Self-taught indie guitarist and producer Youssef 'Yusuy' Osama takes his first steps into Egypt’s music scene with his new track 'Yours Truly (Mahwoos)’ which features lyrical inspiration and background vocals by Logan, and dropped online earlier today, alongside a retro-inspired lyric video/visualizer.



Reaching beyond the walls of his “humble” bedroom studio, Yusuy combines arabic lyricism with the iconic, nostalgia-inducing synthwave sounds of the 80s, utlizing legendary synthesizers the CS-80 and DX7, as well as sweeping rock-tinged electric guitar riffs and a distinct layer of trap-inspired auto tuned vocals with stuttering TR808 hi-hats. 


Synthwave may have passed it’s heyday, but Yusuy’s upcoming independently produced album Dear Tokyo is set to be a full length take on the genre and aims to kickstart a new wave of Arabic synthpop, and breathe new life into it for a contemporary middle-eastern audience.


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