I asked some of my musician friends from Beirut, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2014…
Or the music they’ve listened to the most during the past year, regardless of date of release
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (producer, sound engineer & musician, Jerusalem In My Heart)
In no particular order:
– Abdel Karim Shaar: live
– Charles Cohen: MDT, GM & TMD LP’s & live (Morphine)
– Fatima Al-Qadiri: Asiatich LP (Hyperdub)
– Hailu Mergia & The Walias: Tche Belew reissue LP & live (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
– Holly Herndon: Chorus EP & live (RVNG Intl.)
– Lewis: Romantic Times reissue LP (Light In The Attic)
– Maurice Louca: Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan LP (Nawa)
– Le Révélateur: Extreme Events LP & live (Root Strata)
– Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty LP & live (Sub Pop)
– Sote: Architectonic LP (Morphine)
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Ruptured Music 