A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a broody electronic dance mix from distant shores, with emphasis on sound design, by Lebanese electronic musician & producer BANA HAFFAR. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.
Bana Haffar is an electronic music composer exploring the materiality of sound, and the relation of sonic worlds to the vast terrain of natural and artificial systems. Bana is a DJ at Dublab who’s been active in the LA experimental music community (Modular on the Spot, 2014) and worldwide (Beirut Synthesizer Center in Lebanon, 2021). Currently, Bana is pursuing graduate research at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
1. Robert Ashley – She Was a Visitor (1967) (extract) [Automatic Writing, Lovely Music 1979]
2. Demdike Stare – Hashshanshin Chant [Tryptych, Modern Love 2011]
3. Rainer Veil – Elements [Vanity, Modern Love 2019]
4. Zoë Mc Pherson – I Expect Nothing (Straight) [Abyss Elixir, Pendulum Recordings 2022]
5. Lee Gamble – Shards [Exhaust, Hyperdub 2019]
6. Appleblim – Fear [Soundboy Punishments Shackleton, Appleblim, Gatekeeper, Skull Disco 2007]
7. Appleblim – Gold and Silver [Soundboy Punishments Shackleton, Appleblim, Gatekeeper, Skull Disco 2007]
8. Piezo, Unity Vega – Set Em [Imago EP, Anisa 2024]
9. Fracture – Blaze (feat. Bryan Gee) [0860, Astrophonica 2022]
10. Marco Shuttle – Winds of Cydonia [Cobalt Desert Oasis, Incienso 2021]
11. Rrose, Polygonia – Haima [Dermatology, Eaux 2024]
12. Lee Perry – City Too Hot [Upsetter, 1977]
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