Sorour Project: The Sufism of Rock

Many artists refuse to abide by the monumental acceleration of our world into purely digital music, deciding that for them art lies in more grounded forms of music. There are a rising number of young musicians who draw their influences from traditional music, dancing around set forms to deliver a fresh outcome. For example, Dokkan, the Egyptian band that have mixed the traditional instrument oud with electric and bass guitars for their take on "contemporary Egyptian music." Alexandria-based Sorour Project is our latest discovery that falls into this niche. 

Sorour Project, previously Saksonia, is a collaboration between the lead vocalist, Mohamed Sorour, and other musicians. Due to his oriental music background and his traditional vocal abilities, Mohamed Sorour has taken traditional Sufi music as a reference, and mixed it with modern rock instruments, resulting in a Sufi/rock fusion that also flirts with jazz. The product aids his claim that Alexandria has some of the best musicians.