Amir Abdel Magid (born 1960 in Assiut) is an Egyptian composer, producer and a player of the kanun. He is especially well-known throughout the Gulf, in Saudi Arabia and Dubai for his classical style of production, concerts, and recording. Amir has also collaborated with western artists. He played kanun on
Jaz Coleman and
Anne Dudley’s [m=117420]. This connection with
Jaz Coleman led to his meeting with British engineer/producer
Greg Hunter in 1993 who was recording with
Killing Joke in Cairo. The pair teamed up to write music, fusing Oriental instrumentation with Western electronica - samples / computers etc.