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BANANA COGNACS // Ruptured Session // 11 March 2013

March 18, 2013June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Lebanese rock band The Banana Cognacs were the guests of Ziad Nawfal’s weekly radio program Ruptures, for an interview and exclusive live performances. The band released its first, self-titled EP in November 2012. For this session, the line-up consisted of Double A The Preacherman (vocals), Angie Nassar (vocals), Ghassan Khayyat (guitar), Ramzi Bashour (guitar), Johnny Seikaly (bass) and Mustapha Khaled (drums). Photos by Raymond Gemayel.

Listen:
banana cognacs ruptures 1
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banana cognacs ruptures 2

Track listing:
Banana Cognacs *2
Frank Zappa
The Verve
Banana Cognacs LIVE
Broadcast
The Beatles
Banana Cognacs LIVE
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Syd Barrett
Banana Cognacs LIVE

JOE NAMY // Sea Sky Services Mixtape // March 2013

March 17, 2013November 28, 2023Music ShowsLeave a Comment

Sea Sky Services was a series of call-and-response mixes that Ruptured commissioned from musicians, collaborators and friends. The second call went out to interdisciplinary artist Joe Namy.

Track listing:

1. Farid el Atrache – Mekhasmak ya albi
2. Margaret Dygas – Quintet
3. Patti Smith – Big Ego
4. Waajeed – Tetris
5. Joao Gilberto – Astronauta
6. Lee Hazlewood – Vem Kan Segla
7. Robert Hood – A Time To Rebuild
8. Kate Bush – Among Angels
9. Djamel Allam – A Thadda
10. Keith Hudson – Hunting
11. Mike e eyebrowz – 129 Bits
12. Marzieh – Majnoon
13. Heathered Pearls – Beach Shelter
14. Bennie Maupin – Past Present Future
15. Abdullah Ibrahim / Max Roach – Inception
16. Hamid Shaaeri – Oyounha
17. Art Ensemble Of Chicago – No Woman No Cry
18. D’angelo – Great Day In The Morning

Ruptured Live // The Ruptured Sessions Vol.5 Launch Concert // Yukunkun

March 11, 2013November 28, 2023NewsLeave a Comment

Ziad Nawfal presents
THE RUPTURED SESSIONS, VOLUME 5
CD release + live performances

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
Charbel Haber
Liliane Chlela
RadioKVM

DJ SET BY:
Caroline

On Thursday 21 March 2013, starting 9pm
At Yukunkun, Rue du Liban, Gemmayzeh, Beirut

ABOUT THE ALBUM

The Ruptured Sessions is a series of live recordings produced by Lebanese radio host Ziad Nawfal in the studios of Radio Lebanon. The sessions take place during Nawfal’s weekly program Ruptures, with musicians from Beirut’s alternative scene and elsewhere.

Volume 5 documents the city’s younger wave of electronic composers, and features performances from the likes of Jad Atoui, Liliane Chlela, Mocques and Radiokvm. Also included are recordings from American experimental musician Robert Lowe (in his Lichens guise); up-and-coming international projects Praed and Under The Carpet; as well as an exclusive duo of Lebanese guitarist extraordinaire Charbel Nicolas Haber and Canadian sound-maker Radwan Ghazi Moumneh.

The sessions for Volume 5 were recorded in Beirut by sound engineer and musician Fadi Tabbal; and subsequently mastered in Berlin by Belgian artist and producer C-drík, who also worked on Ruptured releases El Rass and Under The Carpet.

Ruptured News // March 2013

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WANTON BISHOPS // Ruptured Session // 18 February 2013

February 25, 2013June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Lebanese blues/rock duo THE WANTON BISHOPS (Nader Mansour on vocals, guitar & harmonica / Eddy Ghossein on lead guitar) 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 1st album, ‘Sleep With The Lights On’, some weeks earlier. For this session, the Bishops were accompanied by regular cohorts Faysal Itani on bass and Anthony Abi Nader on drums. Photos by Tanya Traboulsi.

Listen:
ruptures wanton bishops (part 1)
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ruptures wanton bishops (part 2)

Track listing:
Skip James
Rolling Stones
Black Keys
John Lee Hooker
Wanton Bishops LIVE
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Alan Lomax comp.
Wanton Bishops LIVE *2
Eric Clapton
R.L. Burnside

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

February 21, 2013November 28, 2023Music Shows1 Comment

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

February 5, 2013June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

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

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

January 25, 2013June 12, 2024Live On Air1 Comment

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

Ruptured News // January 2013

January 15, 2013November 28, 2023NewsLeave a Comment

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

January 14, 2013June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

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