DIGLA IS AN ACOUSTIC ROCK BAND FROM CAIRO EGYPT WHO FIRST STARTED OUT AS A COVER BAND CALLED DISKONECTED BUT HAVE EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO THEIR OWN BOSSES AND HAVE JUST RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR OWN ALBUM.
THE BAND IS MADE UP OF:
TAREK EL BOROLLOSSY (LEAD VOCALIST/RYTHM GUITAR/PERCUSSIONS)
OMAR RAFAAT (DRUMS-he can also play the guitar and keyboards)
MOHAMMED EL HAKIM(BASS GUITAR)
SARY HANY(LEAD GUITAR)
THE BAND STARTED WHEN BORO MET WITH OMAR IN GRADE 8 AND STARTED MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER THEY DID SONGS FROM DAVE MATHEWS BAND,PEARL JAM AND BEN HARPER...THEY FIRST PERFORMED DAVE MATHEWS BAND'S "ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER" INFRONT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DURING A TALENT SHOW...
THEY BUILT A FAN BASE AS A COVERBAND AND THEIR BIGGEST PERFORMANCE CAME IN 2003 WHEN THEY PERFORMED AT SAWY CULTURAL CENTER IN CAIRO..THE CONCERT WAS SOLD OUT!!DIGLA DID THE LOCAL ROCK SCENE A FAVOUR AND SOON AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE, LIVE CONCERTS WERE NOTHING NEW.
DIGLA BEGAN MAKING THEIR OWN MUSIC IN 2004..STARTING OFF WITH "WOMAN IN BLACK" (MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE)
AND SOON ENOUGH THEY HAD AN ALBUM "FREE YOUR MIND" WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN MAY 22 2009, AND INCLUDES OTHER AMAZING SONGS LIKE:
FREE YOUR MIND, SCATTERED RAIN, CIGARETTES,AND SPACE PARADE...AMONG MANY
DIGLA IS FULL OF BOTH VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL PROWESS MIXED WITH THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND THUS THEIR MUSIC MAKES FOR WONDERFULL LISTENING...THEY'VE ONLY JUST BEGAN BUT I KNOW THEY WILL GO FURTHER WITH THEIR MUSIC.
FOR MORE INFO ON DIGLA, CHECK OUT THIS SITES
http://www.myspace.com/diglamusic
http://www.diglamusic.com/
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