(2014 end-of-year lists) – JAD MROUE

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

Jad Mroué (Funny Death)

In no particular order:

– Death Grips: The Powers That B
– Ariel Pink: Pom Pom
– Andy Stott: Faith In Strangers
– Mister Lies: Shadow
– Saint Pepsi: Fiona Coyne/Fall Harder
– White Lung: Deep Fantasy
– BADBADNOTGOOD: III
– Mac DeMarco: Salad Days
– Caribou: Our Love
– Iceage: Plowing Into The Field Of Love
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(2014 end-of-year lists) – FADI TABBAL

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

Fadi Tabbal (producer, sound engineer & musician, The Incompetents / Scrambled EggsUnder The Carpet / Tunefork Recording Studios)

In no particular order:

– The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream
– Angel Olson: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
– Sun Kil Moon: Benji
– Mac Demarco: Salad Days
– Fennesz: Becs
– Perfume Genius: Too Bright
– Owen Pallett: In Conflict
– Timber Timbre: Hot Dreams
– Jackson C. Frank: S/t (reissue of the 1965 album)
– Iceage: Plowing In The Field Of Love

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OAK // Ruptured Session // 22 December 2014

Lebanese folk singer/songwriter Allen Seif aka OAK was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview and live performance showcasing his music career in Lebanon and Australia.

Listen:
ruptures with Oak 22 Dec 2014 (part 1)
+
ruptures with Oak 22 Dec 2014 (part 2)


Track listing:
Oak
Pink Floyd
U2
Oak LIVE
Neil Young
REM
Broken Bells
Oak LIVE
Leonard Cohen
Oak LIVE
Ron Sexsmith


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Photo by Fadi Tabbal

Ruptures Radio Show // 21 December 2014

Friday 21 December 2014, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)

1. Maurice Louca [Egypt]
2. Boikutt [Palestine]
3. El Rass & Munma [Lebanon]
4. El Far3i [Jordan]
5. Naserdayn al Touffar (prod. Munma) [Lebanon]
6. Khotta Ba [Jordan]
7. Satti (prod. Edd Abbas) [Jordan]


8. Edd Abbas [Lebanon]
9. Tripnol [Lebanon]
10. Fareeq el Atrash [Lebanon]
11. Chyno [Lebanon]
12. Deeb [Egypt]
13. Maryam Saleh [Egypt]
14. Maurice Louca [Egypt]
15. Boikutt [Palestine]
16. Zeineddine & Narcicyst [Lebanon/Iraq]


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YOUMNA SABA // 3rd Ruptured Session // 15 December 2014

Lebanese folk singer/songwriter Youmna Saba was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview and live performance during which she played the entirety of her third and latest album, ‘Njoum’. She is accompanied by Lebanese musician and producer Fadi Tabbal on electric guitar and various sound treatments.

Listen:


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Photo by Fadi Tabbal

Ruptured Live // RADIOKVM Launch Concert // Beirut Art Center

Ruptured presents
Launch concert for RADIOKVM‘s first vinyl release ISSRAR
Featuring live music by Radiokvm & live video by Rami el Sabbagh

Hailing from Beirut, Lebanon, SARY MOUSSA aka RADIOKVM is a self-taught electronic musician. Constantly busy absorbing, analyzing and trying to reproduce in his own manner the ambient sounds surrounding him, he started taking music lessons as a kid, but soon found out that experimentation, e-learning, reading and trial and error processes were a lot more efficient and interesting. He was into making electronic music, and no one around him knew what a synth, a filter or a drum machine were!

Moussa grew up listening to rock and jazz, before delving headlong into electronica. He started crafting his own melodies under the moniker radiokvm in 2008. He collaborated closely with Lebanese producer Okydoky, organizing live gigs and releasing a batch of demos; the two men became notorious on the live circuit of Beirut’s electronic scene. In later years, Moussa collaborated with Lebanese electronic producers Munma, Jad Atoui, and Liliane Chlela, releasing both remixes and original compositions for label compilations; he has also composed music for theatre and dance performances (Ali Chahrour’s ‘Fatmeh’), as well as soundtracks for short films.

Born in Beirut in 1979, Rami el Sabbagh is a Lebanese video maker. He graduated from the Institute of Scenic and Audio-Visual Studies (IESAV), Saint Joseph University in Beirut in 2004. His videos include ‘C’est de ta faute, quelque part’ (It’s Somewhat Your Fault, 2003), ‘2mg of Rotten Blood on Pure White Snow’, and ‘The Last Hero’ (2012). He is also a VJ since 2005 and a DJ since 2006.


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Poster by Maya Chami, based on an original artwork by Sandra Ghosn

 

 

Ruptures Radio Show // WICKERPARK ’14 // 07 September 2014

A special edition of Ruptures showcasing the 4th edition of Wickerpark Festival in Batroun, Lebanon, and featuring tracks by Charlie Rayne, Flum Project, How Sad, Mashrou’ Leila, Scrambled Eggs, Youmna Saba, and Z The People & Al Jihaz.

Listen:
ruptures wicker park 29 august (part 1)
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ruptures wicker park 29 august (part 2)


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CEASAR K // Interview Part 2 // 11 August 2014

Lebanese DJ, producer, turntablist and label owner Ceasar K was the guest of Ruptures for the second time, for an interview covering the production output of his label VL Records.

Listen:
ruptures ceasar k 11 august (part 1) + ruptures ceasar k 11 august (part 2)


Track listing:
Moe Turk
vChille
Audible Astronaut
Escape To Venus
Trash Inc.
Funk Sinatra
Moe Turk
Cheh & Fady Aswad
Trash Inc.
Escape To Venus


 

HELLO PSYCHALEPPO & RAED EL-KHAZEN // Interview // 28 July 2014

Syrian electronic musician  and producer Samer Saem Eldahr, aka Hello Psychaleppo, was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview covering various aspects of his production work, as well as the release of his third album Ha!. He was accompanied by album producer Raed el-Khazen.

Listen:
ruptures psychaleppo 28 july (part 1)
+
ruptures psychaleppo 28 july (part 2)


Track listing:
Hello Psychaleppo *2
Mohammed Ghazi
Abdelhalim Hafez
Thom Yorke
Luke Vibert
Hello Psychaleppo


Photo by Natacha Elmir

CEASAR K // Interview Part 1 // 14 July 2014

Lebanese DJ, producer, turntablist and label owner Ceasar K was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview covering various aspects of his work from 1998 to the present.

Listen:
ruptures ceasar k (1)
+
ruptures ceasar k (2)


Track listing:
Ceasar K
Gme & Ceasar K
Ceasar K *2
Pintura Fresca (Ceasar K remix)
Ceasar K
The Greenhornes feat. Holly Golightly (Ceasar K remix)
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