FAISAL MAREI Kuwaiti R&B singer, Faisal Marei, better known as ‘Face’, began his music journey at an early age and continues to pursue his musical passions today. As a child, Faisal remembers singing along in the car to an array of musical genres from the 60’s and 80’s with his parents. He began to gain an interest in R&B music in the 90’s when basketball became popular, and his days comprised of hanging out with his friends by the basketball courts listening to hip hop. As he entered university in Toronto, his passion for music grew, and he began meeting with musicians and other young artists to jam and exchange ideas. He created a band with a few other musicians in Toronto called ‘Meadow Parks’ and began uploading his music onto the internet through musical platforms. Right before graduation from university in 2002, Faisal signed a record deal with Alien Records in Kuwait and became a part of the well-renowned band ‘Army of One’, the first official hip hop group in the Middle East.
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Members of the band eventually took on their own directions, and today, Faisal has chosen to pursue his musical career as a solo artist. During the pandemic, with more free time on his hands, Faisal reconnected with his musical creativity and began writing, producing, and collaborating with artists to create his R&B singles. Faisal’s latest release, his comeback song, ‘My World’, in collaboration with Rahaf from the band Guitara, merged Arabic and English R&B into one to create a new sound, quite unique to the music scene in Kuwait. Afterwards, Faisal worked on his first solo song ‘I Need You’ followed by his music video produced by Rashid AlNeaimi “rashidvisuals.” Later, Faisal collaborated with an underground Jamaican artist named Kozmik to create the song ‘Come Down.’ Finally, Faisal created the song ‘Diamonds,’ a track that mixes old and new school sounds and created a video directed, edited (DOP) by Fadi Attia AlMograby, also known as Fadi Films. Faisal plans to continue dropping singles every few months, and hopes to continue collaborating with artists from all over the globe, to experiment with different sounds and genres, and to continue sharing his musical talents with the world.
