The waves of the sea crash together, creating a melody of their own. The birds chime in, each chirp a note in their song. The wind, carrying both sounds, is softly singing its own tune. And with all of these melodies flowing together, in unison and in harmony, another melody moves alongside them: the sounds of TUL8TE’s new album Narein (Two Fires, 2025). This is the kind of scene that is needed to experience this new album. Every couple of years, there comes a record best heard by the shore, and this year, that record is Narein. Beyond the fact that the music video for one of its singles, Habeeby Da (My Lover, 2025), was filmed at a family-owned resort in Hurghada (Desert Rose), the album itself claims its place as a summer soundtrack; an Egyptian love letter to tourists and visitors, inviting them to witness the diversity of Egyptian music and the truly global nature of a country situated at the crossroads of Africa, the Levant, and Mediterranean Europe. Last year, TUL8TE turned heads with the release of his album Cocktail Ghena’y (Cocktail of Songs, 2024), sparking a…
