Lebanese promoter Anthony Semaan from Beirut Jam Sessions was the guest of Ruptures for an exclusive interview, during which he gave a detailed overview of his collective’s past concerts, as well as the numerous events they’ve got planned for the coming two months!
Track listing:
Thomas Azier
Stu Larsen
Son Of Dave
Who Killed Bruce Lee
We Are Match
We Were Evergreen
Postcards
Time For T
To Kill A King
Lumi
Gurumiran
Is Tropical
Take a look at Beirut Jam Sessions’ fantastic YouTube channel here
Sunday 20 September 2015, Radio Lebanon 96.2FM (10am-12pm)
On the occasion of British musician MIKE COOPER‘s three concerts in Beirut, organized by Ruptured, we prepared a radio program showcasing his numerous releases of the last decade, as well as a generous side-order of American blues singers and guitar players, added for good measure!
1. Mike Cooper, from Elio Martusciello: Concrete Songs
2. Mike Cooper, from Various artists: I Never Meta Guitar
3. Mike Cooper, from Beach Crossings – Pacific Footprints
4. Mike Cooper, from Truth In The Abstract Blues w/ Leila Adu & Fabrizio Spera
5. Skip James
6. Leadbelly
7. Mike Cooper, from Spirit Songs
8. Mike Cooper, from Rayon Hula
9. Mike Cooper, same as #4
10. Mike Cooper, same as #3
11. Mike Cooper, from Blue Guitar
12. Mike Cooper, from Finding Other Worlds
13. John Fahey
14. John Renbourn
15. Blind Willie Johnson
16. Son House
17. Bukka White
18. Mississipi John Hurt
19. Robert Pete Williams
20. Karen Dalton
21. Mike Cooper, same as #1
22. Mike Cooper, from Avant Roots w/ Viv Corrigan
23. Mike Cooper, from Oceanic Feeling Like w/ Chris Abrahams
24. Mike Cooper, same as #4
25. Robert Johnson
26. Blind Lemon Jefferson
27. Blind Willie McTell
28. Little Willie John
29. Howlin’ Wolf
30. John Lee Hooker
31. Mike Cooper, same as #11
32. Youmna Saba
In collaboration with Irtijal Festival and Tunefork Studios, RUPTURED is proud to present three concerts by British singer & guitarist MIKE COOPER,
In Beirut in different venues in September 2015.
SEPTEMBER 18, 8.30pm: Solo set at Dawawine, followed by Mike’s ‘exotica’ Dj set
Facebook event here
SEPTEMBER 20, 8.30pm: “Beach Crossings” ensemble performance at Beirut Art Center, with guest musicians from Beirut
Line-up:
Mike Cooper (guitar, conduction)
with
Paed Conca (clarinet)
Tony Elieh (electric bass)
Abed Kobeissy (buzuk)
Ghassan Sahhab (kanoun)
Sharif Sehnaoui (drums)
Fadi Tabbal (electric guitar)
Raed Yassin (synth)
and
Ahmad Ghossein (narration)
Lebanese musician Khodor Ellaik akaKID FOURTEENwas the guest of Ruptures for an interview covering his musical output of the last 5 years or so, as well as his upcoming solo concert at Onomatopoeia The Music Hub. Listen: ruptures kid 14 (part 1) + ruptures kid 14 (part 2)
Track listing:
Kid Fourteen
Beirut Scum Society
The Clash
Beirut Scum Society
Dirty Beaches
John Maus
Xiu Xiu
Kid Fourteen
Sleaford Mods
Lebanese musician Miran Gurunian aka GURUMIRAN was the guest of Ruptures for an interview covering various aspects of his musical production, as well as the imminent release of his first solo album, “Aberrance”. Listen: ruptures gurumiran 17 july (part 1) + ruptures gurumiran 17 july (part 2)
Track listing:
Gurumiran *2
John Grant
Miles Davis
Grant Green
Atoms For Peace
Gurumiran
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Gurumiran
In October 2014, the Ruptured music label released its first vinyl record, “Issrar”, by Lebanese electronic artist Radiokvm. A track from this LP is featured in this month’s Wire Tapper #38 exclusive promotional CD, given away with the August issue of UK magazine The Wire.
As with previous volumes this CD, which has been compiled by Shane Woolman, Andy Tait and Katie Gibbons, is packaged in a heavy-duty card sleeve designed by The Wire’s art director Ben Weaver, and contains a range of new, rare or exclusive tracks from across the spectrum, of the kind of underground/outsider musics covered in The Wire.
Ruptured Music 