I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were… Charbel Haber: musician (Scrambled Eggs, Johnny Kafta’s Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, XEFM) 1- Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 2- Mike Cooper: Radio Paradise 3- Gil Scott Heron & Jamie xx: We’re New Here 4- M83: Hurry Up, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Charbel Haber’
(2011 end-of-year lists) – CHARBEL HABER
Posted in Charts, tagged Charbel Haber, scrambled eggs on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Between Birthdays – a tape by Joseph Ghosn & Charbel Haber [2011]
Posted in Album Reviews, tagged Charbel Haber, Joseph Ghosn on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last June, my musician and writer friend Joseph Ghosn spent a few days in Beirut. We met on a couple of occasions, spoke about the abandoned grand piano in his neighbor’s house in the Lebanese mountains and the CD compilation I was planning to release later in August, with a track of his recorded in [...]
Photo Archive [2011] -part 4-
Posted in Photo Archive, tagged Charbel Haber, Discipline, Fadi Tabbal, Imaginary Soundscapes, Joseph Ghosn, munma, OkyDoky, Paed Conca, Ruptured Sessions #4, Stephane Rives, Tarek Atoui, Under the Carpet on September 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Charbel Haber (Scrambled Eggs) & Joseph Ghosn (Discipline) – recording session in Tunefork Studio, Beirut (June 2011) / photos by Ziad Nawfal ————————————————————————- The Imaginary Soundscapes (Frédéric Nogray & Stéphane Rives) – performing at Beirut Art Center, June 2011 / photos by Tanya Traboulsi ————————————————————————— Dj Spooky – performing at EM Chill, Beirut, August 2011 [...]
Richard Eigner, interview & live performance (23 May 11)
Posted in 96.2FM, Artist Focus, tagged Charbel Haber, Denoising, Osman Arabi, Richard Eigner on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Eigner is an Austrian composer, drummer, sound-artist and producer. He spent an eventful week in Beirut, during which he presented his ‘Denoising’ project at Beirut Art Center, in the company of our very own Osman Arabi and Charbel Haber, featured on electric guitar(s). He was also part of the live line-up for the Acousmatik [...]
Radwan Moumneh & Charbel Haber, interview & live performance (4 Apr 11)
Posted in 96.2FM, Artist Focus, tagged Charbel Haber, Irtijal, Jerusalem in my Heart, Malena Szlam, RADWAN MOUMNEH on April 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lebanese musicians Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem In My Heart) & Charbel Haber (Scrambled Eggs) were the guests of Ruptures on Monday 4 April, to present the 11th edition of the Irtijal Festival of Experimental Music, which took place in Beirut in various locations between April 5-8. To listen: ruptures haber + moumneh #1 >> Track [...]
BAO, Live dans Ruptures (30 Mars 09)
Posted in 96.2FM, Artist Focus, tagged Al Maslakh, BAO Trio, Charbel Haber, Irtijal, Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Le trio de musique improvisee BAO — Sharif Sehnaoui et Mazen Kerbaj (fondateurs du label Al Maslakh et du Festival de Musique Improvisée Irtijal) et Charbel Haber (leader du groupe de punk rock Scrambled Eggs) en interview et en concert dans les studios de Radio Liban 96.2FM. Liens audio: BAO 1 + BAO 2 Le [...]
The Ruptured Sessions, volume 1
Posted in Press Archive, tagged Charbel Haber, Cristobal, Nadine Khoury, The Incompetents, Youmna Saba on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
INFO The Ruptured Sessions / volume 1 (By Karma Tohmé) Ziad Nawfal’s eclectic music tastes and his deep knowledge of a wide array of musical genres have made him one of the best DJ’s in town for over 2 decades now, and his name has been tied to the most mythical underground places of post-war [...]
Bande à Part – CHARBEL HABER & TONY ELIEH (21 Nov 07)
Posted in Bande a part, tagged BAO, Charbel Haber, Don’t Border me, MILL, scrambled eggs, Those Kids Must Choke, Tony Elieh on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Charbel Haber Guitariste et compositeur autodidacte, Charbel co-fonde le combo post-punk Scrambled Eggs à 20 ans. 9 ans plus tard, multipliant les projets et les collaborations, on le retrouve, entre autre, à la tête du label Those Kids Must Choke, membre fondateur du trio d’improvisation libre BAO et acteur pertinent de l’association MILL (Musique Improvisée [...]
Scrambled Eggs: Dedicated to Foes Celebrating Friends
Posted in Album Reviews, WRITINGS, tagged abrasive, Charbel Haber, frantic, Malek Rizkallah, Marc Codsi, punk, scrambled eggs, Tony Elieh, Tunefork on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SCRAMBLED EGGS: Dedicated To Foes Celebrating Friends (Incognito, 2009) Hot on the heels of the haunted soundtrack they’ve created for the Joreige/Hadjithomas film ‘Je Veux Voir’, Lebanese punk icons Scrambled Eggs end their busy year with this “modest” 2-song release, which does however hold a host of surprises. The year 2008 saw the Eggs part [...]
