MusicMap’s ‘Soundscape’ series is a brilliant way to keep up with local music scenes and global trends. Every few weeks, the people behind this amazing platform visit a different country and ask someone familiar with the scene to serve up a mix of the finest local sounds… “This month we’re visiting Lebanon for our first Soundscape from the Middle East. Our guide this time is Beirut-based DJ, promoter and producer Ziad Nawfal, co-founder of ground-breaking independent label Ruptured and managing director of Irtijal, the country’s first experimental music festival. Ziad Nawfal has spent his career championing independent Lebanese music via his ‘Ruptures’ and ‘Decalages’ shows on Radio Lebanon, so we knew we were in for a treat with his Soundscape mix…”

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Track listing: 1. El Rass & Munma – Kashghara (Adam, Darwin & The Penguin, 2015) 2. Kinematik – Lalochezia (Ala’, 2017) 3. Calamita – FTC (Calamita, 2018) 4. Fadi Tabbal – Crystal Palace (Museum of Disappearing Buildings, 2015) 5. Youmna Saba – Nafas (Njoum, 2014) 6. Jad Atoui – Zikr (Unreleased track, 2016) 7. The Bunny Tylers – Mothers Make Murderers (Glitches & Drones, 2016) 8. Kid Fourteen – It’s A Lovely Night (Dream Kids Never Sleep, 2016) 9. Scrambled Eggs – Building A Nest (Unreleased track, 2013) 10. KOZO 構造 – Don’t Leave, Kurokawa! (Beirut Wave Three, 2017) 11. Mme Chandelier – Minimal Potato (Post Coital Tristesse, 2016) 12. Radiokvm – Alpha Apparatus (Issrar, 2014) 13. Stephanie Merchak – Und Meine Antwort War Nein (Eine Frage, 2018) 14. Munma – Cadavre Exquis (Three Voices, 2016)

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