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Three days prior to her concert at Metro al-Madina in Beirut, exquisite folksinger Youmna Saba was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview & live performance. Accompanied by Fadi Tabbal on guitar & Hadi Deaibess on percussion, she showcased several songs from her first two releases, Men Aafesh el Beit and Hal Bent Aabalha Tghanni. [...]

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The 1st leg of Swiss / German trio PORTA CHIUSA’s mini-tour of Lebanon (with subsequent dates in Tripoli and Batroun) started in the studios of Radio Lebanon, with an interview and live performance showcasing excerpts from the audio-visual piece. Featuring Paed Conca (CH, clarinet), Michael Thieke (DE, clarinet) & Hans Koch (CH, clarinet). Listen to [...]

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Sharif Sehnaoui, Mazen Kerbaj & Hadi Saleh (from Acousmatik System), co-curators of the Irtijal festival’s 12th edition (April 4-12), were the guests of Ruptures for a presentation of the Festival’s program. The show was book-ended by two live performances from the Kerbaj/Sehnaoui duo. Listen to the full program: Kerbaj Saleh Sehnaoui Irtijal 12 Playlist: Jim Denley [...]

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Ensemble 15.02 (feat. Konstrukt, Liliane Chlela, Paed Conca, Tony Elieh, Mazen Kerbaj, Stéphane Rives, Sharif Sehnaoui, Fadi Tabbal, Raed Yassin) – performing at DRM, Hamra, Beirut (15 February 12) / photos by Tanya Traboulsi ————————————————————– ——————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————- ———————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————— C-Drik & Friends (feat. C-drik, Liliane Chlela, Jad Atoui & Munma) – performing at EM Chill, [...]

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I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were… Fadi Tabbal: producer, sound engineer, musician (The Incompetents, Under The Carpet, XEFM, Robert Polson) – Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 – Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues – Bon Iver: Self-titled – Destroyer: Kaputt – James Blake: [...]

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Tashweesh (Basel Abbas, Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Boikutt) – performing at The Cave, Saifi Urban Gardens, Beirut (October 2011) / photos by Tanya Traboulsi ———————————————————————————————————————– Munma (Jawad Nawfal) – performing at The Cave, Saifi Urban Gardens, Beirut (October 2011) / photos by Tanya Traboulsi —————————————————————————————————————————– Scrambled Eggs (Charbel Haber, Tony Elieh & Malek Rizkallah, with guest Fadi [...]

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With a new album (almost) in hand, two concerts scheduled for late October and early November 2011, and another full-blown album in the works, it was high time that The Incompetents took over the studios of Radio Lebanon again, with their ranting, raving, on-air arguments, and of course, some pretty competent music playing… Ladies and [...]

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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 [...]

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Singer/songwriter Sandra Arslanian, aka SANDMOON, was the guest of Ruptures to present the release of her first album, RAW. Accompanied by guitarist Elia Monsef, she performed three excerpts from the album, live inthe studios of Radio Lebanon. Sandmoon was one of the finalists of Radio Liban 96.2FM ‘Nouvelles Musiques’ competition, which took place in 2009 [...]

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This band needs very little in the way of introduction…. Recent winners of the 96.2FM music prize, fresh from a string of concerts in the south of Lebanon, truly outstanding neo-rockers Mashrou3 Leila raided the studios of Radio Lebanon for an impromptu interview/mini-concert. Present in the studio were violin player Haig Papazian, guitarist Andre Chedid [...]

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