Music like Eftekasat

Eftekasat (Arabic: افتكاسات‎) is an Egyptian jazz band that was established in late 2001 and gave its debut performance in February 2002 at the Cairo Jazz Club. The band has been praised by critics for the melding of different music styles. In 2015 Eftekasat became the resident performing band for Saturday Night Live Arabia.

Eftekasat is one of the few Egyptian independent music groups to establish its reputation in a short time.

Growing up in a musical family and influenced by classic music, Amr Salah started composing music during his youth. He kept experimenting and writing music until he was introduced to the jazz scene. Although exposing his music wasn't an easy process, he kept documenting the music by notation, sequencer, or recording. One of his first tunes, written around 1992, is "Anxiety", which turned out to be "Anxious Dance", the first track on the album Mouled Sidi El-Latini. Salah met Samer George at the French Cultural Centre where Samer was performing Beatles songs. Salah was so fascinated that after the show he hugged Samer, and they started their musical journey.