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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)
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ruptures psychaleppo 28 july (part 2)
Track listing:
Hello Psychaleppo *2
Mohammed Ghazi
Abdelhalim Hafez
Thom Yorke
Luke Vibert
Hello Psychaleppo
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)
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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)
Ceasar K
Lebanese electro-pop duo LOOPSTACHE (Carl Ferneiné & Salim Naffah) were the guests of Ruptures, a few days prior to the launch of their first album – the interview covered different aspects of their career and musical influences.
Listen:
ruptures loopstache (part 1)
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ruptures loopstache (part 2)
Track listing:
Loopstache *2
Scissor Sisters
Chromeo
The Beatles
Sister Sledge
James Brown
Ray Charles
Loopstache *2
Lebanese folk singer/songwriter ELIE RAMLY aka RAMLY was the guest of Ruptures for an exclusive interview and live performances of tracks taken from his forthcoming EP Beneath The Morning Sun.
Listen:
ruptures ramly (part 1)
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ruptures ramly (part 2)
Track listing:
Ramly
Led Zeppelin
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ramly
Ramly LIVE
Antony & The Johnsons
Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson
Ramly LIVE
Sebastien Tellier
Ramly
Ruptures had the pleasure of hosting Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan in the studios of Radio Lebanon, for an in-depth interview revolving around the renowned vocalist’s past and current projects.
Listen:
ruptures yasmine hamdan 26/05 (part 1)
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ruptures yasmine hamdan 26/05 (part 2)
Track listing:
Yasmine Hamdan *2
Nick Drake
Yasmine Hamdan
Nina Simone
Abida Parveen
James Blake
Yasmine Hamdan
Souad Abdullah
Ruptures had the pleasure of welcoming Lebanese musician and producer Miran Gurunian in the studios of Radio Lebanon. What was initially intended as a promotional show for the launch of his band Pindoll’s first album, Twisted Times, turned into an informative, one-hour interview and career retrospective covering various aspects of Gurunian’s work and music production of the last 10 years.
Listen:
ruptures mihran gurunian (1)
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ruptures mihran gurunian (2)
Lebanese up-and-coming folk band POSTCARDS were the guests of Ruptures on Monday 11 November 2013, for an interview and some exclusive live performances. The band released its first EP, “Lakehouse”, during the summer of 2013. Their line-up for this session consisted of Julia Sabra (vocals, ukulele & guitar), Marwan Tohme (guitar & vocals), Rani Bechara (bass & backing vocals) and Pascal Semerdjian (drums & backing vocals). Photos by Tanya Traboulsi.
Listen:
Ruptures Postcards (part 1)
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Ruptures Postcards (part 2)
Lebanese musician and producer John Imad Nasr, the co-founder of hip-hop crew Fareeq el Atrash, was the guest of Ziad Nawfal’s weekly radio show Ruptures, where he presented his band’s latest album ‘Al Mawjeh el Tarsha, and played some of his favorite music cuts.
Listen:
Ruptures John i. Nasr (part 1)
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Ruptures John i. Nasr (part 2)
Track listing:
Fareeq el Atrash
Gangstarr
Fareeq el Atrash
Public Enemy
Fareeq el Atrash
Edd Abbas & Satti (featuring DJ Stickfiggr)
Tanjaret Daghet
The Roots
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
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
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