Ziad Nawfal for Radio Ma3azef // 13 April 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Radio Ma3azef in Tunis, featuring artists from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Iraq:

  1. Alko B [LB]
  2. Wake Island [LB]
  3. Loopstache [LB]
  4. Interbellum [LB]
  5. Ramly [LB]
  6. Filter Happier [LB]
  7. Sandmoon [LB]
  8. Alif [IQ/UK/EG/PS/LB]
  9. Kinematik [LB]
  10. Gurumiran [LB]
  11. Kid Fourteen [LB]
  12. Maurice Louca [EG]
  13. PanSTARRS [EG]
  14. Maryam Saleh + Zeid Hamdan [EG/LB]
  15. Rust [LB]
  16. Muqata’a [PS]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 05 April 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Armenia, Canada and the USA:

  1. Zuli – Robotic Handshakes In 4D [EG]
  2. Muqata’a – Hafl Tanakuri (Babok Remix) [PS]
  3. El Rass – Bous el wa7ch [LB]
  4. Kid Fourteen – Whirlwind Blues [LB]
  5. Lumi – Talk to You [LB]
  6. Wake Island – Milad Majik [LB]
  7. Kinematik – Lalochezia [LB]
  8. The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Baka of The Future [US/CA/EG]
  9. Panstarrs – Khally Balak Hatmoot [EG]
  10. Day None – Honey [LB]
  11. Rakans – Red Sulfur [LB]
  12. Khoum – Shountch [AM]
  13. Scrambled Eggs – Building A Nest [LB]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio’s “Exploring Mediterranean Futures” // 15 February 2022

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This mix was commissioned by Movement Athens for its radio festival “Exploring Mediterranean Futures” [Feb. 15-19, 2022], a 5-day radio festival focused on the sounds of the Mediterranean, searching for geographical and chronological connections through its culture, ideas and people.

Ziad Nawfal’s mix presents music recorded by various artists and bands from Beirut’s indie and experimental music scenes, between 2010 and 2021. A few of the tracks were officially released in some form or another, some of them are early drafts and demos, and a couple consist of live sessions recorded during Nawfal’s 35-year tenure at Beirut’s crumbling government station Radio Liban.

  1. Fadi Tabbal – After the Fire, Before the End [Unreleased]
  2. Charbel Haber & Sary Moussa – And Yet Another Romance on A Sinking Ship [V/A The Drone Sessions Vol. 1]
  3. Scrambled Eggs & A Trio – Beach Party at Mirna el Chalouhi (Diamond Setter’s Rework) [Unreleased]
  4. The Art of Boo – BoomKaboom [Unreleased]
  5. Safa – Dominant Gene [V/A Lost Archives]
  6. Jad Atoui – FDBCK [Unreleased]
  7. Tres Milliones Dolares – Jon Black [V/A Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music]
  8. Ziad Moukarzel – Questions of Worry [V/A Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music]
  9. Court Circuit (Osman Arabi & Heathen) – Ruptured Session February 2010 [Unreleased]
  10. Jawad Nawfal – Nawa Athar 0 (feat. Aya Metwalli) [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  11. Abed Kobeissy & Sary Moussa – A Simple Song About Weather & Murder [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  12. Aya Metwalli – Red Curtains Forever [Unreleased]
  13. Sharif Sehnaoui & Mazen Kerbaj – Ruptured Session April 2012 [Unreleased]
  14. Jana Saleh – Soupire [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  15. Julia Sabra – Three Days [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  16. Fadi Tabbal & Julia Sabra – Roots [V/A The Drone Sessions Vol. 1]
  17. Marc Codsi – Untitled #3 [Unreleased]
  18. Youmna Saba – Nafas [V/A Ruptured Sessions Vol. 6: For Beirut]
  19. Anthony Sahyoun – Two Foxes Trotting on A Lane in Qartaba [Unreleased]
  20. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh – Ya Dam’at Al ‘Ain [V/A Ruptured Sessions Vol. 4]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 01 March 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Italy, France and the USA:

  1. Mutamassik – On Fire Drifting Sea-Wise [IT/US]
  2. Erorrist x Shams – Aslani [PS]
  3. Saint Abdullah – The Crown on Our Heads [IR]
  4. Raymond Haddad – Currents Away [PS]
  5. Moon Juice – Discollage Part I Incorporation [EG/SE]
  6. Sary Moussa – Distance [LB]
  7. Julmud – Fel Bo2s [PS]
  8. Asifeh – Gatalu Siri [PS]
  9. NAR – Ma Tensa [LB]
  10. Azu Tiwaline – Magnetic Service (feat. Cinna Peyghamy) [TN]
  11. Sote – Modality Transporter [IR]
  12. Lafawndah – The Night and The Horse [FR]
  13. Maurice Louca – Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) [EG]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Radio Ma3azef – Fadi Tabbal Edition // 09 February 2022

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Coinciding with the release of Lebanese musician and producer Fadi Tabbal’s new album MUSIC FOR THE LONELY Vol.2 by Lebanese indie label Ruptured, Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Ma3azef consisted exclusively of tracks by Fadi Tabbal, both from his solo and various group projects.

  1. Fadi Tabbal – Woolgathering (2013)
  2. The Bunny Tylers – While Her Blood Screams His Name (2016)
  3. Stress Distress – What Children Dream About (2019)
  4. Scrambled Eggs – SE + SS, MK & FT (2010)
  5. Under The Carpet – Rock Bottom (2015)
  6. Fadi Tabbal – The Quiet Earth (2013)
  7. Stress Distress – Night [Theme from Days of Gone 2] (2016)
  8. Fadi Tabbal – The New and Improved Guide to Birdwatching Vol.2 (2020)
  9. Fadi Tabbal – Music for Circles (2018)
  10. Fadi Tabbal – How’s Annie (Edit) (2016)
  11. Fadi Tabbal – Crystal Palace (2015)
  12. The Bunny Tylers – Contact Transfer Stains (2016)
  13. Fadi Tabbal – Ceremony by The Sea (2020)
  14. Fadi Tabbal – Snow Scene [with Ghassan Sahhab] (2022)

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 01 February 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Angola, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, South Africa and Turkey:

  1. Jerusalem In My Heart – Abyad Barraq [LB/CA]
  2. Issam Hajali – Ada [LB]
  3. Pacha – Ankara [CA]
  4. Asaf Zeki Yuksel – Democracy Lessons [TR]
  5. Abdullah Miniawy & HVAD – The Dirty Canes Lake [EG/DK]
  6. Basel Naouri – Epic Wars [JO]
  7. Stéphanie Merchak – Espaces et Ombres [LB]
  8. Zuli – Follow Your Breath [EG]
  9. Victor Gama – A Luta Inicia [AO]
  10. Nur – Mediterranean [EG]
  11. Ahmed Saleh – Right Side [EG]
  12. Abdellah M. Hassak – Seven Heavens [MA]
  13. Meczup – Sworn Mother [TR]
  14. Healer Oran – TaP{- [SA]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ruptured Album Release // FADI TABBAL // Music For The Lonely Vol.2 (2019-2021)

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LANDING JANUARY 28:
Lebanese composer, musician & producer Fadi Tabbal continues his ambient explorations on Music for the Lonely Vol.2 (2019-2021), a selection of recordings from live, film and dance performances.

Music for the Lonely Vol.2 (2019-2021) is Fadi Tabbal’s sixth solo release and the second in his “Music for the Lonely” series. Where Volume 1 was purely guitar-based, this album sees Tabbal working almost exclusively with synthesizers and tape loops. The tracks are an exploration of controlled randomness in music composition, while still dealing with the recurrent theme of alienation present in all of his work.

Written, recorded, mixed and performed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios, Beirut.
Mastered by Ziad Moukarzel, Jason Powers and Cedrik Fermont.
Picture by Fadi Tabbal. Design by Josette Khalil.

Digital release + limited edition cassette, exclusive to Ruptured’s Bandcamp page.

Order from Ruptured HERE
Stream on Spotify HERE 

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ABOUT FADI TABBAL:

Lebanese musician, producer, and sound engineer Fadi Tabbal’s body of work consists of ambient pieces using guitar, tape loops and synthesizer. He has released 5 solo albums since 2013, with his 6th Music for the Lonely Vol.2 due for release via Ruptured Records on 28 January 2022.

In addition to handling engineering and production tasks at Tunefork Studios which he founded in 2006, Tabbal is a specialist in sound conception and design. He has worked on a variety of projects, including sound and music installations for museums, theatre, and film. He is the technical director of Irtijal, Lebanon and the MENA region’s leading experimental music festival, since 2011.

Tabbal frequently collaborates with fellow ambient musician Charbel Haber, and the two of them have a new album coming out at the end of 2022 on French label Nahal. He is also currently working on an electronic duo with Postcards lead singer Julia Sabra. He was a member of several Lebanese indie bands, including The Bunny Tylers, The Incompetents, Scrambled Eggs and singer/songwriter Youmna Saba’s experimental oriental folk project. He has also recorded and produced some of the most renowned artists from the MENA region’s contemporary alternative and oriental music scenes.

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 04 January 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Lebanon, Indonesia and Germany:

1. Kinematik – Al Jadi (Capricorn) [LB]
2. Senyawa – Alkisah I [ID]
3. TEDTEDTED – Cama [LB]
4. NP [Anthony Sahyoun & Jad Atoui] – Coins with Memory [LB]
5. Liliane Chlela & Ziad Moukarzel – Dahr el Baydar [LB]
6. Two or The Dragon – Dance Grooves for The Weary (Part 1) [LB]
7. Calamita – The Industry [LB/IT]
8. Sharif Sehnaoui & Tony Elieh – Woe to Him [LB]
9. Stellar Banger [Giw/Hout/Kobeissy/Turnbull] – Put Your Medicine In Your Banana Bag [LB/DE]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

 

(2021 end-of-year lists) – MHAMAD SAFA

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It had been a while (five good years actually) since we’d done this, so we went ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

MHAMAD SAFA

– aya: im hole
– Tim Hecker: The North Water (Original Score)
– Rian Treanor: Obstacle Scattering EP
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– ZULI: All Caps
– NP: Lattices 
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq
– Caterina Barbieri: Fantas Variations
– Msylma & Ismael: The Tenets of Forgetting 
– Lorraine James: Reflection

(2021 end-of-year lists) – SARY MOUSSA

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It had been a while (five good years actually) since we’d done this, so we went ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

SARY MOUSSA

– Lucy Railton & Kit Downes: Subaerial
– FUJI||||||||||TA: Tsu Tsu 
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq 
– Demdike Stare: Drum Machines 
– Mark Fell & Will Guthrie: Infoldings/Diffractions 
– Olivia Block: Innocent Passage in The Territorial Sea
– aya: im hole
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– Leila Bordreuil: Not An Elegy 
– Loraine James: Reflection 

Continuation & previously released tracks listened to in 2021:

– JLZ & LYCOX: UH UH BALANCOU
– Nour Al Houda: Ya Jarat al Wadi 
– Abou Baker Salim: Ya Hamel al Athqal 
– Jessica Moss: Opened Ending 
– Mohammad Reza Mortazavi: Ritme Jaavdanegi 
– Unknown Singer: Teir Al Hamami (Originally sung by Mehad Hamad) / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cArefgHje6s
– Eartheater: Phoenix: La Petite Mort Édition
– Two or The Dragon: Dance Grooves For The Weary EP 
– Powell: Piano Music 1-7 
– Claire Rousay: A Softer Focus 
– Lee Gamble: Flush Real Pharynx 2019-2021
– Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu: Renegade Breakdown Remixes 
– Kinematik: Ensemble 1: Al Jadi
– Liliane Chlela: Safala