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Ahmad Hakeem Major Netflix Documentary on its way!

Look out for this epic release.

Netflix has commissioned a special documentary tracing Ahmad's early years as a musician in Saudi - this promises to ba an unforgettable insight into one of the great luminaries in 1990s pop and rock culture in the Kingdom. Filming has commenced. This first of its kind documentary is not to be missed!

The second album Late Afternoon released!

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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 always well received on the carefully controlled and restricted social circuit.  

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

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.  

With no record label this was always going to be a low key launch 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.

The soundtrack was written by Ahmad and again recorded at Junction 9. It was mixed by Ehab Medhat and mastered once again by Scott Hull. TheRemedy were delighted that Ellie Watts agreed to feature on lead vocal. 

The film went on to win a number of international awards. In addition, a music video was produced and shot fully in Saudi Arabia by Nancy and her all female team.

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 and the band swung into action to bring this project to life. Again recorded in Saudi, this time at the equally exclusive V256 Studio, the album to shape and the summer of 2019 mixing was finalised at the 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 second album Late Afternoon was release in November 2019.


 

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The long awaited second album Late Afternoon Released! 

November 2019 marks the worldwide launch of our debut jazz album wholly recorded in Saudi Arabia and brought to life with the help of Real World Studios; Peter Gabriel’s renowned music facility in Box England.

So how did this come about?

Originally fronted as the 49 Degrees, the TheRemedy played in and around the Saudi capital Riyadh and were always well received on the carefully controlled and restricted social circuit. Often swept to secreted venues in a posse of Suburban SUVs, the band would play mainly for the western expatriate community on the ‘Embassy Circuit’.

“The Bikers Ball at Uncle Sam’s was a hoot” commented James. “You can complete a world tour in Riyadh just by playing all of the embassy functions in and around the diplomatic quarter” Ehab reminded the band. James took a call from the British Embassy. “We need a jazz band urgently, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will be in Riyadh hosting a Garden Party in 10 days time – can you help?”

After some frenetic phone calls and a lot of soul searching and rehearsing, TheRemedy found themselves on stage in the beautiful British Embassy gardens in the late afternoon heat of the Saudi summer. The Band’s debut rock 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.  

It was some time later that Ahmad shared a number of the personal jazz pieces he had been writing and developing and the idea came about to record the material. So the concept of a jazz album wholly recorded in Saudi Arabia from a truly international three-piece band came about – what else could it be called but Late Afternoon? It proved very challenging to record the album in Saudi.

This time the Band tuned into the reclusive V256 studio buried deep in the Riyadh suburbs – building much of the facility themselves. Mazen Lawand the young gifted Lebanese pianist joined the recording sessions and added his unique feel and touch. The band found friends at Real World Studios in the UK too where Tim Oliver and Patrick Phillips led with the mixing process. Ehab stepped in to complete the recording phase, mastering the material at the New York Mastering Centre.

Nancy Paton the award winning Polish / Australian film director also supported the band again recording footage to be used in the Harbour Twilight music video that accompanies the release of the album.

The wait has been worth it. The material speaks for itself – traditional yet modern, international yet somehow so personal and relevant.

So is Late Afternoon the first jazz album to be wholly recorded in Saudi Arabia? TheRemedy certainly think so!

11/24/2019

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