Ahmed Tarek Bahgat Abaza is an Egyptian composer, sociologist, philosopher and visual artist. The name 'Ola-abaza' is an error and he works under the name Kelsely Abaza.
He has accumulated over 200,000 plays on Myspace alone.
He was born in Cairo Egypt on 27 December 1984. He hails from the Egyptian Abaza Family, "an Egyptian family that has played a powerful and long-standing role in Egyptian cultural, economic, intellectual and political life."
He works in an experimental and IDM style but which is often very melodic and classically inspired. His production style and sound design incline towards intricate and detailed modification of synthesiser sounds.
His main musical influences were listed on his official Facebook page as Autechre, Laurie Anderson, Jean Michel Jarre, Philip Glass, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Vangelis, Bjork, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Stockhausen, John Cage, Steve Reich, The Hafler Trio, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, and the Future Sound of London. And his 'geners' were described as "Avante Garde Electronic Music, Electronica, Experimental, Avante Garde Modern Classical, Classical, Egyptian, Arabic, IDM, Electro-acoustic, Musique concrète , Instrumental, Dance, Techno, Electro, Ambient, Other."
