Origin: Egypt Genres: Trance Occupations: music artist, producer Years active: 2003 – present Labels: Armada Music Website: https://www.alyandfila.com/ *Members Aly Amr Fathalah (Aly) Fadi Wassef Naguib (Fila) *Aly & Fila is an Egyptian trance music duo made up of Aly Amr Fathalah (aka Aly) and Fadi Wassef Naguib (aka Fila). They host an internet radio show every Monday on Digitally Imported radio, called Future Sound of Egypt. History Aly Amr Fathalah (Aly) and Fadi Wassef Naguib (Fila), the Egyptian duo, were both born in 1981 and have known each other since kindergarten. After falling in love with the music of Paul Van Dyk, Steve Helstrip and Chicane they built their first small studio and started doing electronic music and djing from 1999. After establishing themselves in Egypt they decided to go international. In 2002, they signed with the German record label, Euphonic Records. Their first release, "Eye of Horus" received huge airplay from the likes of Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, DJ Tiësto, Taha The Kid and many others. The track was licensed to Fundamental Recordings in Holland and reached number 4 position in the Dutch Dance charts. After finishing their contract with Euphonic Records, Fila met with Andy Prinz and they decided to launch their first sublabel of Offshore. Upcoming Egyptian releases would follow. Their first release through Offshore Music Switzerland / AP Pro Audio "Spirit of Ka" made it on numerous playlists. They have played alongside Armin Van Buuren in A State of Trance episode 300 and episode 350. They have been voted among the top 100 DJs on DJ Mag three times. They ranked number 111 in 2007, 31 in 2008, 22 in 2009 and 20 in 2010.