Mahmoud Refat is a sound artist, musician and the founder of 100COPIES MUCIS & 100LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL. He was born in 1974 and lives in Cairo whose work has been released on CD, performed live and installed in spaces. His first CD release "SHIFT" is an experimental electronic album released by Swiss music label ‘Leerraum’ following a residency and concert tour in Switzerland. For the concept album "Construction Sonor" 2003 he experimented with field recordings from the Gotthard tunnel construction. This work is released with 14 other musicians from Europe who worked with the same field recordings. The next Cd Release "THE PHYSICAL VOLUME" by Leerraum and "MIRAMAR" by 100COPIES was released in spring 2006.
In 2003 Refat's first sound installation " The Round trip ", based on noise and sound from Cairo mixed the audio of the city with visual work based on the map of the city. This was followed by another collaborative sound installation with German musician and sound artist Oliver Doerell based on sounds from Cairo and Berlin. and the latest sound installation was( SOUND RECORDINGS FROM CAIRO 2000 TO 2005) at the LEERRAUM/PROGR exposition room - Bern,Switzerland.
Refat began in the early nineties playing in local funk/acid jazz/experimental rock bands at different venues in Cairo. In 2000 he began composing soundtracks for dance and theate. Refat also worked on music for videos and films. For the past years he has been collaborating with different musicians and sound artists.
Refat has been successfully and actively collaborating with hassan khan in the past 3 years and have been touring and performing.
Solo Releases:
shift
Berlin, the symphony of a great city.
miramar
the physical volume
mort aux vaches
viennoise
Collaboration releases:
statics I (mahmoud refat-zimoun)
statics II (mahmoud refat-pe lang-zimoun)
statics III (mahmoud refat-pe lang-zimoun)
statics IIII (mahmoud refat-pe lang-zimoun)
Compilation releases:
construction sonor
Musik
beyond ignorance and borders
Sound Installation:
The Round Trip
Sawti
Illusory Soundscape,Illusory landscapes
60 Random waves
Sound recordings from cairo 2003
Music for film:
El Shayateen. Directed by: Ahmed Abo Zeid
Music for video:
Middling in the affairs of infinity. Directed by: Ihab Abd El Latif
A prayer to the sound of Dogs. Directed by: Sherif El Azma.
Where are you? Directed by: Jean Louis Struyf.
Egyptian Solution I, II Directed by: Ihab Abd El Latif
A television pilot of an air hostesses soap opera. Directed by: Sherif El Azma.
Memory Falls. Directed by: Mohammed Shafiq.
I want to kill the jackass. Directed by: Mohammed El Asiouty.
Day and Night. Directed by: Islam El Azzazi.
Hurricane. Directed by: Walid Marzouk.
West-East. Directed by: Rina Khoury.
Music for theater
When things happen. Directed by: Mohammed Shafiq.
Homma. Directed by: Mohammed Shafiq.
Compulsory direction. Directed by: Mohammed Shafiq.
Sub-Doll. Directed by: Manuela Macco
Midsummer night's dream. (in collaboration with NAFTALEEN) Directed by: Eva Bergman
Mother I want to be a millionaire. (in collaboration with hassan khan) Directed by: Ahmed El Attar.
On the table listening to Wagner. Directed by: Mohammed Shafiq.
For the pain in the back. Directed by: Laurence Rondoni & Mohammed Shafiq.