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.

THIS SERIES IS PART OF THE AFIKRA PODCAST NETWORK

QuarterTones is afikra’s music podcast which hosts current Arab musicians from different geographies who play contemporary and modern music, including alternative scene or hip-hop, electronic, classical music, among other genres. The guests are invited to talk about their work and play their music – whether live or recorded – in three segments. The audience gets a chance to listen to some of the most interesting work from across the region and genres, and understand the music that these musicians and musicologists perform or study.