Anas Maghrebi & COYG

Anas Maghrebi is a musician and producer born in Nabek, Syria in 1989. He lived in Damascus before fleeing the civil war to Beirut in early 2013 and then to Berlin in 2015. He founded the Syrian Indie band “Khebez Dawle” in late 2012, in the midst of the Syrian Uprising. Before the war, the band was active underground because of Syrian censorship. Maghrebi produced the band’s debut album and collaborated with many local acts in Syria and Lebanon, singing in various styles including Sufi, Tarab, Rock Shaabi, electronica and more. In 2018 he produced the music for “Ici” - a concept album by the visual artist Saâdane Afif.

On this evening, Maghrebi will perform songs from Ici as well as new tracks from his first solo album Daftar Layli. In addition, Maghrebi’s new band project COYG (Congratulations on Your Graduation) will turn the space into a dance floor with the atmosphere of a house-party. COYG are three individuals who with their synth-based music and juicy rhythms try to take a break from their politically charged reality every now and then in order to make people DANCE!