A special edition of Ruptures showcasing the 4th edition of Wickerpark Festivalin Batroun, Lebanon, and featuring tracks by Charlie Rayne, Flum Project, How Sad, Mashrou’ Leila, Scrambled Eggs, Youmna Saba, and Z The People & Al Jihaz.
Two years after their first recorded collaboration, the successful “Kachf el Mahjoub / Unveiling the Hidden” (for the Ruptured label), Lebanese artists and musicians Mazen el-Sayed aka El Rass and Jawad Nawfal aka Munma released its long-awaited follow-up, “Adam, Darwin and the Penguin”, in May 2014. A few days before the launch concert of the album in popular live venue Metro Al-Madina in Hamra, Beirut, we ran a radio show detailing the genesis and production of the record and its different contributors.
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
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