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TheRemedy - Rock Band

Ahmad Hakeem, Ehab Omar and James Paul met in Saudi Arabia in 2012. With Ahmad a native Saudi who hails from Jeddah, Ehab from Cairo and James from the Emerald Isle, this was always going to be an eclectic mix.

Originally fronted as the 49 Degrees, the band played in and around the Saudi capital Riyadh and were always well received on the carefully controlled and restricted social circuit.

TheRemedy was formally launched in 2014 to concentrate on original material.

The debut album, Indifferent Hearts, was released in February 2015. Recorded in the infamous and secretive Junction 9 recording studio in the heart of Riyadh. It was mixed in Los Angeles by Ben Gross and mastered in New York by Scott Hull.

Indifferent Hearts

With no record label this was always going to be low key but nonetheless the album was well received. It featured a spectrum of rock and pop influences with thumping Police-like guitar and the inviting drum intro of “The Hurt”, the pop bliss of “Pure” and the haunting melodies of "Hope'.

The bands next outing in 2016 was to provide the soundtrack to the short film Postpartum by the Australian / Polish director Nancy Paton. Again the music was recorded at Junction 9, and this time featured Ellie Watts on lead vocal.

The main theme music was mixed by Ehab Medhat and mastered once again my Scott Hull. A music video was produced and shot fully in Saudi Arabia by Nancy and her all female team. The film went on to win a number of international awards.

Postpartum (Featuring Ellie Watts)

Work on the second album was slower to commence than originally planned with the band facing a number of logistical challenges, not least Ehab moving with his family to concentrate his work in New York.

Ahmad had always wanted to record a series of jazz reference tracks he had written and nurtured over a number of years. The band swung into action to bring the project to life. Again recorded in Saudi, this time at the equally exclusive Studio V256, the album took shape and during the summer of 2019 mixing was finalised at Real World Studios in Box England with Patrick Phillips and Tim Oliver working the desks. Ehab returned to master the album with James in the executive producer role. The Band's second album Late Afternoon was released in November 2019.

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