Yasmine Hamdan

Yasmine Hamdan is a Lebanese singer, actress, and songwriter.

Yasmine Hamdan
basic information
Date of Birth	1976 ( 1976 )
Place of Birth
A country	Lebanon
Professions	singer , actress
Genres	indie pop , indie electronics , trip hop
Labels

It became known thanks to the Soapkills , a duet based in Beirut together with Zeid Hamdan. In 1997, this first duo in the Middle East released Bater 's independent Arabic electronic music album. According to Yasmin, for Arab radio stations this album was too unconventional and provocative, and English radio stations were not ready for completely Arabic-language compositions. In the same composition, the singer released two more albums - Cheftak (2001) and Enta Fen (2005). Musical critics compare the influence of Soapkills in the Middle East with the influence of Massive Attack .

After moving to Paris in 2002, Hamdan collaborated with CocoRosie . In 2009, she formed the YAS duet with Mirwe Ahmadzai and released her fourth album, Arabology. In collaboration with Nouvelle Vague's Mark Collin, she released her first solo album under her own name. The album was released in 2012 in France and Lebanon as Yasmine Hamdan , and in 2013 was reissued by independent label Crammed Discs called Ya Nass . Among the musicians who influenced her, Yasmine calls Cocteau Twins with their fundamentally empty lyrics.

Currently lives and works in Paris , married to Palestinian director Elia Suleiman . Appeared on the screen in the film Jarmusch " Only lovers will survive ."