Author: z.nawfal

ZIAD NAWFAL is a Beirut-based DJ, radio host, music promoter and producer, and the co-founder of ground-breaking independent label Ruptured with Lebanese studio owner and engineer Fadi Tabbal. From 1992 to 2021, Nawfal relentlessly exposed Lebanon and the world to the special local and regional independent music talent, on his weekly radio shows ‘Ruptures’ and ‘Decalages’ broadcast on Radio Lebanon 96.2FM. Between 2013 and 2021, he was also the managing director of Irtijal Festival, the first and foremost festival for experimental music in Lebanon.

RAYYA BADRAN // Sea Sky Services Mixtape // February 2013

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Sea Sky Services was a series of call-and-response mixes that Ruptured commissioned from musicians, collaborators and friends. First up was writer and scholar Rayya Badran.

Track listing:
1. Gohan – Radio Tripoli
2. Blondes – Pleasure (Andy Stott Remix)
3. Tropic Of Cancer – More Alone
4. Dirty Beaches – Tu ne dis rien (Françoise Hardy cover)
5. Liz Allbee – A Charmed Life
6. Julianna Barwick – Anjos
7. Tim Hecker – Sketch 7
8. Hype Williams – Your Girl Smells Chung When She Wears Dior
9. J Dilla – Last Donut Of The Night
10. Madvillain – Supervillain Theme (Instrumental)
11. Hype Williams – Hype Williams Meets Shangaan Electro
12. Don Cherry – Multikulti Soothsayer Player

WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE // Ruptured Session // 28 January 2013

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Lebanese rock quartet WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE (Wassim Bou Malham, guitar & vocals / Hassib Dergham, synths / Malek Rizkallah, drums / Pascal Sarkis, bass) were the guests of Ziad Nawfal’s weekly radio program Ruptures, for an interview and three exclusive live performances, to mark the release of their first, self-titled EP. Photos by Tanya Traboulsi.

Listen:
WKBL on Ruptures (part 1)
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WKBL on Ruptures (part 2)

Track listing: 
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Metronomy
Eagles Of Death Metal
Queens Of The Stone Age
Who Killed Bruce Lee
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Tune-yards
Groundation
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Foals

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CITY OF SALT // Ruptured Session // 18 January 2013

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City Of Salt is an improvisation trio formed by Swiss bassist and clarinet player Paed Conca, Iraqi oud player Omar Dewachi, and Canadian guitarist Sam Shalabi, in the early months of 2012. The three musicians were the guests of Ziad Nawfal’s Ruptures radio program for an interview and live performance, a few weeks prior to the release of their first album, Towers Open Fire, and a promotional tour in the UK. The photos below were taken by Tanya Traboulsi.

Listen:
City of Salt (part 1)
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City of Salt (part 2)

Track listing:
City Of Salt LIVE
Shalabi Effect
City Of Salt
The Velvet Underground
City Of Salt LIVE
Rasheed al Qundarji
Bushwac
City Of Salt LIVE

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Ruptured News // January 2013

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The Incompetents‘ latest full-length CD, “Of Narcissism… And Other Minor Differences”, released in November 2012, is now available for sale in Lebanon at the following spots:
– Beirut Art Center (Sin el Fil)
– Dar Bookstore (Hamra)
– Chico Video (Hamra)
– Music Now (Hamra)

The following 2 CDs, which were released by the Berlin-based Syrphe label in the summer of 2012:
– Infinite Moment Of Composure (Jawad Nawfal & Liliane Chlela): Turbulence
– Tasjiil Moujahed (Munma & Kirdec): Self-titled
… are now available for sale in Lebanon at Beirut Art Center (Sin el Fil) and Music Now (Hamra)

Very nice artworks by Liliane Chlela and Maria Kassab, too!

There are only 10 copies remaining of the CD compilation The Ruptured Sessions volume 3, released in the summer of 2010, out of an initial run of 500.

This compilation features exclusive radio versions, recorded during the Ruptures program on Radio Lebanon 96.2FM, of tracks by Intensive Care (now Wake Island), Eileen Khatchadourian, Mashrou’ Leila, and others… These last 10 copies are found at Beirut Art Center (Sin el Fil, 5 copies) and Music Now (Hamra, 5 copies)… There will be no reprint — hurry up and get yours 🙂

CHARLIE RAYNE // Ruptured Session // 07 January 2013

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Lebanese singer/songwriter Karl Mattar aka Charlie Rayne was the guest of Ruptures for an interview and live performance, a few days following the release of his first album Thirty Sunsets. The photos below were taken by Tanya Traboulsi.

Listen:
Charlie Rayne Part 01
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Charlie Rayne Part 02

Track listing:
Charlie Rayne
Bob Dylan
Robert Leslie
Charlie Rayne LIVE *Laura’s Song
The Tallest Man On Earth
The Incompetents
Charlie Rayne LIVE *Disposable Valentine
Daniel Johnston
Charlie Rayne LIVE *Madeleines
The Felice Brothers
Charlie Rayne LIVE *Subterranean Love
Mississippi John Hurt

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(2012 end-of-year lists) – OSMAN ARABI

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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Osman Arabi (musician)
www.osmanarabi.com

1- Anaal Nathrakh: Vanitas
2- Demoncy: Enthroned Is The Night
3- God Seed: I Begin
4- Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II
5- Marduk: Serpent Sermon
6- Kanibal Hymn: Corpse Dweller
7- Mgla: With Hearts Towards None
8- Goat: World Music
9- Neurosis: Honor Found In Decay
10- Thomas Köner: Novaya Zemlya

(2012 end-of-year lists) – NADER MANSOUR

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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Nader Mansour (musician, The Wanton Bishops)

– Various Artists: Negro Work Songs & Calls (compiled by Alan Lomax)
– Seasick Steve: You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
– Skip James: Devil Got My Woman
– R.L. Burnside: A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
– Brian Jonestown Massacre: Aufheben
– The Black Keys: El Camino
– Kid Koala: 12 Bit Blues
– Scott H. Biram: Bad Ingredients
– The Dead Weather: Live At Third Man Records West
– Ben Prestage: One Crow Murder

(2012 end-of-year lists) – CHARLIE RAYNE

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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Charlie Rayne (musician)

– Beach House: Bloom (2012)
– Youth Lagoon: Year Of Hibernation (2011)
– The Tallest Man On Earth: There’s No Leaving Now (2012)
– Bon Iver: Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
– Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (2005)
– The Incompetents: Of Minor Differences… And Narcissism (2012)
– The Felice Brothers: Self-titled (2008)
– Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
– Tom Waits: Closing Time (1973)
– Nico: Chelsea Girls (1967)

(2012 end-of-year lists) – HISHAM AWAD

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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Hisham Awad (writer)

Albums
1- Actress: R.I.P (Honest Jon’s Records)

(in no particular order)
– Emptyset: Medium (Subtext)
– Ricardo Villalobos: Dependent And Happy (Perlon)
– Carter Tutti Void: Transverse (Mute)
– Shalabi Effect: Feign To Delight Gaiety Of Gods (Annihaya)
– Thomas Köner: Novaya Zemlya (Touch)
– Lee Gamble: Diversions 1994-1996 / Dutch Tvashar Plumes (PAN)
– Silent Servant: Negative Fascination (Hospital Productions)
– Jam City: Classical Curves (Night Slugs)
– Raime: Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)
– Bass Clef: Reeling Skullways (Punch Drunk)
– Heatsick: Déviation (PAN)
– Gohan: Peur (Peur Bleue Records)
– Terrence Dixon: From The Far Future Pt.2 (Tresor)
– Madteo: Noi No (Sähkö Recordings)
– Andy Stott: Luxury Problems (Modern Love)
– Powell: Body Music (Diagonal)
– Earth: Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II (Southern Lord Recordings)
– Dean Blunt: The Narcissist II (Hippos In Tanks)

Mixes/Podcasts
1- mnml ssgs mx fnl, by Morphosis (extended version)
2- Juno Plus Podcast 45, by Bill Kouligas
3- RA.327 Vessel
4- RA.318 Rrose
5- Peur Bleue mix #21/The Castle, by Gohan

Tracks (in no particular order)
– Theo Parrish: Any Other Styles (Sound Signature)
– Hieroglyphic Being: The Lost Transmission (Morphine Records)
– Actress: Marble Plexus (Honest Jon’s Records)
– Metasplice: Bohrium Slunk (Morphine Records)
– Terrence Dixon: Dark City Of Hope [Main Mix] (Tresor)
– Gohan: Radio Tripoli (Peur Bleue Records)
– Heatsick: Stars Down To Earth (PAN)
– Robert Hood: The Exodus (Music Man Records)
– Silent Servant: Invocation Of Lust (Hospital Productions)
– Raime: Your Cast Will Tire (Blackest Ever Black)
– Ricardo Villalobos: Mochnochich (Perlon)
– Andy Stott: Numb (Modern Love)
– Bass Clef: Electricity Comes From Other Planets (Punch Drunk)
– Oneohtrix Point Never: I Only Have Eyes For You (self-released)
– Laurel Halo: Airsick (Hyperdub)

(2012 end-of-year lists) – HAIG PAPAZIAN

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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.

Haig Papazian (musician, Mashrou’ Leila)

– iamamiwhoami: Kin
– Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
– Grimes: Visions
– Mykki Blanco: Cosmic Angel, The Illuminati Prince/ss
– Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man
– Holy Other: Held
– Beach House: Bloom
– Actress: R.I.P
– DIIV: Oshin
– The XX: Coexist
– Tindersticks: The Something Rain
– Hot Chip: In Our Heads
– Chairlift: Something
– Cat Power: Sun
– Lana Del Rey: Born To Die