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Ruptured News // MUSIC FANZINE Vol.2 with Ziad Nawfal // Papercup Bookstore

May 25, 2011November 24, 2023News2 Comments

THE MIXTAPE

The selection of songs on the cassette accompanying MUSIC FANZINE vol.2 comes from the first vinyl albums I bought and liked. I asked my brother Jawad to transfer the songs from vinyl to digital, and then from digital to tape. A tortuous process, yes, but I’m very happy with the final result.

For the unlucky ones who do not own tape players anymore, here are the two sides of the cassette in digital form, for easier listening access. There were several songs which did not fit on the cassette, so I added them here as well. A bonus selection, so to speak. Enjoy!

SIDE A
1.   Magazine: Motorcade (1978, from After the fact compilation, 1982)
2.   Classix Nouveaux: The robots dance (single A-side, 1980)
3.   Young Marble Giants: Include me out (from Colossal youth, 1980)
4.   Alan Vega: Ghost rider (from Collision drive, 1981)
5.   Spandau Ballet: To cut a long story short (from Journeys to glory, 1981)
6.   Blancmange: Feel me (from Happy families, 1982)
7.   Marc & The Mambas: Untitled (from Untitled, 1982)
8.   Cocteau Twins: Shallow then halo (from Garlands, 1982)
9.   David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Bamboo houses (single A-side, 1982)
10.   Depeche Mode: Shame (from Construction time again, 1983)
11.   Cabaret Voltaire: The web (from The covenant, the sword and the arm of the lord, 1984)

To listen to Side A, click on the following link: Zawfal_Face A

SIDE B
1.   The The: This is the day (from Soul mining, 1983)
2.   Associates: Breakfast (from Perhaps, 1984)
3.   Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Forest fire (from Rattlesnakes, 1984)
4.   The Church: Constant in opal (from Remote luxury, 1984)
5.   Dali’s Car: His box (from The waking hour, 1984)
6.   Love & Rockets: Haunted when the minutes drag (from 7th dream of teenage heaven, 1985)
7.   Echo & The Bunnymen: Heads will roll (from Porcupine, 1983)
8.   Skeletal Family: She cries alone (from Futile combat, 1985)
9.   Public Image Limited: Fishing (from Album, 1986)
10.   Violent Femmes: No killing (from The blind leading the naked, 1986)

To listen to Side B, click on the following link: Zawfal_Face B

SIDE C
1.   Fad Gadget: Life on the line (1982, from The Fad Gadget singles, 1986)
2.   Visage: Mind of a toy (from Visage, 1980)
3.   Ultravox: All stood still (from Vienna, 1980)
4.   The Cure: Primary (1981, taken from Standing on a beach, 1986)
5.   Modern English: Tables turning (from After the snow, 1982)
6.   The Waterboys: It should have been you (from The Waterboys, 1983)
7.   Simple Minds: Chelsea girl (from Life in a day, 1983)
8.   John Foxx: Your dress (from The golden section, 1983)
9.   Sisters of Mercy: Kiss the carpet (from The reptile house, 1983)
10.   Siouxsie & The Banshees: Bring me the head of the preacher man (from Hyaena, 1984)
11.   The Three Johns: Johnny the perfect son (from The world by storm, 1986)
12.   Freur: Happiness (from Get us out of here, 1986)
13.   Hipsway: Ask the lord (from Hipsway, 1986)
14.   Red Guitars: Be with me (from Tales of the expected, 1986)

To listen to Side C, click on the following link: Zawfal_Face C

RICHARD EIGNER // Ruptured Session // 23 May 2011

May 24, 2011June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Richard Eigner is an Austrian composer, drummer, sound-artist and producer. He spent an eventful week in Beirut, during which he presented his ‘Denoising’ project at Beirut Art Center, in the company of our very own Osman Arabi and Charbel Haber, featured on electric guitar(s). He was also part of the live line-up for the Acousmatik event of May 28, entitled Chaos Reigns With Matta UK. Eigner was the guest of Ruptures for an impromptu interview and live performance, during which he ‘Denoised’ the studio’s old and battered grand piano, and presented excerpts from his extensive discography.

Listen:
Richard Eigner part 1
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Richard Eigner part 2

Track listing:
Ritornell
Otomo Yoshihide (original + Denoised version)
Fennesz (original + Denoised version)
Lou Reed (original + denoised version)
De-Noising of field recordings

TAREK ATOUI // Interview // 02 May 2011

May 3, 2011June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

On the occasion of the opening of international art exhibition Meeting Points 6, Lebanese electro-acoustic musician Tarek Atoui presented his new sound piece, ‘Infinite Times Zero’, at Beirut Art Center on April 27. He was the guest of Ruptures on the following Monday, to talk about this piece, as well as future plans and projects.

Listen:
Ruptures T. Atoui (1)
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Ruptures T. Atoui (2)

(Blurry) Photo of Tarek performing at Beirut Art Center by Ziad Nawfal

RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH // 2nd Ruptured Session with CHARBEL HABER // 04 April 11

April 10, 2011June 12, 2024Live On Air1 Comment

Lebanese musicians Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Jerusalem In My Heart) & Charbel Haber (Scrambled Eggs) were the guests of Ruptures on Monday 4 April, to present the 11th edition of Irtijal Festival of Experimental Music, which took place in Beirut in various locations between April 5-8.

Listen:
ruptures haber + moumneh #1
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ruptures haber + moumneh #2

Track listing:
The Ex
Joelle Khoury
MoHa!
Harris Newman
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Charbel Haber LIVE
The Ex

Review // Alan Bishop & Sam Shalabi // Sharjah Biennial 10

March 19, 2011September 12, 2023Press ArchiveLeave a Comment

[By Ziad Nawfal, March 2011]

As one third of Sun City Girls, Alan Bishop is one of the towering figures of the American musical underground of the last 30 years, and his musical output knows very few boundaries, whether in his solo guise as Alvarius B., or through the global releases of the Sublime Frequencies label, which he’s operated since 2003. Sam Shalabi is a key musician in Montreal’s experimental scene, with Egyptian roots and a decisively warped approach to music-making. He is best known as a founding member of the Shalabi Effect quartet, and appears regularly in various free improv and avant-rock ensembles. Shalabi recently founded Land Of Kush, an intriguing orchestra inspired by the Egyptian big-bands of the 60’s and 70’s, which has released two records to date.

Sam Shalabi and Alan Bishop are old friends, but their delirious piece for Plot for a Biennial, the music section of Sharjah’s 10^th Biennial, saw them collaborating for the first time. Prior to this evening’s performance, the two musicians had spent several weeks in Sharjah in order to record ambient soundscapes and impregnate themselves with the mood of the city. The resulting performance integrated pre-recorded sound fragments, live playing (Shalabi on electric guitar and oud, Bishop on amplified acoustic guitar), and Bishop’s inevitable and riotous ranting and raving.

Bishop spent the first few minutes of the set walking among the seated audience, hiding his face behind a scarf and sporting a colorful umbrella, while Shalabi triggered the electronic soundscapes and improvised on guitar. Bishop eventually climbed on stage, at which point proceedings took on a more dramatic turn — in the Shakespearean sense of the word. Standing behind a cluttered table, he relied on various objects (a torchlight, a portable radio, menus for local restaurants, artist catalogues, to name but these) to deliver a captivating spoken-word “routine”, adeptly mixing deadpan humor, vaudeville, and hilarious assessments of the Sharjah milieu. T-shirts decorated with the sentence “E = Tahrir Square” were blasted towards the audience; dog yelps and various animal sounds were emitted; and Stevie Wonder, playing on the same night in neighboring Abu Dhabi, was saluted sarcastically. The two men ended their hour-long performance with a magnificent improvised duet of oud and acoustic guitar.

[Photos by Ziad Nawfal]

JAD ATOUI // Ruptured Session // 21 February 2011

February 28, 2011June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Young Lebanese electronic musician Jad Atoui was quite busy in the months leading to this radio interview: he held his first live performance in Beirut, alongside Munma, at Art Lounge in September 2010, followed by a second gig during The Basement’s farewell concerts in January 2011, and culminating in an event at Hamra’s Jazz Club later that same month, organized by Acousmatik System; there, the 17-year old played alongside such luminaries as Belgium’s Kirdec and Singapore’s One Man Nation. Jad Atoui, the brother of electro-acoustic musician Tarek Atoui, was the guest of Ruptures to talk about his burgeoning career in electronic music, and to present his own live compositions.

Listen:
Track 01
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Track 02

ZIAD MOUKARZEL // Ruptured Session // 14 February 2011

February 22, 2011June 12, 2024Live On Air1 Comment

Lebanese musician Ziad Moukarzel, aka Mocques, was the guest of Ruptures for an interview + live electronic performance. Mocques’ ‘Ruptured’ showcase took place a couple of weeks following his first solo concert in Beirut, during which he played alongside Kirdec (Belgium) and One Man Nation (Singapore), as well as local musicians Munma and Jad Atoui.

Listen:
mocques 1
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mocques 2

Track listing:
Flying Lotus
Gonjasufi
Prefuse 73
Mocques LIVE
Daedalus
Gaslamp Killer
DJ Shadow
Mocques LIVE

ONE MAN NATION // Ruptured Session // 17 January 2011

January 24, 2011June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Singapore-born experimental musician Marc CHIA, aka ONE MAN NATION, spent a couple of weeks in Beirut in January 2011, during which he played two vastly different gigs in the city: a free-jazz concert with Lebanese-based quartet AnArchy TV, at Monnot Theater, followed a few days later by an impressive solo electronic performance at the ill-named Jazz Club in Hamra. Marc was the guest of RUPTURES on Monday 17, for an interview and live performance. Most of the tracks he played came from video performances saved on his laptop, which explains the somewhat foggy sound quality. As for his incredible live performance, it takes place towards the end of the show, around the 50th minute!

Listen:
One Man Nation part 1
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One Man Nation part 2

KIRDEC // Ruptured Session // 10 January 2011

January 17, 2011June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Belgian xxperimental musician & producer CEDRIK FERMONT aka KIRDEC was the first guest of RUPTURES in 2011, for a live performance and extensive interview, detailing the processes of his approach in various fields of electronic music.

Listen:
Cdrik Ruptures part 1
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Cdrik Ruptures part 2

Track listing:
Tetraplok
Axiome (C-drik & Olivier Moreau)
C-drik
Ammo
Kirdec