Monday 14 April 2014, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)
1. Loopstache
2. Loopstache [Franz Ferdinand cover]
3. Who Killed Bruce Lee
4. Spoils & Servants
5. Wake Island
6. Wanton Bishops
7. Scrambled Eggs
8. Jammit The Band
9. El Far3i
10. Latlateh
11. Deeb (feat. Edd Abbas)
12. Tripnol
13. Khotta B
14. Chyno
15. Trash Inc. [Mohammed Abdel-Wahab Rework]
16. Aziza
17. Fady Aswad
Sunday 3 November 2013, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)
1. Velvet Underground: Stephanie Says
2. Lou Reed: Satellite Of Love
3. Velvet Underground & Nico: I’ll Be Your Mirror
4. Nico: Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
5. Lou Reed & John Cale: Faces & Names
6. Velvet Underground: Ride Into The Sun
7. Lou Reed: Charley’s Girl
8. Lou Reed: The Kids (live)
9. Lou Reed: Lady Day
10. Velvet Underground & Nico: Femme Fatale
11. R.E.M.: Femme Fatale (live)
12. James: Sunday Morning
13. Cowboy Junkies: Sweet Jane
14. Lou Reed: Sweet Jane (live)
15. Velvet Underground: Some Kinda Love
16. Lou Reed & John Cale: Forever Changed
17. Lou Reed: Last Great American Whale (feat. Moe Tucker)
18. Lou Reed: September Song (Kurt Weill cover)
19. Lou Reed: No Chance
20. Antony & The Johnsons: Candy Says (live)
21. Lou Reed: Caroline Says II
22. Lee Ranaldo: Stephanie Says
23. Velvet Underground: Who Loves The Sun
24. The Incompetents: After Hours (Ruptured session)
25. Velvet Underground: I’m Sticking With You
26. Paul Quinn & Edwyn Collins: Pale Blue Eyes
27. Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby (live)
28. Lou Reed: Endless Cycle
29. Lou Reed: Hang On To Your Emotions
30. Velvet Underground: I’m Set Free
Friday 4 October 2013, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)
1. Wanton Bishops
2. Wanton Bishops
3. The Incompetents
4. The Incompetents (live in Tunefork)
5. Intensive Care aka Wake Island (Ruptured session)
6. Wake Island
7. Mashrou’ Leila
8. Mashrou’ Leila (Ruptured session)
9. Charlie Rayne
10. Beirut Scum Society
11. Who Killed Bruce Lee
12. Tanjaret Daghet
13. Fareeq el Atrash
14. Zeineddine & Narcicyst
15. El Rass & Munma
16. El Rass & Munma
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
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
Sunday 11 March 2012, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)
1. Leonard Cohen: Going home (2012)
2. Leonard Cohen: Amen (2012)
3. Palace Songs: Winter lady
4. Leonard Cohen: Winter lady (1967)
5. Leonard Cohen: Show me the place (2012)
6. Cass McCombs: Teachers
7. Leonard Cohen: Teachers (1967)
8. That Petrol Emotion: Stories of the street
9. Don Nino: There is a war
10. Leonard Cohen: There is a war (1974)
11. Leonard Cohen: Darkness (2012)
12. Leonard Cohen: Here it is (2001)
13. Jonathan Richman: Here it is
14. David McComb & Adam Peters: Don’t go home with your hard-on
15. Leonard Cohen: True love leaves no traces (1977)
16. Leonard Cohen: Anyhow (2012)
17. Johnny Cash: Bird on the wire
18. Teddy Thompson: Tonight will be fine (live)
19. Leonard Cohen: Story of Isaac (1969)
20. Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo: Master song
21. House of Love: Who by fire
22. Leonard Cohen: Dress rehearsal rag (1971)
23. Jean-Louis Murat: Avalanche
24. Leonard Cohen: Crazy to love you (2012)
25. Evan Dando & Liv Tyler: Hey that’s no way to say goodbye
26. Bill Callahan: So long Marianne
27. Antony: If it be your will (live)
28. Leonard Cohen: Everybody knows (live 1993)
Friday 4 November 2011, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (8-9pm)
1. Scrambled Eggs
2. Scrambled Eggs
3. Intensive Care
4. Mashrou’ Leila
5. White Trees
6. Charbel Haber (acoustic demo)
7. Scrambled Eggs
8. Spoils & Servants
9. The New Government
10. Rover
11. Zeid & The Wings
12. Aufgang (feat. Rami Khalife)
13. Scrambled Eggs
14. Scrambled Eggs (live at Club Social)
15. Beirut Scum Society
In June 2011, we recorded three music programs for very nice Italian online radio, Radio Papesse; the intent was for these 3 hours to represent an introduction to some of our favorite artists from Lebanon’s contemporary alternative music scene(s).
Here are the three programs again, with full track listing for each segment. Enjoy !
Part 1: Alternative Rock & Pop
• SOAPKILLS enta fen (2006)
• ZEID & THE WINGS hkini (2010)
• WHITE TREES the game of love (2008)
• INTENSIVE CARE another you (2009)
• THE INCOMPETENTS closing time (2010)
• ZIAD SAAD venus in pleurs (2008)
• HEROES & VILLAINS the last of the useful inventions (2008)
• MASHROU’ LEILA imbibillilah (Ruptured session, 2011)
• LAZZY LUNG rains in October (2010)
• NEW GOVERNMENT flaka (2007)
• SCRAMBLED EGGS bleeding nun (2006)
• LUMI face it out (2008)
Part 2: Hip Hop & Modern Folk
• RAYESS BEK choufo halon (2003)
• KITA’A BEIRUT bi siret al mousi2a (2002)
• RGB elhem (2008)
• KATIBE KHAMSEH ahla fik bil moukhayyamat (2008)
• FAREEQ EL ATRASH democrati (2006)
• NADINE KHOURI rouge [true love is gonna spill] (2010)
• EILEEN KHATCHADOURIAN (Ruptured session, 2011)
• CRISTOBAL I am a cloud (2007)
• SANDMOON hide away (2010)
• YOUMNA SABA hadiss bweib (2011)
Part 3: Electronic & Experimental Music
• TRASH INC stratus (2009)
• MUNMA & TRASH INC night walker pt.2 (2009)
• INDEX/LEFT new dawn (2010)
• MUNMA bits and dust (2010)
• JAD ATOUI code breaker (2010)
• MORPHOSIS androids among us (2011)
• OKYDOKY & RADIO KVM ein souda (2010)
• TAREK ATOUI un-drum #3 [early version] (2009)
• PRAED the suspect (2011)
• SCRAMBLED EGGS & FRIENDS track #4 (2010)
• JOSEPH GHOSN drone 1 (2008)
• SHARIF SEHNAOUI trane (2010)
Don’t Border me est né officiellement le 9 juin 2007, à Montréal, grace aux efforts des journalistes Christelle Franca et Serge Abiaad. Le projet s’intéresse aux musiques et la création faite où les frontières géopolitiques sont trop rigides; là où la circulation des individus, des idées et d’une information honnête est aussi complexe qu’essentielle. Pour ses premiers pas, Don’t Border me a souhaité donner la parole à la musique libanaise actuelle.
Pour clôturer en beauté la première édition du projet Don’t Border me/Bande à Part, Jade (DJ résident et propriétaire du club The Basement à Beyrouth) livre un «DJ set» impressionant de maîtrise, et majoritairement dédié à la scène électronique locale.
Track listing: 1. SHANT: Kids
2. ROMAX: Not Meant To Be
3. AISHA: Get Togetha
4. FADY FERRAYE: Hashtray
5. MUNMA: City Traffic
6. ROMAX: Rosha
7. SHANT: Wandering
8. AISHA: Twist
9. MUNMA: Polymorph 2 + 3
10. SOAPKILLS: Tango
Don’t Border me est né officiellement le 9 juin 2007, à Montréal, grace aux efforts des journalistes Christelle Franca et Serge Abiaad. Le projet s’intéresse aux musiques et la création faite où les frontières géopolitiques sont trop rigides; là où la circulation des individus, des idées et d’une information honnête est aussi complexe qu’essentielle. Pour ses premiers pas, Don’t Border me a souhaité donner la parole à la musique libanaise actuelle.
Dans le cadre du projet Bande à Part/Don’t Border me, Zeid Hamdan (musicien, producteur, DJ et promoteur, pour ne citer que ceux-là), était l’invité de l’émission Ruptures, sur Radio Liban 96.2FM. Il donne aux auditeurs un aperçu de ses productions récentes, ainsi que des différentes musiques qui ont influencé sa carrière de musicien…