Lebanese Indie Music Label // Promoter & Distributor // Radio Show
We are very excited to be participating in Künstlerhaus Mousonturm’s event BEYOND BEIRUT (as music selector and lecturer) next month in Frankfurt! In the beautiful company of Lebanese artist Lina Majdalanie, Lebanese writers Samer Frangie, Fadi Bardawil and Khaled Saghieh, and musicians Youssra El Hawary (Egypt) and Mashrou’ Leila (Lebanon), among others.
May 4-7th, German friends! Facebook event here
On the occasion of their visit and concerts in Beirut in February 2016, co-organized by Ruptured and Tunefork, we produced a radio program focused entirely on the music of Swiss trio KOCH-SCHÜTZ-STUDER:
1, from “Hardcore Chamber Music”
2, from “Heavy Cairo Traffic”
3, from “Fidel”
4, from “Thau” (Koch, Conca, Spera & Meyer)
5, from “Life Tied”
6, from “Heavy Cairo Traffic”
7, from “Drumming Chicago” (Studer, Drake & Zerang)
8, from “Fidel”
9, from “Hardcore Chamber Music”
10, from “Walking and stumbling through your sleep”
Listen:
Lebanese independent label RUPTURED presents
Three concerts by Swiss experimental trio KOCH–SCHÜTZ–STUDER
In Beirut in different venues in February 2016.
February 9, 8.30pm:
ACOUSTIC TRIO at Onomatopoeia The Music Hub
February 11, 8.30pm:
CINE-CONCERT “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” at Beirut Art Center
> Facebook event here
February 13, 9.30pm:
ELECTRIC TRIO with GUESTS at Yukunkun
> Facebook event here
THE ARTISTS
Swiss trio “KOCH-SCHÜTZ-STUDER” made its name on the international jazz scene for its radical and uncompromising “Hardcore Chambermusic.”
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Fredy Studer have been working in a “style-free” musical zone since 1990, equally at ease in jazz festivals, underground rock and electronic music clubs, as well as in the context of contemporary “classical” music.
In their music, sequenced sounds from various unrecognizable sources and live electronics create dense walls of sound, which are contrasted with completely acoustic, minimalistic-ambient improvisations.
Besides their work as a trio, “Koch-Schütz-Studer” have initiated various projects and worked with musicians and artists from different cultural and artistic backgrounds: “Roots and Wires,” with New York-based DJs I-Sound and M. Singe; “Heavy Cairo Traffic” with renowned traditional Egyptian musicians El Nil Troop; “Fidel,” which consists of recordings with traditional and improvising Cuban musicians Musicos Cubanos.
Sunday 17 January 2016, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)
1. Wild is the wind (1976, live)
2. Girl loves me (2016)
3. Where are we now? (2013)
4. God bless the girl (2013)
5. The man who sold the world (by Nirvana, 1994)
6. Life on Mars? (by Yann Tiersen & Neil Hannon, 1999)
7. Survive (1999, live)
8. Try some buy some (George Harrison cover, 2003)
9. Cactus (Pixies cover, 2002)
10. Real cool world (1992)
11. I’m afraid of Americans (1997, live)
12. I’m deranged (1996)
13. Heroes (by Philip Glass / Aphex Twin remix, 1996)
14. Loving the alien (1984)
15. Absolute beginners (1986, live)
16. China girl (Iggy Pop cover, 1983)
17. Alabama song (Kurt Weill cover, 1979)
18. Up the hill backwards (1980)
19. Boys keep swinging (1979)
20. Sound and vision (1977)
21. Fame (1975)
22. Rock’n’roll with me (1974)
23. Drive-in Saturday (1973)
24. Five years (1972, live)
25. Starman (by Seu Jorge, 2005)
26. Make up (Lou Reed, 1972)
27. Kooks (1971, live)
28. The width of a circle (1970, live)
Monday 11 January 2016, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)
1. Black star (2015)
2. Love is lost (2013)
3. Looking for water (2003)
4. Afraid (2002)
5. The heart’s filthy lesson (1999)
6. Time will crawl (1987)
7. This is not America (1985)
8. Tonight (1984)
9. China girl (1983)
10. Scream like a baby (1980)
11. DJ (1979)
12. Beauty and the beast (1977)
13. Sound and vision (1977)
14. Golden years (1976)
15. Fame (1975)
Friday 27 November 2015, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)
1. Maryam Saleh & Zeid Hamdan (eg/lb)
2. Alif (iq/ps/eg/lb)
3. Flum Project (lb)
4. Mocques [Ruptured session] (lb)
5. El Rass & Munma (lb)
6. Chyno (sy)
7. Fareeq el Atrash (lb)
8. Gurumiran (lb)
9. White Trees [Ruptured session] (lb)
10. Safar (lb)
11. Ramly (lb)
12. Postcards (lb)
13. Charlie Rayne (lb)
14. Youmna Saba (lb)
15. Fadi Tabbal (lb)
Listen:
Lebanese promoter Anthony Semaan from Beirut Jam Sessions was the guest of Ruptures for an exclusive interview, during which he gave a detailed overview of his collective’s past concerts, as well as the numerous events they’ve got planned for the coming two months!
Track listing:
Thomas Azier
Stu Larsen
Son Of Dave
Who Killed Bruce Lee
We Are Match
We Were Evergreen
Postcards
Time For T
To Kill A King
Lumi
Gurumiran
Is Tropical
Take a look at Beirut Jam Sessions’ fantastic YouTube channel here
Sunday 20 September 2015, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)
On the occasion of British musician MIKE COOPER‘s three concerts in Beirut, organized by Ruptured, we prepared a radio program showcasing his numerous releases of the last decade, as well as a generous side-order of American blues singers and guitar players, added for good measure!
1. Mike Cooper, from Elio Martusciello: Concrete Songs
2. Mike Cooper, from Various artists: I Never Meta Guitar
3. Mike Cooper, from Beach Crossings – Pacific Footprints
4. Mike Cooper, from Truth In The Abstract Blues w/ Leila Adu & Fabrizio Spera
5. Skip James
6. Leadbelly
7. Mike Cooper, from Spirit Songs
8. Mike Cooper, from Rayon Hula
9. Mike Cooper, same as #4
10. Mike Cooper, same as #3
11. Mike Cooper, from Blue Guitar
12. Mike Cooper, from Finding Other Worlds
13. John Fahey
14. John Renbourn
15. Blind Willie Johnson
16. Son House
17. Bukka White
18. Mississipi John Hurt
19. Robert Pete Williams
20. Karen Dalton
21. Mike Cooper, same as #1
22. Mike Cooper, from Avant Roots w/ Viv Corrigan
23. Mike Cooper, from Oceanic Feeling Like w/ Chris Abrahams
24. Mike Cooper, same as #4
25. Robert Johnson
26. Blind Lemon Jefferson
27. Blind Willie McTell
28. Little Willie John
29. Howlin’ Wolf
30. John Lee Hooker
31. Mike Cooper, same as #11
32. Youmna Saba
A radio program showcasing the 5th edition of Wickerpark Festival, taking place on September 13th, 2015, in Batroun, North Lebanon.
Listen:
ruptures wickerpark 1
+
ruptures wickerpark 2
Track listing:
1. Alif
2. Aufgang
3. Postcards
4. Abby
5. Charbel Haber (Ruptured session)
6. Alif
7. Rayess Bek
8. Aufgang
9. Diamond Setter (feat. Maria Leonard)
10. Abby
11. Postcards
12. Charbel Haber (Ruptured session)
13. Fadi Tabbal
14. Alif
In collaboration with Irtijal Festival and Tunefork Studios,
RUPTURED is proud to present three concerts by British singer & guitarist MIKE COOPER,
In Beirut in different venues in September 2015.
SEPTEMBER 18, 8.30pm:
Solo set at Dawawine, followed by Mike’s ‘exotica’ Dj set
Facebook event here
SEPTEMBER 20, 8.30pm:
“Beach Crossings” ensemble performance at Beirut Art Center, with guest musicians from Beirut
Line-up:
Mike Cooper (guitar, conduction)
with
Paed Conca (clarinet)
Tony Elieh (electric bass)
Abed Kobeissy (buzuk)
Ghassan Sahhab (kanoun)
Sharif Sehnaoui (drums)
Fadi Tabbal (electric guitar)
Raed Yassin (synth)
and
Ahmad Ghossein (narration)
Facebook event here
SEPTEMBER 22, 8.30pm:
Duo set with Youmna Saba at Onomatopoeia The Music Hub, followed by an informal Q&A
> For Facebook event, click here
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