Nadah El Shazly pours her heart out in upcoming album Laini Tani

Nadah El Shazly pours her heart out in upcoming album Laini Tani

Nadah El Shazly says the album is about the idea of being far from home and the things that you miss.

Outside among lush gardens in Bologna, Italy, on a crisp May evening, Nadah El Shazly moves around the stage with a commanding physical and vocal presence that mimics the tonal movements of her upcoming sophomore record, Laini Tani . The Montreal-via-Cairo electronic musician is playing most of it at each stop on this overseas tour, accompanied by harpist and fellow Quebecer Sarah Pagé and 3Phaz, a DJ and producer also from Cairo.

As smoke fills the scene and the sun dips down behind the trees, a crowd of around 200 people press closer, spellbound by El Shazly as she shifts from airy, dream-like compositions that conjure