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Décalages (19 Feb 2012) -PLAYLIST ONLY-

February 19, 2012 by zawfal

Sunday 19 February 2012, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)

1. Keith Jarrett Trio: Dancing
2. Axis Trio: Whey it out
3. Michael Chapman: Sunday morning
4. Velvet Underground: Sunday morning
5. Jefferson Airplane: Third week in the Chelsea
6. The Byrds: I come and stand at every door
7. David Crosby: Laughing
8. Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Helplessly hoping
9. Neil Young: On the beach
10. Handsome Family: Bury me here
11. Iain Matthews: These days (Jackson Browne cover)
12. Shawn Phillips: Victoria Emmanuele
13. Marianne Faithfull: Reason to believe (Tim Hardin cover)
14. Tim Hardin: Reason to believe
15. Bob Dylan: Tangled up in blue
16. Randy Newman: Sail away (demo)
17. Tom Waits: Grapefruit moon
18. Lou Reed: Hang on to your emotions
19. John Cale: Dying on the vine
20. Jackie Leven: Hidden world of She
21. Nick Drake: One of these things first
22. Linda Perhacs: Paper mountain man
23. Tim Buckley: Hallucinations / Troubadour (John Peel session)
24. Harris Newman: Lake shore drive (slight return)
25. Palace Brothers: You will miss me when I burn
26. Animals: I believe to my soul (Ray Charles cover)

[Audio links coming soon]

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EL RASS & MUNMA: KACHF EL MAHJOUB [CD Launch + Live Performances]

February 15, 2012 by zawfal

RUPTURED presents:

The CD Launch & Live Premiere of
KACHF EL MAHJOUB [UNVEILING THE HIDDEN]

A musical collaboration between
EL RASS (Mazen el Sayed, words & vocals)
&
MUNMA (Jawad Nawfal, beats & electronics)
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ABOUT THE CD:

Kachf el Mahjoub / Unveiling the hidden is a musical collaboration between Lebanese poet and musician Mazen el Sayed, otherwise known as El Rass (The Head), and Lebanese electronica artist Jawad Nawfal aka Munma. El Sayed is a prolific writer and musician, at ease with a variety of instruments, while Nawfal has previously released an impressive number of albums and EPs, exploring downtempo electronica and ambient dubstep. The collision of harsh beats and brazen, slammed vocals works wonders on Unveiling the Hidden, a truly outstanding collaboration between Nawfal’s Munma project and Mazen el Sayed’s El Rass persona, produced and released by independent Lebanese label Ruptured.

Notorious for his masterful flow in the classical Arabic language, quite an uncommon phenomenon in Lebanon’s exuberant rap scene, El Rass is impressive on Unveiling the Hidden, with lyrics tackling both social and political sensitive subjects. Munma, on the other hand, creates a sound-world perfectly fitting El Rass’s agitated discourse, alternating between broken beats, elaborate percussion, and ambient layers of synths. At times reminiscent of mutant hiphop outfit Shabazz Palaces, at others of the collaboration between dubstep producer Kode9 and vocalist The SpaceApe, this album is an uncanny meeting of Arabic hip-hop and electronica, and represents an exceptional event in the realm of contemporary Lebanese alternative music.
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LISTEN:

بركان بيروت Borkan Beirut by الرأس aka السيّد

من ثائر Les justes by الرأس aka السيّد

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[Design by Youmna Habbouche]

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C-DRIK & FRIENDS Live in Beirut

February 13, 2012 by zawfal

Belgian electronic musician C-DRIK, live at EM Chill [Mar Mikhael, Beirut]
accompanied by several talented Lebanese electronicians

< BIO >

CEDRIK FERMONT (aka C-drík Fermont, C-drík, Cdrk, Kirdec, Y-drík, M-drík, F-drík and many other “-drík”) is a multifaceted vegan artist, academically trained musician, DJ, singer, composer and drummer.

Of Greek, Zairian and Belgian descent, born in Zaire (RDC), he lived in Belgium, where he studied under the guidance of electro-acoustic composer Annette Van de Gorne, before relocating to the Netherlands, then to Germany in 2010.

C-drík started his first electronic project in 1989, and juggles between different musical genres, including electronica, noise, breakcore, digital punk, electro-acoustic, industrial, ambient, free jazz, hip hop, etc.

He is also a label manager and promoter, producing his own projects and those of similarly-minded experimental artists, mostly from Asia and Africa.

For more info: www.syrphe.com


[Original photograph by Ghadi Smat / Design by Joumana Seikaly]

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Décalages (12 Feb 2012) -full show-

February 12, 2012 by zawfal

Sunday 12 February 2012, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)

1. Jim O’Rourke: Ghost ship in a storm (1999)
2. Bonnie Prince Billy: What’s wrong with a zoo (1999)
3. Ben Howard: Diamonds (2011)
4. Go Betweens: Cattle and cane (1983)
5. Moriarty: Isabella (2011)
6. Cowboy Junkies: Speaking confidentially (1995)
7. Laura Marling: The muse (2011)
8. Herman Dune: Going to Everglades (2001)

Listen to Part 1: Sunday 12 Feb 2012 (1)

9. Piers Faccini: Dreamer (2011)
10. PJ Harvey: A place called home (2004)
11. Daniel Darc: C’etait mieux avant (2011)
12. Kelly Joe Phelps: Window grin (2003)
13. Other Lives: For 12 (2011)
14. Lambchop: The old matchbook trick (2002)
15. Jono McCleery: Tomorrow (2011)

Listen to Part 2: Sunday 12 Feb 2012 (2)

16. Timber Timbre: Black water (2011)
17. Papa M: Over Jordan (2001)
18. 16 Horsepower: Wayfaring stranger (2000)
19. Harris Newman (feat. Bruce Cawdron): The bullheaded stranger (2003)
20. Boubacar Traore: Minuit (2011)
21. Tamikrest: Aratan n tinariwen (2011)

Listen to Part 3: Sunday 12 Feb 2012 (3)

22. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Pardon (2011)
23. Maryam Saleh (feat. Zeid Hamdan): Eslahat (2011)
24. The Incompetents: Cannibal urinal (2011)
25. Cloud Control: There’s nothing in the water we can’t fix (2011)
26. Metronomy: The look (2011)
27. Prefab Sprout: Appetite (1985)
28. Wild Beasts: Bed of nails (2011)

Listen to Part 4: Sunday 12 Feb 2012 (4)

The record of the day:

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Hisstology presents “œ” by Heroes & Villains

February 8, 2012 by zawfal

A word from our lovely friends at Hisstology, encountered this morning while sipping a less-than-average morning coffee:

Dear all,

A quick, mandatory – albeit belated – beginning of the year message to wish you all the best for 2012. No exclamation mark needed for such things.

Most importantly, HISSTOLOGY is happy to announce Heroes & Villains‘s new LP, entitled “œ”.

For non-French speakers, it is pronounced ‘e dans l’o’ or ‘oeufs dans l’eau’. It was recorded on 14 tracks in Nairobi and no computer was involved in the making of the record. The cover artwork integrates a picture of rarely encountered members of the Amazonian tribe Mashco-Piro (the photograph was released during the recording’s week-long session). They never asked to be photographed.

You can stream/download H&V’s “œ” here:   http://hisstology.bandcamp.com/album/oe


In other Hisstology-related news:

. “Mutatis Mutandis” from Cosmic Analog Ensemble has been selected among the 12 best tracks of 2011 by the Free Music Archive’s Jason.

http://freemusicarchive.org/tag/bestof2011/

. A Sabyl Ghossoub video for Cosmic Analog Ensemble‘s “Ya3tik el 3afieh” title track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xj0hQwJ5zE

. An interview we did last November with Radio Liban’s Ziad Nawfal, which includes a live improvisation and other exclusive tracks.

http://rupturedonline.com/2011/11/08/charif-megarbane-interview-live-performance-on-ruptures-7-nov-11/

Last but not least, you can still feast your ears on the 146 original tracks released on Hisstology in 2011.

Best,

HISSTOLOGY


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Décalages (5 Feb 2012) -full show-

February 5, 2012 by zawfal

Sunday 5 February 2012, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)

1. Rim Banna: Maraya el rouh
2. Rima Khcheich: Falak
3. Sabreen
4. Soapkills: Enta fen
5. Bjork: Pagan poetry
6. Feist: How come you never go there
7. Feist & Ben Gibbard: Train song (Vashti Bunyan cover)

Listen to Part 1: Sunday 5 Feb 2012 (1)

8. Jose Gonzalez & The Books: Cello song (Nick Drake cover)
9. Jose Gonzalez: Hints
10. Don Nino: Ces petits riens (Serge Gainsbourg cover)
11. Charlotte Gainsbourg: Master’s hands
12. Piers Faccini: All the love in all the world
13. Patrick Watson: Big bird in a small cage
14. Laura Marling: All my rage
15. Iron & Wine: Tree by the river

Listen to Part 2: Sunday 5 Feb 2012 (2)

16. Daniel Johnston: True love will find you in the end
17. Spiritualized: True love will find you in the end (Daniel Johnston cover)
18. Beirut: Cliquot
19. Sun Kil Moon: Dramamine (Modest Mouse cover)
20. Alela Diane: Tired feet
21. Youmna Saba: Al hitan
22. Cat Power: Metal heart
23. Shannon Wright: Idle hands
24. Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright: Dragonfly
25. The Incompetents: Disposable valentine (version #2)

Listen to Part 3: Sunday 5 Feb 2012 (3)

26. Stuart Staples & Lhasa: That leaving feeling
27. Bob Dylan: Most of the time
28. Marianne Faithfull: Last song (feat. Adrian Utley)
29. Woven Hand: Sparrow falls
30. Tindersticks: She rode me down
31. Metronomy: Everything goes my way
32. Vampire Weekend: M79

Listen to Part 4: Sunday 5 Feb 2012 (4)

The record of the day:

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Ruptured news (January 2012)

February 1, 2012 by zawfal

KACHF EL MAHJOUB, an outstanding and explosive collaboration between Lebanese artists Mazen el Sayed aka El Rass (texts, vocals) & Jawad Nawfal aka Munma (beats, electronics), released by Ruptured in February 2012
> Available for pre-sale on Amazon and Cargo
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Tashweesh track from V/A: The Ruptured Sessions #4
> Free Download on Juno for a limited time only
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Click here to listen to V/A: The Ruptured Sessions #4  on Spotify

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Stepper’s Delight at DRM (2) – January 2012

January 29, 2012 by zawfal

Ziad Nawfal‘s setlist:

> Geiom [feat. Marita] – Reminissin’ (Shackleton Refix)
> Mutamassik – Immigrants On Course
> Badawi – Dstry<All>Prfts (Shackleton Remix feat. Vengeance Tenfold)
> Burial – Street Halo
> Zomby – Natalia’s Song
> Index/Left – Cell Intel
> Kode9 & The Spaceape – Victims
> King Midas Sound – Cool Out
> The Weeknd – House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
> Skream – Midnight Request Line
> Benga – Any Steppers
> Clark – Basterville Grinch
> Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)
> Massive Attack – False Flags (Unkle Surrender Sounds Session)
> Modeselektor – Shipwreck (feat. Thom Yorke)
> Munma – City Traffic (edit)
> Muslimgauze – United States Of Islam (pt 1)
> El Rass & Munma – Majnoun Leila / Mad Is Laila
> Afrika Bambaataa – Metal (feat. Gary Numan)
> Grinderman – No Pussy Blues (Adam Freeland Remix)

Sample sets from previous editions:

Deep Diving by Beirut Steppers

Airplanes, Bags & Baggages by Beirut Steppers

64 bytes and counting by Beirut Steppers

[Design by Nabil Saliba, from an original idea by Youmna Habbouche]

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(2011 end-of-year lists) – TIM WELFARE

January 27, 2012 by zawfal

I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…
A bit of a late entry, this one, as I received it around January 25. My friend Tim Welfare dropped me a lovely note from Santiago Chile, where he’s been living for the past few months. Thanks Tim!

Tim Welfare: curator, multimedia artist, musician (Scratch My Nose)

- Pop.1280: The Horror
- HTRK: Work Work Work
- Health: Get Colour (my fav album for the last 3 yrs + probably for a long long time)
- Gold Panda: Companion
- Slug Guts: Howlin Gang
- Chrome Dome: Self-titled
- Bass Drum of Death: GB City
- Vega, Vaino, Väisänen: Resurrection River
- Iceage: New Brigade
- Oneohtrix Point Never: Rifts

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Décalages (15 Jan 2012) -full show-

January 15, 2012 by zawfal

Sunday 15 January 2012, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)

1. Asmahan: Ya habibi ta’ala
2. Kronos Quartet: Ya habibi ta’ala (Asmahan cover)
3. Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider: Parvaz
4. Ghalia Benali: Ya m’safer (Abdelwahab cover)
5. Rima Khcheich: Souleyma
6. Rim Banna: Maraya el rouh

Listen to Part 1: Sunday 22 Jan 2012 (1)

7. Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler: Al shatt al akhar
8. Nine Horses: A history of holes
9. Tindersticks: All the love
10. Yann Tiersen: A secret place (feat. Stuart Staples)
11. Alain Bashung: Sur un trapèze

Listen to Part 2: Sunday 22 Jan 2012 (2)

12. Alain Bashung: Avec le temps (Léo Ferré cover)
13. Noir Désir: A la longue
14. 16 Horsepower: Wayfaring stranger (trad.)
15. Johnny Cash: Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover)
16. Bob Dylan: Man in the long black coat
17. Patti Smith: Changing of the guards (Bob Dylan cover)
18. Martina Topley Bird: Shangri la

Listen to Part 3: Sunday 22 Jan 2012 (3)

19. Emilie Simon: Opium
20. Camille: La jeune fille aux cheveux blancs
21. Syd Matters: Like horses
22. The Cinematic Orchestra: To build a home (feat. Patrick Watson)
23. Beirut: Nantes
24. The Velvet Underground: After hours
25. Dionysos: Thank you Satan (Léo Ferré cover)
26. Sabreen: track #5 on Youmna’s CD

Listen to Part 4: Sunday 22 Jan 2012 (4)

The record of the day:

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