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(2012 end-of-year lists) – CARL GERGES

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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.

Carl Gerges (musician, Mashrou’ Leila)

1- Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
2- Lana Del Rey: Born To Die
3- Jack White: Blunderbuss
4- Grizzly Bear: Shields
5- Passion Pit: Gossamer
6- The Shins: Port Of Morrow
7- Hot Chip: In Our Heads
8- Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts
9- Killers: Battle Born
10- Metric: Synthetica

(2012 end-of-year lists) – JAD ATOUI

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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.

Jad Atoui (musician)
https://soundcloud.com/jad-atoui

1- Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough
2- Dead Can Dance: Anastasis
3- Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
4- Sigur Rós: Valtari
5- Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed
6- Actress: R.I.P
7- Swans: The Seer
8- El-P: Cancer For Cure
9- Grizzly Bear: Shields
10- Clark: Iradelphic

(2012 end-of-year lists) – JOHN IMAD NASR

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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.

John Imad Nasr (musician, Fareeq el Atrash)

– Edd Abbas: Al Moutarakam
– Edd Abbas, Qarar & Samer AK: Min Wara el 3adaseh EP
– Katibeh 5: Fassl
– El Murabba3: Self-titled
– El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
– Roc Marciano: Reloaded
– Karriem Riggins: Alone Together
– Ghostface & Sheek Louch: Wu-Block 2012
– OC & Apollo Brown: Trophies
– DJ Mitsu The Beats: Solid Black

(2012 end-of-year lists) – RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH

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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.

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (producer, sound engineer & musician, Jerusalem In My Heart / Land Of Kush)

– Eric Chenaux: Guitar & Voice LP
– Laurie Spiegel: The Expanding Universe LP Re-Issue
– مصطفى ابو الفوز : Cassette 2012
– Maggi Payne: Ahh-Ahh Music For Ed LP Re-Issue
– Arlt: Feu La Figure LP
– Dariush Dolat-Shahi: Electronic Music, Tar & Sehtar Re-Issue LP
– رعد الناصري حفلات : Cassette 2012
– Ahmad Zahri: Hip 70’s Afghan Beats LP
– Suzanne Ciani: Lixiviation LP
– Le Révélateur: Horizon Fears Cassette
– Andrzej Korzynski: Possession OST LP

(2012 end-of-year lists) – ZEID HAMDAN

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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.

Zeid Hamdan (musician, Zeid & The Wings)
https://soundcloud.com/zeidhamdan

– Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement
– Die Antwoord: TEN$ION
– Rover: Self-titled
– El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
– Alpha Blondy: Jah Glory
– Various Artists: Beirut Hotel OST
– Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue
– Sheikh Imam (various tracks)
– Oka W Ortega (various tracks)
– Zeid Hamdan: Roundtrip OST

(2012 end-of-year lists) – ALLAN CHAARAOUI

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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.

Allan Chaaraoui (musician, Lazzy Lung)

1- Death From Above 1979: You’re A Woman I Am A Machine
2- Cloud Nothings
3- Tame Impala: Lonerism
4- Zeus
5- Grizzly Bear: Shields
6- Free The Robots
7- Japandroids: Celebration Rock
8- Radiohead: The King Of Limbs
9- French Kicks: Two Thousand
10- Reverie Sound Review: An Anniversary Away

(2012 end-of-year lists) – NADINE KHOURI

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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.

Nadine Khouri (musician)
https://soundcloud.com/nadine-khouri

– Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
– Jess Bryant: Silvern
– Chilly Gonzales: Solo Piano II
– Fránçois & the Atlas Mountains: E Volo Love
– J. Allen: Wonder City
– Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
– Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
– David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant
– Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
– Giant Giant Sand: Tucson

(2011 end-of-year lists) – TIM WELFARE

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I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…
A bit of a late entry, this one, as I received it around January 25. My friend Tim Welfare dropped me a lovely note from Santiago Chile, where he’s been living for the past few months. Thanks Tim!

Tim Welfare: curator, multimedia artist, musician (Scratch My Nose)

– Pop.1280: The Horror
– HTRK: Work Work Work
– Health: Get Colour (my fav album for the last 3 yrs + probably for a long long time)
– Gold Panda: Companion
– Slug Guts: Howlin Gang
– Chrome Dome: Self-titled
– Bass Drum of Death: GB City
– Vega, Vaino, Väisänen: Resurrection River
– Iceage: New Brigade
– Oneohtrix Point Never: Rifts

(2011 end-of-year lists) – FREDERIC NOGRAY

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I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…

French musician Frédéric Nogray (The Imaginary Soundscapes) answered thus:

“N’ayant pas ou peu acheté et écouté de disques récents tous ces derniers mois, je ne suis pas forcément au courant de ce qui est sorti. Et de ce que j’ai entendu peu de choses retiendraient mon attention. Pas assez en tout cas pour en retenir 10. Ce sera donc un Top 1 :
“Honeysuckle Æons” de Current 93. Très bel album, touchant. Ma bande son pour cette fin d’année.”

And for non-French speakers:
Not having bought or listened to that many recent albums in the last few months, I am not well qualified to cite any current releases. And from I’ve actually listened to, very few albums have caught my attention extensively. Not enough, anyhow, to make up a list of ten favorites.
It will a “Top 1”, then: Current 93’s Honeysuckle Æons; a gorgeous, touching album. My personal soundtrack for the end of this year.

(2011 end-of-year lists) – HAMED SINNO

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I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…

Hamed Sinno: musician (Mashrou’ Leila)

– tUnE-yArDs: W H O K I L L
– Adele: 21
– Foster The People: Torches
– Young The Giant: Young The Giant
– Anna Calvi: Self-titled
– Piers Faccini: My Wilderness
– Hercules & Love Affair: Blue Songs
– Maria Minerva: Cabaret Cixous
– PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
– Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes
– Florence + The Machine: Ceremonials
– Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
– Radiohead: The King Of Limbs