From Aks'ser to Rayess Bek | Rayess Bek
In this episode of Quartertones, we sat down with Rayess Bek, aka Wael Kodeih, to talk about his varied and vibrant musical career. As we traverse his music projects, personas and styles from over the years, the conversation explores Kodeih's relationship with Lebanon, hip hop, history, war and colonialism. We listen to tracks from his beginnings with 3akss el Seir, his audiovisual performance Goodbye Schlöndorff which brings together audio tapes, musical composition and film sequences, and finally his solo endeavours as Rayess Bek.
Wael Kodeih, aka Rayess Bek, is a Lebanese music composer, producer, and performer whose musical career has had many varied chapters.
QuarterTones
This podcast series hosts current Arab musicians from different geographies, who play contemporary and modern music, including folk, pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, classical, among other genres. Discover some of the most interesting work across the region and genres, and understand the music that these experts perform or study.
