Founded by music pioneer Hany Shenouda, the band introduced new harmonies, electronic sounds and instruments, such as drums, base and lead guitar. “Freedom… freedom… in the world, freedom. “We transformed Egyptian music from being monophonic music, where the singer and the orchestra would play the same note, to polyphonic music that makes the keyboard, the bass, etc., play different notes. This is the change we made and that was the base we gave to modern Egyptian music,” Shenouda notes. Longa 85Fusing funk, disco, synth-pop and even Egyptian drum beats, this song introduces El-Masryeen band’s authentic Egyptian pop sound, which continues to influence modern Egyptian music today.