“Though the chosen lyrical themes are rather severe, her voice soars up like a giant bird with a sound uncoupled of the gravity of the songs.”
VIDEOS • OFFICIAL
CONTACT & SOCIAL MEDIA
lina (at) nahelimusic.com
Quick INFO
Lina Farah | Piano & Vocals
Till Menzer | Drums & Electronics
Disco Pop & Dreamy & Moody & Cinematic
Performing solo or as a duo
BIOGRAPHY & PRESS
in a tweet: “European-Egyptian artist, who has always been torn between cultures, continents, scientific curiosity and artistic drive. Loves to add moments to songs that tickle your body.”
Restlessness and a hunger for adventure have been crucial elements in the world of Naheli right from the beginning. From Egypt to Europe, from a solo project to a full band and later back again - Naheli is continuously on the move, soaking up ideas like a creative sponge that isn't afraid to take turns and detours.
For as long as she can remember, the songwriter was singing, and at the age of 12, she started writing her first songs, without really seeing it as "writing "songs. "It was more like the songs just came out of me and chose me as a tool to be created," she explained.
The dynamic and fluent character of Naheli’s musical nature finds a fitting musical home on the debut double album “Chemistry & Reevaluation”. It explores essential and existential emotions of human nature with one side focusing on feelings while the other deals with the reflective notion of thought processes.
With the upcoming album, the back and forth between two themes remains a central point in Naheli's music and lyrics, this time, it challenges themes of identity & alienation: trying to connect in a world where you heavily feel the differences.
The singer's warm voice and the hypnotic impulses of the drums can spark nostalgic emotions.
VIDEOS • NEW SONGS
working on new album, first singles:
Remind Me
VIDEOS • Live
India [Live]
Stay [Live]
Symbiotic [Live]
Waves | Solo [Live]
MUSIC & DISCOGRAPHY
~ 2022 & 2023 & 2024 & 2025
singles & collabs & working on an album
first upcoming album related single Remind Me is out
~ 2021 | Release of double album “Chemistry & Reevaluation”
~ 2020 | Kassiopeia is now Naheli
Swimming Around Seconds - Live | 2017
Cyclone | 2015
→ Discography & Tracklist – Doc
→ Lyrics – Chemistry & Reevaluation – Doc
*** generally all song lyrics can be found in the description of their YouTube video ***
PHOTOS & LOGO
to download in full quality: open pic in a new tab <3
FACTS & QUOTES
HIGHLIGHTS
2024 Pop NRW nomination “Outstanding Artist”
2023 Intense & Comfy Writing Camp
2022 Participation at SongCon (Ari Herstand & Danny Ross)
2021 Common Ground & Symbiotic on MTV
2021 Funding via Initiative Musik
2021 Dubai Eye Interview
2020 Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival: BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “Cyclone” by Naheli – movie “Daytime Nightmare” – Honorable Mention
RELEASES & UPCOMING RELEASES
Details via →Discography, Hightlights:
2024 Single: Remind Me
2023 Single: Long Gone; Instrumental Album: Chemistry & Reevaluation & Beyond
2022 Single: Lost & Found
2021 Double-Album: Chemistry & Reevaluation
2021 Singles: Vanilla, Stay, Common Ground, Reign, Symbiotic
2020 Singles: Waves, Institution, Nighttime
2019 Single: Empire
2017 Live Album: Swimming Around Seconds [piano & drums]
2015 Debut Album: Cyclone [prog-rock project]
CONCERT & FESTIVAL | HIGHLIGHTS
2023 - Egypt Tour
2022 - Album Release Concert
2019 - World Tour in Japan, UK, Germany, Egypt; Songwriting Retreat in Nashville with Judy Stakee
2018 - Europe Tour in February & April [piano & drums]
2016 - Recorded Live Concert in St. Cornelius, Dülken [first concert as a duo]
2015 - Album Release Concert [with 200 visitors in Kassiopeia's / Naheli’s hometown Krefeld]
2010 - 'Eier mit Speck' Festival [alongside Everlast, Wallis Bird, Good Charlotte]
PRESS QUOTES
“Naheli brilliantly combine their pop and progressive history in new double album” Egypt Today (2021)
“Vanilla By Naheli Is The Socially Distanced Disco Anthem We All Need Right Now” NBHAP (2021)
“Their restlessness led them to tour Egypt, Japan and the UK” Westdeutsche Zeitung (2020)
AS OF 2020 – KASSIOPEIA IS NOW NAHELI
“The constant development of their music and their artistic abilities is deeply significant to both artists.“ Aachener Zeitung (2019)
PODCAST: Listen to EPISODE 454 - talking about pyramids and touring Japan (2019)
→ GOT FADED JAPAN, SPOTIFY, iTUNES
"If you like Tori Amos and Evanescence you’ll love Kassiopeia" indieberlin.de (2016)
"The music follows Lina's lyrics as if it is the sound recording of a poem [...] Though the chosen lyrical themes are rather severe; her voice soars up like a giant bird with a sound uncoupled of the gravity of the songs." Rheinische Post (2015)
TOUR DATES & TECH RIDER
PAST SHOWS | excerpt
02.06.23 Bibliotheca • Alexandria
26.06.22 Chemistry & Reevaluation Album Release, Kufa • Krefeld
05.09.21 Struinen in de Tuinen • Sittard
06.03.20 Lagerfeuer Deluxe • Cologne
07.11.19 Living Stage Finale • Frankfurt
17.09.19 Freundlich + Kompetent • Hamburg
16.09.19 Barkett • Berlin
12.07.19 AIESEC International Carnival • Cairo
28.04.19 Cairo Jazz Club • Cairo
25.04.19 Bibliotheca • Alexandria
11.04.19 The Cavendish Arms • London
23.05.19 Lichtung • Köln
25.03.19 Rooterx2 • Kyoto
23.03.19 Alchemy • Kobe
20.03.19 Bar Rosso • Tokyo
19.03.19 Live Freak • Tokyo
18.02.19 Zum Scheuen Reh • Cologne
01.02.19 Tastemaker Festival • Hamburg
25.08.18 Garden of Arts Festival • Essen
05.03.18 Sessions 58 • London
12.02.18 Prachtwerk, Berlin
05.08.17 Festivalkult, Porta Westfalica
30.04.17 Mai Caramba, Schlachtgarten Krefeld
30.09.16 Dülken Unplugged, St. Cornelius Dülken
TECH RIDER
→ Tech Rider
THANK YOU
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