While Dozenz marks a new chapter for Sol and Jamali, their journey in music spans decades. In the early 2000s, they were key figures in the UAE’s underground rock movement, making their mark with Gray Test, the first local act to perform at Dubai’s iconic Gig on the Green festival alongside Suede and Fun Lovin’ Criminals.

Following Gray Test, Sol played a pivotal role in Juliana Down, the first UAE rock band to secure a major record deal and earn an MTV EMA nomination for Best Middle East Act. His contributions to Juliana Down’s Empires helped shape one of the highest-selling releases by a UAE artist (The National, 2015).

After years apart, Sol and Jamali reunited to form Dozenz, initially exploring R&B, hip-hop, and electronic music before returning to their alternative rock roots, armed with a renewed creative vision.

Dozenz’s latest project, Be Someone, is their most ambitious and personal album to date. Created over four years, the album explores themes of self-identity, resilience, and transformation, capturing the highs and lows of reinvention.

“This album isn’t just a collection of songs—it’s a reflection of everything we’ve been through,” says Sol. “It’s about refusing to fade into the background and stepping into who you’re meant to be.”

The record fuses hypnotic synths, soaring melodies, and emotionally charged lyrics, featuring standout tracks like the anthemic title song, the urgent and reflective “Falls Apart,” and the hypnotic “Rules of the Heart,” which boasts a stunning vocal performance by Harry Lee.

Recent & Upcoming Releases

Recent Releases:

• “No Talking (Just Love Me)” (Released February 14, 2025) – A hypnotic and emotionally charged track blending cinematic electronic textures with raw alternative rock energy.
• “Daylight” (Released February 1, 2025) – A bright, anthemic song with lush synth layers and soaring melodies, offering a sense of escape and clarity.
• “Lie to Love You” (Released January 2025) – A haunting reflection on addiction and domestic abuse, fusing gritty alternative rock with pulsing electronic elements.

Upcoming Releases:

• “Rules of the Heart” (Releasing March 7, 2025) – Featuring Mellotron flutes, cathedral-like organ textures, and a mid-tempo groove, creating a dreamy, Magical Mystery Tour-inspired atmosphere.
• “Be Someone” (Album Title Track) – The final single before the full album release.
• Full Album Be Someone (Releasing March 31, 2025) – A cinematic, high-energy, and deeply personal album about identity, resilience, and transformation.

All singles are available (or will be upon release) on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and all major streaming platforms.

A Vision for the Future

With Be Someone, Dozenz is carving out a new space in the modern alternative music scene, blending past influences with forward-thinking production. Their music is built for fans of bold, cinematic rock with emotional weight, and with a growing global audience, they are poised to take their sound to new heights.

“We’re just getting started,” says Jamali. “This isn’t just about an album—it’s about creating something that lasts.”

Hometown/Location: Abu Dhabi
Inspirations: Radiohead, U2, The Chemical Brothers, The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Extreme Metal, Synthwave, Pop, Classical Music

Connect with Dozenz

Website: dozenzmusic.com
Instagram: @dozenz
YouTube: Dozenz
Bandcamp: Dozenz

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By the age of 14 Michael had performed in Jazz clubs with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Soder and Clyde Stubblefield. Though not keen on Jazz, in 1987 Michael quit the Saxophone and turned to computers as a viable option for creating new musics. This is when the persona of Baya was manifested.

There is no record on file for the next decade. Baya hit the San Francisco scene in 1999 though decided to isolate himself again, this time for decades.

After an explosion, Baya repurposed amputated spaces to incorporate Digital File Storage and Connectivity ports, hence becoming one of the first cyborg musicians.

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The band’s sound is concocted by Sam Kempner’s thunderously orchestral pulse and guitarist Nick Hodges’ highly melodious harmony; both of which are propelled by the challenging, yet brutally honest storytelling of lead vocalist and primary songwriter Layla Cima.

With careful attention to recording arrangements and live presentations, the band earns highly emotive responses from their audience that cater to the complexities of the human condition.

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It all starts in 2001, when Igor Freitas decides to pursue music. He began studying Singing, Piano and Musical Training at a regional Conservatory and in 2002 decided to go further and study Music Production. In 2003 he formed the group Terra D’Alma, practicing a mix of classical music and traditional Portuguese music. That same year he created his alter-ego “IGOR”, which allows him to unleash the madman in him. In 2005 he formed the metal band The 7th Circle as a vocalist, which toured the country with several concerts. In 2007 he released the EP “Testament Zero” and continued like this until he left the band to dedicate himself entirely to his solo project.

In 2008 he released his first album “Circo dos Horrores”, starting the Tour in 2009. He participated in the first edition of the Alternative Song Festival. With its own name, he brings the controversial “Ditadura Militar” to be heard by some renowned names, such as Tozé Brito, Eládio Clímaco and Helena Coelho. In 2013, “Uma Casa de Bonecas” was released, a more alternative album, which takes us to a decadent cabaret, where several musical genres interconnect.

In 2014 he published his first book “A Verdade Perdida no Silêncio” by Chiado Editora. However, he has published poems and short stories over the years in various anthologies. In 2018 he received an honorable mention from the “Irene Lisboa competition” in Arruda dos Vinhos with a children’s story “The Moon that was afraid of the dark”.

In 2016, the EP “Ao vivo (ou morta) was released, changing the name from “IGOR” to “O Louco”. In 2017 he released the single “O Beijo” as “IGOR”, taking on the distance between projects.

In 2023 he returned with a new album and visual. “Fame” talks about the dark side of fame. From abuse, drugs, depression, etc. Following a more electronic musical line, from pop, sometimes to techno and even a more electro style. In 2024 he started the Tour with an even more theatrical and immersive show.

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The same lineup of the band also recorded the band’s follow-up EP Work It Out, released in 2015. Both the album and EP were recorded at Bell Labs in Norman, OK, with recording engineer and producer Trent Bell (Chainsaw Kittens), as is the band’s new full-length album Red scheduled for release in Summer/Fall of 2024. The new album Red features one song, “Mother Says,” with the original lineup (isBell, Fowler, Hays, Thompson, and guest drummer Ley) from the original WATG! sessions and seven tunes featuring the band’s only permanent members Isbell and Fowler, with the assistance of drummer Ty Clark from Tulsa, OK, and lead guitarists Ray Triana (graduate of Humboldt State Univ. College of Music) and the amazingly talented multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards) Spencer Kennedy, who both add some intricate, even jazzy, psychedelic lead guitar lines to isBell’s driving alt-rock tunes. In addition, isBell contributes her own soulful lead guitar lines on many of the songs, as she did on the band’s earlier album and EP. The final mixing and mastering for the Red album was done by Dominic Romano at Bongo Boy Studios in McKinleyville, CA. The band is looking for a label and management.

The band is best known for the sometimes outrageous lyrics, costumes, and antics of its transgender (MTF) front-person BeTh isBell. Her very first album (before her gender transition) titled The Good Woman Waltz was a country/Americana album recorded with some of Nashville’s finest studio musicians (literally). Released in 2005, that album’s title cut reached the #1 country position in a statewide chart for Texas songwriters in Summer 2006, testifying to isBell’s strong songwriting skills. isBell honed her songwriting prowess while sitting around campfires trading songs and at songwriting camps sponsored and organized by the Kerrville Folk Festival, and from her training at ACM@UCO from which she has an Associate’s degree in contemporary music performance and a bachelor’s degree in sound technology.

In addition to The Lips, the band’s sound is heavily influenced by early psych-punk alternative rock bands The Velvet Underground, The Pixies, New York Dolls, David Bowie, and Iggy Pop. Although isBell is now female, having gone through gender reassignment surgery in 2008, her voice still sounds male and has a sound evoking vocal comparisons to front-persons for Nine Inch Nails, Ghost, and Pierce The Veil. The band’s punk-heavy and psychedelic-infused alternative rock sound is at lighter times similar to Seattle’s Band of Horses, but at others has a much heavier edge reminiscent of Big Head Todd & The Monsters or Neil Young & Crazy Horse, or the modern neo-psychedelic bands Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Ty Segall, or Boogarins.

The band’s new Red album features the album’s first single “Kief” which has been in regular rotation on Northern California coastal radio stations, including KSLG and KHUM. A driving psych-punk tune about a legendary Humboldt County party hosted by surf-punk band The Mother Vines (LA), the song’s refrain “who’s been smoking all my kief?” is catchy and memorable, and particularly poignant here in Humboldt County, which is known as part of Northern California’s emerald triangle for growing the world’s best and most potent marijuana. Young HSU guitar phenom Ray Triana lays down an intricate, jazzy, psychedelic lead guitar over isBell and Fowler’s driving punk-infused riff which makes the song quite catchy/compelling to listeners. The band’s next album The Sun King also features OKC-based pianist/keyboardist Holly Murphy on the song “Sun King” and the album’s jazz-influenced song “Monsters.”

The band’s albums can be found online at https://BeThisBell.bandcamp.com along with BeTh’s recordings as a solo artist and with some of her other bands: Big Mama Acid & The Cosmic Argonauts (featuring Ray Triana on lead guitar), modern rock band? Question Everything? a duo project with guitarist Chandler Nelson (Eureka, CA), even a jazz poetry improv album with pianist Holly Murphy (aka Holly Wood). The band’s albums can also be found on iTunes, Spotify, and other music retailers.

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