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RAYMOND & BASTIEN BONI with SHARIF SEHNAOUI // Ruptured Session // 08 March 2010

March 10, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Lebanese musician Sharif Sehnaoui, co-founder of Irtijal Festival, was the guest of Ruptures to present ‘Prelude to Irtijal’, a 2-day celebration consisting of various performances and concerts, and heralding the 10th edition of Irtijal Festival, to be held in April 2010. Accompanying him that night were French musicians Raymond and Bastien Boni, two important figures in today’s international free improv scene.

Listen:
Bonnaoui 1
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Bonnaoui 2

Track listing:
Raymond Boni & Joe McPhee
Raymond Boni, Bastien Boni & Sharif Sehnaoui LIVE
Next To You
Raymond Boni & Joe McPhee
Raymond Boni, Bastien Boni & Sharif Sehnaoui LIVE
Dj Sniff
Raymond Boni, Bastien Boni & Sharif Sehnaoui LIVE

_DSC2902wtmk — Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

SCRAMBLED EGGS // 2nd Ruptured Session + TANYA TRABOULSI // Interview // 01 March 2010

March 8, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Tanya Traboulsi, a regular fixture in the studios of Radio Lebanon as the official photographer of our live ‘Ruptured’ sessions, slipped behind the mike for the span of a few minutes, in order to present the book “UNTITLED TRACKS“, a book of photos (her own) and texts, edited by Ghalya Saadawi and Ziad Nawfal, documenting Beirut’s alternative music scene.

As for Scrambled Eggs, they were the guests of ‘Ruptures’ that night to highlight their contribution to both the launch event for the book, and the ‘Prelude to Irtijal‘ mini-festival taking place on March 10-11.

Listen:
Traboulsi & The Eggs part 1
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Traboulsi & The Eggs part 2

Track listing:
Munma
Tarek Atoui
Lumi
Omar Rodriguez
The French Kicks
Beethoven
Liars
Fly Pan Am
Tool
Nirvana
Jim O’Rourke
Christian Wolff

COURT-CIRCUIT // Ruptured Session // 22 February 2010

March 1, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Court-Circuit, the musical partnership of Osman Arabi and Hadi Saleh (aka Heathen) has a subterranean origin – the pair began jamming in the basement of a store. Since December 2009, the duo has gone by the name of Court-Circuit, producing experimental sounds with an appropriately dark soundscape. Using snatches of speech, television static, recorded sounds, broken radios, electronics, guitars and didgeridoos, Court-Circuit conjure an ambient cacophony, a distinctive brand of postmodern noir.

Listen:
Court Circuit 01
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Court Circuit 02

_DSC0733wtmk — Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

STÉPHANE RIVES // 2nd Ruptured Session // 15 February 2010

February 22, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

French musician Stéphane Rives takes part in an interview and live showcase on Ruptures 96.2FM, to present his performance “Islets of Memory” at Beirut Art Center.

Listen:
Stephane Rives part 1
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Stephane Rives part 2

Track listing:
This Heat
White Noise
Matmos
Ticklish
Inscape
John Cage
Pauline Oliveros
Pierre Schaeffer

JOSEPH GHOSN // Ruptured Session // 08 February 2010

February 15, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

An interview and live performance by Lebanese-born musician and journalist Joseph Ghosn. He talks about his audio/video performance “Beirut”, which was to take place at the Walimat Warde restaurant the following day, as part of the “Greedy Ears” live sessions.

Listen:
Joe Ghosn 1
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Joe Ghosn 2

Track listing:
Joseph Ghosn
Lee Hazlewood
My Bloody Valentine
Harmonia
Brian Eno
Alice Coltrane
Spacemen 3

Press Review // The Ruptured Sessions Vol. 2

January 12, 2010November 16, 2023Press Archive1 Comment

The Ruptured Sessions Volume 2

[By Ziad Nawfal]

A CD compilation gathering some of the most notorious protagonists of Beirut’s experimental music scene, captured live in the studios of Radio Lebanon. “The Ruptured Sessions” is a series of live recordings that take place in the studios of Radio Lebanon 96.2FM, during Ziad Nawfal’s weekly Ruptures program. These recordings focus on musicians from Lebanon’s alternative music scenes (alternative folk & rock, electronica, improvisation, etc.), as well as visiting foreign musicians.

Thomas Millroth is a Swedish writer and art critic. Nowadays he runs the Olof Bright label, alongside Swedish reeds player and improviser Mats Gustafsson. Thomas reviewed volume 2 of CD series The Ruptured Sessions for the very fabulous music blog Soundofmusic, on December 1st, 2010. Unfortunately for readers from this part of the world, Thomas’s review is in Swedish. It’s never too late for a trip to Scandinavia, is what we are thinking.

WHITE TREES // Ruptured Session // 04 January 2010

January 11, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Lebanese rock band WHITE TREES, featuring Paul Tyan on vocals and guitar and Carl Gerges (from the band Mashrou’ Leila) on electronic percussion, in an interview and mini-concert on Ruptures 96.2FM.

Ecouter:
White Trees 1
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White Trees 2

Track listing:
Radiohead
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
The Beatles
Air

_DSC7576wtmk — Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

WAKE ISLAND (formerly INTENSIVE CARE) // Ruptured Session // 02 January 2010

January 9, 2010June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Maghzal, the founders of Lebanese-Canadian indie rock band INTENSIVE CARE, interviewed and caught live at Radio Liban 96.2FM.

Listen:
ICU part 1
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ICU part 2

Track listing:
Clues
Patrick Watson
Zeroes
Parlovr
Besnard Lakes
Grizzly Bear

_DSC7397wtmk — Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

SCRAMBLED EGGS // 1st Ruptured Session + RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH // Interview // 21 December 2009

December 28, 2009June 12, 2024Live On Air1 Comment

An interview with RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH, musician (Jerusalem In My Heart), sound engineer, producer (Clues, Land of Kush), founder of Montreal studio Hotel2Tango in 2005. Radwan is joined by Pierre-Guy Blanchard, one of his bandmates from Jerusalem In My Heart. Fadi Tabbal from The Incompetents also makes a brief appearance in this broadcast, which ends with a live performance by Lebanese indie rock band SCRAMBLED EGGS (Charbel Haber – guitar; Tony Elieh – bass; Malek Rizkallah – drums), in support of their concert at The Basement on 27 December. A good way to round off the year 2009!!

Listen:
Radwan SE part 1
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Radwan SE part 2

Track listing:
Feu Thérese
Pacha
De La Caucase
Clues
Scrambled Eggs LIVE *X to B
Scrambled Eggs LIVE *Building a nest
The Incompetents
Scrambled Eggs LIVE *Murder