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PRAED پرائد Psychedelic Shaabi from Beirut |
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| photo by Tony Elieh(Raed Yassin and Paed Conca) | |
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“PRAED” is a Swiss–Lebanese experimental music duo formed in 2006 by Lebanese musician and artist Raed Yassin and Beirut based Swiss clarinetist and composer Paed Conca. Based between Beirut, Berlin, and various international touring circuits, the project has become known for its distinctive fusion of Arabic popular music—especially Egyptian shaabi —with (free) jazz, electronic music, psychedelia, and sound collage. Since their first performances, PRAED has developed a strong international presence, touring extensively across Europe, the Arab world, Southeast and East Asia, and South America. Their live performances are central to the project, often functioning as structured live performances in which samples, electronics, and acoustic instrumentation are combined in real time. Musically, PRAED operates in the space between research and deconstruction. Their work draws heavily on vernacular Arab music traditions, including street-level shaabi and the trance-driven mouled repertoire, which they reinterpret through fragmented sampling, dub-like editing, and structures influenced by free jazz. The result is a dense, often surreal sonic language that explores the tension between collective memory, pop culture, and experimental abstraction. The duo’s instrumentation reflects this hybrid approach: Raed Yassin contributes vocals, synthesizers, electronics, and sampling, while Paed Conca performs on clarinet, electric bass, and electronics. Over time, PRAED has also expanded into larger configurations, including the orchestral project PRAED Orchestra!, which brings together an international ensemble of improvisers and composers to extend the duo’s material into large-scale works. PRAED’s discography includes The Muesli Man (2009), Made in Japan (2011), Fabrication of Silver Dreams (2016), Doomsday Survival Kit (2019), Kaf Afrit (2023), and Al Wahem (2026). Across these releases, the project has maintained a consistent focus on reshaping and recontextualizing popular Arab musical forms within experimental and avant-garde frameworks. PRAED continues to operate as both a performance project and an evolving research platform into sound, memory, and cultural translation—positioned at the intersection of club culture, experimental composition, and contemporary sound practice. |
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