Ruptured News // Scrambled Eggs + The Incompetents archival reissues

July 27, 2026July 26, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

After years out of print, two essential chapters of Beirut’s independent music scene return to circulation.

With these two releases, Ruptured continues its archival reissue series dedicated to preserving landmark recordings from Lebanon’s independent music community. The latest entries are Scrambled Eggs – Happy Together, Filthy Forever / Peace Is Overrated & War Misunderstood and The Incompetents – A Temporary Convergence Of Interests [The Disgruntled Best Of].

Though each release tells a different story, both emerged from the same creative ecosystem that flourished in Beirut throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Both projects grew from a close-knit network of musicians, recording studios, independent venues and long-running collaborations, each helping shape the sound and spirit of Lebanon’s underground.

Scrambled Eggs brings together Happy Together, Filthy Forever (2006) and Peace Is Overrated & War Misunderstood (2009) for the first time as a newly remastered LP. Recorded during and in the aftermath of the July 2006 war, the collection captures Charbel Haber, Marc Codsi, Tony Elieh and Malek Rizkallah at a pivotal moment, balancing punk, post-punk, noise and experimental rock with a restless approach that continually pushed beyond genre. It also includes “1984,” recorded live in Beirut on 22 July 2006 while the war was still unfolding.

A Temporary Convergence Of Interests [The Disgruntled Best Of] revisits the complete history of The Incompetents, the long-running collaboration between Serge Yared and Fadi Tabbal. Drawing from the band’s five releases between 2008 and 2020, the anthology follows its evolution through changing lineups and an ever-expanding circle of collaborators, tracing a body of work that moved between post-punk, art rock, folk, improvisation and spoken word while remaining inseparable from the creative community that surrounded it.

Both releases have been carefully prepared for their return to print. The audio has been newly remastered for vinyl, with Scrambled Eggs mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market in Montreal. Each edition features restored artwork, a full-colour double-sided lyrics insert, and is pressed on 140g black vinyl in a strictly limited edition of 200 copies.

Pre-orders open Saturday, July 25. Both albums are released on August 21, 2026.

Also arriving on Bandcamp and streaming platforms on Saturday, July 25 are two newly remastered digital double singles: Scrambled Eggs – “Johnny Anti-Christ” / “See You in Beirut” (2026 Remaster) and The Incompetents – “Grey Midas” / “Cannibal Blues” (2026 Remaster).

Listen/Order: Scrambled Eggs

Listen/Order: The Incompetents

Ruptured News // Listening Session with Ziad Nawfal at Suoni Per Il Popolo // 28 June 2026

June 21, 2026June 20, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Ziad Nawfal will host a listening session as part of Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival at Casa del Popolo in Montréal.

The session focuses on music from the SWANA region (South West Asia and North Africa), drawing primarily from the Ruptured catalogue alongside releases from labels and artists connected through long-standing collaborations, including Beacon Sound, Six of Swords, Mais Um, and others.

The selection moves across recent releases, archival material, and personal listening, with occasional context offered around the artists, labels, and scenes represented. The emphasis remains on the listening experience itself.

Free admission
June 28, 2026 — 1:00 PM
Casa del Popolo, Montréal

More info: https://suoniperilpopolo.org/program/listening-session-with-ziad-nawfal-ruptured-records-music-from-the-swana-region

Ruptured Album Releases // SANDY CHAMOUN / CHARBEL HABER

May 29, 2026May 28, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Ruptured is pleased to share two new releases that arrived this season from artists working through very different forms, but shaped by similarly difficult and transformative conditions.

Out now, May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable is the new full-length by Charbel Haber, written and recorded in Paris in early 2025. It is his first solo album since leaving Beirut, emerging from a period marked by distance and ongoing upheaval.

Built through layered guitar, looper pedals, and modular synthesis, the record unfolds gradually, with melodic lines that stretch patiently across long-form compositions. Some pieces accumulate into dense and saturated structures, while others remain sparse and restrained.

The album was composed, performed, recorded, and produced by Charbel Haber, mixed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios in Beirut, and mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market in Montreal. Artwork by Ali Cherri. Liner notes by Vanessa Ague. Released by Ruptured on vinyl and digital formats, distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

[Listen/Order]

Also newly announced is Sawt El Doumouh (The Sound of Tears), the second solo album by Beirut-based artist, singer, and actor Sandy Chamoun, out June 5 on Ruptured.

Many listeners will know Chamoun through SANAM, Ghadr, and The Great Departed, projects through which she has consistently approached voice as something both musical and social, drawing from folk traditions, satire, theater, and collective forms of performance from Lebanon and across the Arab world.

Written between 2023 and 2025 during the recent war in Lebanon, Sawt El Doumouh brings together Tarab, Sardinian Cantu, sparse electronics, and percussion in a collection centered on expression under pressure, and on what remains possible to voice in conditions of exhaustion and collapse.

The album was produced by Sandy Chamoun and Anthony Sahyoun, who also handled synths and electronics. Percussion throughout the record is by Ali Hout, with buzuq by Abed Kobeissy on “Ataba.” It was recorded and mixed by Anthony Sahyoun at Tunefork Studios in Beirut and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York. The accompanying one-sheet was written by Daryl Worthington. Artwork by Elissa Assaf, with photography by Aya Saleh.

Sawt El Doumouh will be available digitally and on vinyl via Ruptured, and distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

[Listen/Order]

JOY MOUGHANNI // A Separation From Being // Vinyl Edition

March 26, 2026April 16, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Out 26 March 2026 via Ruptured.

We released A Separation From Habit by Joy Moughanni on cassette in April 2025. It now returns on vinyl.

Limited to 200 copies. 50 are available via our Bandcamp page. The rest will travel with Joy on his upcoming tour.

Built from archival tape recordings (1975–1985) by Georges Tarazi, alongside radio fragments and electronic processing, the album moves through conflict and memory, without offering resolution.

Named one of The Quietus Albums of the Year 2025 (#48).

Available now, in small quantity.

Thank you for listening and supporting.

LISTEN / ORDER

Ruptured News // Land 02 + Land 03 benefit compilations by Tunefork Studios

March 25, 2026March 24, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Two new compilations have just been released by our friends at Tunefork Studios and Beirut Synth Center, bringing together a vast cross-section of musicians and artists from Beirut and beyond.

At a moment when Israeli bombing and military escalation have once again forced mass displacement across southern Lebanon, this project gathers work from artists across generations and scenes, to raise funds for grassroots aid supporting those who have been pushed from their homes.

The list of contributors speaks for itself: Bachar Mar-Khalife, Julia Sabra, Mayssa Jallad, Postcards, Charif Megarbane, Yasmine Hamdan, Zeid Hamdan, Mazen Kerbaj, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Sary Moussa, Faten Kanaan, Mary Lattimore with Pascal Semerdjian & Fadi Tabbal, and many more. It genuinely feels like everyone who matters in Beirut’s musical landscape is present here, alongside close friends and collaborators from further afield.

Sales from the compilation go to Beit Aam and other local initiatives working directly with displaced families in Beirut and the South.

You can listen, purchase, and contribute directly via Bandcamp:
tuneforkstudios.bandcamp.com/album/land-02-a-compilation-for-the-displaced-in-lebanon
+
tuneforkstudios.bandcamp.com/album/land-03-a-compilation-for-the-displaced-in-lebanon

Thanks
xRPTD

Ruptured News // Mayssa Jallad European Dates // April 2026

February 13, 2026March 26, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Mayssa Jallad will perform a series of April dates across Scandinavia and the Netherlands, accompanied by Julia Sabra (Snakeskin, Postcards) and Pascal Semerdjian (Postcards, SANAM).

These concerts include solo presentations of Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels, as well as two appearances at Rewire — including a special collaboration set with Swedish producer Civilistjävel!, expanding on their work together on Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels – Versions.

Upcoming dates:
07 Apr 2026 – Göteborg, SE – Kulturhuset Bergsjön
08 Apr 2026 – Copenhagen, DK – Alice
09 Apr 2026 – Malmö, SE – Inkonst
10 Apr 2026 – The Hague, NL – Rewire (trio performance)
12 Apr 2026 – The Hague, NL – Rewire + Civilistjävel!

[Tour organized by NADA]

Mayssa Jallad: Marjaa (The Battle Of The Hotels)

Civilistjävel! x Mayssa Jallad: Versions

Ruptured News // Mayssa Jallad Rewire 2026 Performances // Apr. 2026

November 27, 2025November 27, 2025NewsLeave a Comment

Mayssa Jallad will appear at Rewire Festival (The Hague) in April 2026 for two separate performances.

On 10 April, she presents Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels as a trio with Julia Sabra and Pascal Semerdjian, performing the work in its full live arrangement.

On 12 April, she returns for a second appearance with Swedish producer Civilistjävel!, following his contribution to Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels – Versions. This set extends the dialogue they began on the remix album, opening another window into the project’s sonic world.

Info and tickets: www.rewirefestival.nl/event/rewire-2026

MAYSSA JALLAD ON BANDCAMP

Ruptured presents “The Noise We Carry” for Radio Elsewheres

October 27, 2025June 26, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

October 2025

Ruptured co-founders Ziad Nawfal and Fadi Tabbal have crafted “The Noise We Carry,” a sprawling 50mn audio mixtape for Radio Elsewheres and the Elsewhere on Record exhibition at Art Windsor Essex.

The piece moves through Beirut itself: its traffic, collapsing infrastructure, seaside stillness, and the din of everyday life. Drones and layered textures meet archival radio fragments and selections from Lebanon’s underground post–civil war scene (including Scrambled Eggs and Munma), creating a patchwork of sound and memory shaped by the city’s rhythms. Interwoven are intimate voices and recordings from the 2019–2021 protests, tracing the experience of displacement and the struggle to sustain a creative life.

Released on cassette, the recording loops continuously; with each pass, the magnetic tape degrades, turning medium into message and memory into material. Nothing lasts unchanged. Nothing returns exactly. And yet, the transmission persists.

Ruptured has long nurtured Lebanon’s experimental music, hosting concerts, producing albums, and preserving cultural memory amid collapse. “The Noise We Carry” carries that mission further: a transmission from Beirut, from the noise of daily survival, sent out to anyone listening.

LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT

The mixtape will be broadcast during the exhibition at Art Windsor Essex and on Radio Elsewheres’ website. Check broadcast times here.

Discover the exhibition here and explore Radio Elsewheres, the experimental sound platform founded by Velibor Božović, Steve Bates, and Claudia Zini, here.

Ruptured News // Snakeskin European tour // Nov. 2025

October 11, 2025October 10, 2025NewsLeave a Comment

Nov 04 Berlin, Germany – Morphine Raum
Nov 06 Zutphen, The Netherlands – Modka Beiroet
Nov 08 Utrecht, The Netherlands – Le Guess Who?
Nov 09 Ghent, Belgium – Groot Begijnhof Church
Nov 12 Paris, France – Les Relais Solidaires
Nov 13 Oslo, Norway – Kafe Haerverk
Nov 14 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Murmur