My father once gave me this piece of advice: “Everyone likes a party girl, but no one really loves a party girl.” That's certainly not true of Bosaina II, lead vocalist of Cairo electro-pop trio Wetrobots <3 Bosaina.
If you’ve ever seen her perform, you’re likely to have been whisked away by her post-punk party girl attitude, which blends magically with head-banging blonde locks, high-kicks, catsuits and sardonic lyrics to create a dizzying spell.
Bosaina musically met Wetrobots — producers Ismail Hosny and Hussein El Sherbini — in 2010. For close to four years the Wetrobots <3 Bosaina have been pertinaciously pushing forward an electronic music conviction in a city that is almost entirely at odds with the democratic environment typically associated with progressive dance music scenes.
After the success of their debut EP Dirty Bourgeoisie (2011) and darker follow up Bang is Blow (2012), the group took a brief production hiatus – although in the past year they've performed more often than almost any other electronic act in the country, and are among the most potent and prolific performers in Cairo’s burgeoning indie music scene.
Wetrobots <3 Bosaina are currently working on their first LP, tentatively scheduled for release in early 2014. Their sonic sphere includes an interesting concoction of ambient sounds, white noise, repetitive conversational clips, discordant dance rhythms and a lot of bass. Their new sound, which metaphorically plays off the limitations and surprising possibilities found within the current, curfewed confines of Cairo life.