100Copies Music

100COPIES is what real alternative music is all about.

Our live stage hosted its first show on 27th july 2012 and is tucked away in an office building down Cairo, Talaat Harb street, provides a fine platform for a wide range of alternative and experimental music - including free improvisation - that exists well outside the mainstream. Operating as a live music space in the evenings – every
fridays and saturdays - it's offering a relaxed, light and airy café just before the gigs.
There's a strong emphasis on the more out-there of underground egyptian artists, but you can expect to encounter everything from German dubstep dj’s, a young egyptian Quartet or a talk on new peotry.
100COPIES music space is also a rehearsal & professional recording studio,the studio is open everyday.


100COPIES is at the avant-garde of this movement and is working at the heart of Egypt vibrant alternative music scene.
100COPIES is fostering collaboration with young musicians through the active programming offered by its ground-breaking alternative and independent music platform located downtown Cairo.
There, debuting and confirmed musicians have access to :
- rehearsing and recording facilities,
- a professional live stage
- promotion

In 2006, 100COPIES was established as a record label by Mahmoud Refat in order to produce and distribute egyptian experimental and electronic music. Each CD was produced at 100 copies

In 2007, the annual 100LIVE festival was launched in Cairo, presenting live musicians and visual artists in different venues and places in Egypt.

In 2009 the label launched 100RADIO, an online radio willing to spread the good word on experimental and electronic music, by broadcasting old and new egyptian productions.

100COPIES is engaged to program international festival, club concerts and radio shows in the US, in Europe and in the Arab world.

In july 2012, following a year of long-awaited changes in Egypt, 100COPIES opened its studio and live venue. This space is a unique platform welcoming the new egyptian musical trends, offering them recording facilities, live shows and music workshops.


STUDIOS

100Studio is a recording & rehearsing studio built for alternative music.The space can easily accommodate a band of 8 musicians. 100Studio accoustic is offering a warm and clear sound, perfect for numerous types of recording, from hip-hop to metal bands. The live area also has one isolation booth. A complete backline set is available.

Mixing & Mastering Studio / Control Room
The centre piece of the control room is a Pro Tools 10. ADD COMPUTER/SOFTWARE DETAILS. Also included are Universal audio pre amplifiers and RME interfaces. The monitoring is provided by two Genelec loudspeakers. All digital formats are supported. Plasma monitors are installed to facilitate the communication between musicians and engineers.

A balcony lounge provides a comfortable chill space, private toilets and kitchen facilities are offered.

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DJ studio is a studio built for the recording & rehearsing of DJ sets and electronic music.The space is designed to accommodate 2 musicians. Dj studio is offering a precise sound, as needed by those types of music. A complete Pioneer set is available + pro-tools.