk to You (The Night Was a Liar Edit) Tania Saleh - In Other Peoples Land - في بلاد الآخ 3:46 Muhaisnah Four_Home Lekhfa_Kont Rayeh (I Was Going)




Here is the podcast link.


You can find us on iTunes and every week Adam and I have a great conversation about new music and Shania Twain if possible.

The Middle East Indie Jukebox November 8, 2017

Once a week the DubaiEye studios go from talk radio to awesome music radio and in this case the awesome comes from indie recording artists.

These 2 guys are part of the best hour of radio in the world and the best part of the hour is getting to talk about tunes that people may have not heard before.

The Playlist this week.

Abri & The Dreamfleet_ICU Cairokee_Ghammad Enak ETYEN_Panda Life Maii and Zeid - Firan tagarob Nur Alfayez - Khaleek Sarah El Gohary_Dayer Ziyada Flamingods_Anya

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The ME Indie Jukebox October 25, 2017

For an hour a week we turn the DubaiEye studios on their head and stop talk radio and become an indie music radio studio.  Adam has brought another bag of tunes to the deck and we get right into the cool zone.

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Here is the playlist.

OUM_Taragalte Hasan Malik_We Are Young Mafar Band_Nsina El 'Inwan Hana Malhas_Nasi SAYTRIP_Freeze this Moment Apo & The Apostles_Bandora Blues Postcards - Bright Lights

The ME Indie Jukebox October 4, 2017

Every week Nightline switches gears from talk to music.

Adam joins the show and drops a a great playlist on the show.

This week we have another great lineup.

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The Playlist.

47SOUL - Mo Light 4:47 Hana Malhas_How We Love 3:57 Ÿuma - Hleli 4:06 Nervecell_Past, Present...Torture 4:36 Nervecell_Treading Beneath 2:13 Hadi Sarieddine_Medicine 3:16 Hamza Hawsawi - Frame Of Mind 3:44

The ME Indie Jukebox with Adam September 27, 2017

This is a nice return mix of tunes with Adam back in the MP3 slinging seat, that is an interesting visual.

We sat down in the RAW Coffee pop up studio and spun some great tunes and had a wonderful talk.

Sad news that one of the popular venues in Dubai is closing its doors.

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The playlist!

We Left As Humans_A Night In Kashmir Maii and Zeid_Ehdefni Maii and Zeid_Mourib The Recipe - Uma Thurman TheRecipe_FoolYou_Premaste Hello Psychaleppo_DAWA LUMI_To The Sea (Etyen Remix)

TechTalk and For the Record

Andrew Thomas MD at Digitalnexa.com joins me to talk tech.



Here are the show notes.

This is the cool speaker we will review next week.

https://shop.libratone.com/en-gb/wireless-speakers/libratone-zipp-collection/c-51/c-284/p-213/

the iphone launch and should we care?

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-5s-release-date-news-and-rumours-1111911

This is very cool and why Disney?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24031948

http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/ishin-den-shin/

Addicted to Social Media?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/10304570/12-signs-that-youre-addicted-to-social-media.html

Just liked the article.

#5 5. You can not visit the lavatory without using the 23 available seconds to investigate how many people have liked your photo. Snapchatting a selfie while sitting on the loo is a proof you have stopped understanding basic decent behaviour. Rather sadly, social media has killed off the immensely valuable and intrinsically British “loo book” market. We now swipe, tap, scroll, wipe.

An APP to ponder.

This is not the 1st app to do this but makes a lot of sense!

http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/app-delete-tweets_b49081

Check this out a very cool video.

http://vimeo.com/74033442

Danielle

This mesmerising timelapse-imitating video by director and editor Anthony Cerniello simulatse the effects of ageing on a single individual. To create it, Cerneillo worked with still photographer Keith Sirchio to photograph his friend Danielle’s family, from her youngest to her oldest relatives. He then called on animators Nathan Meier and Edmund Earle, then Nuke artist George Cuddy added the finishing touches and voilà, the almost imperceptible effects of ageing are visualised in a compelling five-minute video.

Desperate or?

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-microsoft-ipad-tradein-surface-20130913,0,2453369.story?track=rss

At 1st glance this does read of desperation BUT how many people might make the jump as the operating systems are moving on and they do not have the cash to go to a new ipad?

FOR THE RECORD.

This is a new Nightline segment. This week we listened to 2 presentations.

First we are going to hear Adam Fetcher, who was the deputy national press secretary in Chicago for the re-elect Obama campaign.  Fetcher is interesting because he was responsible for media relations BUT also for bridging the gap between traditional  and digital media and shaping the digital message and then selling it to traditional reporters and news outlets.

Mohamed Wardari of Meltwater a social media and online news strategist he presents his 3 tips for successful social media engaement Mohammed uses 3 case studies to bring his tips to life.