'Electro Chaabi' is Hussein Sherbini's debut album. He released it in May 2015 at Vent, a music venue in Cairo. The album title is no more than a "publicity stunt" as Sherbini explains in this interview with Cairo-based critic Rami Abadir. The sound is very different from the increasingly popular genre, but also from Sherbini's earlier work. In this interview, Sherbini discusses how he experiments and "chases" different sound ideas to build his music tracks. From announcements at Cairo's main train station to a recording of a message by a customer service agent at a Telecom company, the sounds in 'Electro Chaabi' are unique and intriguing. Sherbini also uses a variety of instruments, analog synthesizers and custom made microphones in his music.
In addition to producing his own music, sound design and visuals, Sherbini co-founded Epic 101 Studios in Cairo, and is part of WETROBOTS.
The interview is in Arabic and has English subtitles.