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Ruptured + Beacon Sound Album Release // JULIA SABRA AND FADI TABBAL // Snakeskin

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Arriving October 14, 2022:
SNAKESKIN is the first full-length by mainstays of the Lebanese music scene JULIA SABRA and FADI TABBAL. Snakeskin marks the sixth collaboration between Ruptured and Portland-based indie label Beacon Sound, and is the second release in our Corrosion Series, following Anthony Sahyoun’s solo album Proof By Infinite Descent in 2021.

Snakeskin was born in the aftermath of the August 4 2020 port explosion in Beirut, which decimated several of the city’s neighborhoods – it is a reflection on what it means to feel at home in a place where “there is no rebirth, no renewal,” as the artists put it. Shapeshifting above ambient and industrial undercurrents, the album is visionary electronic dream pop, utilizing tape loops, synthesizers, vocals, and drum machines, combining Julia’s pop-inspired melodies and choral roots (an echo from her religious upbringing) with Fadi’s affinity for minimalism and musique concrète.

“The moon speaks in tongues we can’t discern / A plastic dove hangs from a cypress branch / Haven’t you heard? / Nothing grows here anymore / The air is burnt / Nothing grows…”

Recorded by Fadi Tabbal, mixed by Sary Moussa and Fadi at Tunefork Studios in Beirut. Drum samples by Pascal Semerdjian. Cover photo by Lujain Jo + graphic design by Josette ‘ZOoz’ Khalil. Mastered by Rashad Becker.

Out on October 14, 2022 as a limited vinyl edition + digital release.

Preorder / Prestream  HERE
Preorder from Beacon Sound  HERE

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Ziad Nawfal for Radio Alhara – Marc Codsi Edition // 20 July 2022

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Coinciding with the release of Lebanese musician and producer MARC CODSI’s new album THE SILENCE BETWEEN THE NEW WORLD AND THE AFTERMATH by Ruptured, Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for RADIO ALHARA consisted exclusively of tracks by Marc Codsi, taken from both his solo and various group projects.

  1. Marc Codsi – 1979 [Faded Postcards]
  2. Scrambled Eggs – We Should Share More Than Circumstance [No Special Date nor A Deity to Venerate]
  3. Lumi – Raised in Fire [The Night Was a Liar]
  4. Marc Codsi – Piano Part 2 [Faded Postcards]
  5. Marc Codsi – A Light [V/A Nisf Madeena]
  6. Zalfa – Law Ma [Fi Dam]
  7. Scrambled Eggs – Just [Nevermind Where, Just Drive]
  8. Marc Codsi – Invocation I [A New World]
  9. Marc Codsi – Hangar #12 [The Silence Between the New World and The Aftermath]
  10. Marc Codsi – Empty Resonant Shells [V/A Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music]
  11. Marc Codsi – Faded Postcard 1 [Faded Postcards]
  12. Marc Codsi – Finding Home [The Silence Between the New World and The Aftermath]
  13. Marc Codsi – Encounters II [A New World]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 07 June 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Lebanon, Egypt, and Belgium:

  1. Safar – Articulations [LB]
  2. Sharif Sehnaoui & Jawad Nawfal – Cut [LB]
  3. NP [Anthony Sahyoun & Jad Atoui] – Iridescence [LB]
  4. Elyse Tabet – We Slept Through the Day [LB]
  5. Anthony Sahyoun & Jawad Nawfal – January 19 [LB]
  6. Pie Are Squared – Let’s Stay in And Listen to Shoegaze [EG]
  7. Daou – Odd Light [LB]
  8. Cedrik Fermont – Aquanaute [BE]
  9. Liliane Chlela – 2025 [LB]
  10. Wanderland – December [LB]
  11. PanSTARRS – Gesm Gedeed [EG]
  12. The Submarine Chronicles – Shabalah [LB]
  13. Heroes & Villains – The Rest Is History [LB]
  14. The Incompetents – 2 HJ [LB]
  15. Beirut Scum Society – Werewolf [LB]
  16. Kid Fourteen – One Day I’m Gone [LB]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 23 May 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, and Lebanon:

  1. Préfaces – El Jaguar [LB]
  2. Kinematik – Al Kafila [LB]
  3. Fadi Tabbal – And Then… [LB]
  4. Postcards – Angel [LB]
  5. Serge Yared – Deliberate Depression [LB]
  6. Maurice Louca – El-Gullashah (Foul Tongue) [EG]
  7. Raed Yassin – A Fistful Of Stardust [LB]
  8. Muqata’a – Ikmal إِكمَال [PS]
  9. Jawad Nawfal – Nawa Athar 0 [LB/EG]
  10. Stéphanie Merchak – my eyes are bleeding green rivers [LB]
  11. Jad Atoui – The Last Bloom [LB]
  12. Thoom – Re-Trace [LB]
  13. Tarkamt – Outer Gateways [EG]
  14. Daou – Sauldre [LB]
  15. FRKTL – Sidereal II [EG]
  16. Saint Abdullah – Sound, Sound, And Only Sound [IR]
  17. Mayssa Jallad & Khaled Allaf – Madina Min Baeed [LB]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Radio Ma3azef – Daou Takeover // 11 May 2022

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To mark the release of his 1st album with Ruptured earlier this month, we invited DAOU to curate one hour of music for our monthly spot with Ma3azef.
DAOU’s set includes tracks by Thme, Hainbach, øjeRum, Taylor Deupree (who also mastered the album), Marcus Fischer, Tomasz Bednarczyk, SVLBRD, Benoît Pioulard, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Abul Mogard, and Hammock.
DAOU’s ‘Sanctuary’ is available as a seriously limited edition cassette & digital album via Ruptured’s Bandcamp page.

  1. Thme – Dreamed, Spoken (2021)
  2. Hainbach – Triangle Waves (2018)
  3. øjeRum – Part 2 (2015)
  4. Taylor Deupree – Paper Dawn (2018)
  5. Marcus Fischer – Watching Snow (2019)
  6. Tomasz Bednarczyk – Little Spring (2009)
  7. SVLBRD – Mist (2020)
  8. Benoît Pioulard – Plainchant (2015)
  9. Rafael Anton Irisarri – The Clock (2018)
  10. Abul Mogard – Half Light of Dawn (2015)
  11. 36 – Inside (2:56am Mix) (2010)
  12. Hammock – Lonely, Some Quietly Wander in the Hall of Stars (2010)
  13. Daou – Beginnings (2022)

 

Ziad Nawfal for Radio Ma3azef // 13 April 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Radio Ma3azef in Tunis, featuring artists from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Iraq:

  1. Alko B [LB]
  2. Wake Island [LB]
  3. Loopstache [LB]
  4. Interbellum [LB]
  5. Ramly [LB]
  6. Filter Happier [LB]
  7. Sandmoon [LB]
  8. Alif [IQ/UK/EG/PS/LB]
  9. Kinematik [LB]
  10. Gurumiran [LB]
  11. Kid Fourteen [LB]
  12. Maurice Louca [EG]
  13. PanSTARRS [EG]
  14. Maryam Saleh + Zeid Hamdan [EG/LB]
  15. Rust [LB]
  16. Muqata’a [PS]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 05 April 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Armenia, Canada and the USA:

  1. Zuli – Robotic Handshakes In 4D [EG]
  2. Muqata’a – Hafl Tanakuri (Babok Remix) [PS]
  3. El Rass – Bous el wa7ch [LB]
  4. Kid Fourteen – Whirlwind Blues [LB]
  5. Lumi – Talk to You [LB]
  6. Wake Island – Milad Majik [LB]
  7. Kinematik – Lalochezia [LB]
  8. The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Baka of The Future [US/CA/EG]
  9. Panstarrs – Khally Balak Hatmoot [EG]
  10. Day None – Honey [LB]
  11. Rakans – Red Sulfur [LB]
  12. Khoum – Shountch [AM]
  13. Scrambled Eggs – Building A Nest [LB]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio’s “Exploring Mediterranean Futures” // 15 February 2022

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This mix was commissioned by Movement Athens for its radio festival “Exploring Mediterranean Futures” [Feb. 15-19, 2022], a 5-day radio festival focused on the sounds of the Mediterranean, searching for geographical and chronological connections through its culture, ideas and people.

Ziad Nawfal’s mix presents music recorded by various artists and bands from Beirut’s indie and experimental music scenes, between 2010 and 2021. A few of the tracks were officially released in some form or another, some of them are early drafts and demos, and a couple consist of live sessions recorded during Nawfal’s 35-year tenure at Beirut’s crumbling government station Radio Liban.

  1. Fadi Tabbal – After the Fire, Before the End [Unreleased]
  2. Charbel Haber & Sary Moussa – And Yet Another Romance on A Sinking Ship [V/A The Drone Sessions Vol. 1]
  3. Scrambled Eggs & A Trio – Beach Party at Mirna el Chalouhi (Diamond Setter’s Rework) [Unreleased]
  4. The Art of Boo – BoomKaboom [Unreleased]
  5. Safa – Dominant Gene [V/A Lost Archives]
  6. Jad Atoui – FDBCK [Unreleased]
  7. Tres Milliones Dolares – Jon Black [V/A Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music]
  8. Ziad Moukarzel – Questions of Worry [V/A Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese Music]
  9. Court Circuit (Osman Arabi & Heathen) – Ruptured Session February 2010 [Unreleased]
  10. Jawad Nawfal – Nawa Athar 0 (feat. Aya Metwalli) [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  11. Abed Kobeissy & Sary Moussa – A Simple Song About Weather & Murder [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  12. Aya Metwalli – Red Curtains Forever [Unreleased]
  13. Sharif Sehnaoui & Mazen Kerbaj – Ruptured Session April 2012 [Unreleased]
  14. Jana Saleh – Soupire [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  15. Julia Sabra – Three Days [V/A Istimrar Phase 1]
  16. Fadi Tabbal & Julia Sabra – Roots [V/A The Drone Sessions Vol. 1]
  17. Marc Codsi – Untitled #3 [Unreleased]
  18. Youmna Saba – Nafas [V/A Ruptured Sessions Vol. 6: For Beirut]
  19. Anthony Sahyoun – Two Foxes Trotting on A Lane in Qartaba [Unreleased]
  20. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh – Ya Dam’at Al ‘Ain [V/A Ruptured Sessions Vol. 4]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Movement Radio // 01 March 2022

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Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Italy, France and the USA:

  1. Mutamassik – On Fire Drifting Sea-Wise [IT/US]
  2. Erorrist x Shams – Aslani [PS]
  3. Saint Abdullah – The Crown on Our Heads [IR]
  4. Raymond Haddad – Currents Away [PS]
  5. Moon Juice – Discollage Part I Incorporation [EG/SE]
  6. Sary Moussa – Distance [LB]
  7. Julmud – Fel Bo2s [PS]
  8. Asifeh – Gatalu Siri [PS]
  9. NAR – Ma Tensa [LB]
  10. Azu Tiwaline – Magnetic Service (feat. Cinna Peyghamy) [TN]
  11. Sote – Modality Transporter [IR]
  12. Lafawndah – The Night and The Horse [FR]
  13. Maurice Louca – Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) [EG]

[This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO]

Ziad Nawfal for Radio Ma3azef – Fadi Tabbal Edition // 09 February 2022

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Coinciding with the release of Lebanese musician and producer Fadi Tabbal’s new album MUSIC FOR THE LONELY Vol.2 by Lebanese indie label Ruptured, Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Ma3azef consisted exclusively of tracks by Fadi Tabbal, both from his solo and various group projects.

  1. Fadi Tabbal – Woolgathering (2013)
  2. The Bunny Tylers – While Her Blood Screams His Name (2016)
  3. Stress Distress – What Children Dream About (2019)
  4. Scrambled Eggs – SE + SS, MK & FT (2010)
  5. Under The Carpet – Rock Bottom (2015)
  6. Fadi Tabbal – The Quiet Earth (2013)
  7. Stress Distress – Night [Theme from Days of Gone 2] (2016)
  8. Fadi Tabbal – The New and Improved Guide to Birdwatching Vol.2 (2020)
  9. Fadi Tabbal – Music for Circles (2018)
  10. Fadi Tabbal – How’s Annie (Edit) (2016)
  11. Fadi Tabbal – Crystal Palace (2015)
  12. The Bunny Tylers – Contact Transfer Stains (2016)
  13. Fadi Tabbal – Ceremony by The Sea (2020)
  14. Fadi Tabbal – Snow Scene [with Ghassan Sahhab] (2022)