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Décalages // MIKE COOPER Edition // 20 Sept 2015

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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

Ruptured Live // MIKE COOPER // Live in Beirut

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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)

Facebook event here

SEPTEMBER 22, 8.30pm:
Duo set with Youmna Saba at Onomatopoeia The Music Hub, followed by an informal Q&A
> For Facebook event, click here

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GURUMIRAN // Interview #2 // 17 July 2015

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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

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BOB OSTERTAG // Interview // 11 May 2015

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Renowned American electronic musician Bob Ostertag was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview covering different aspects of his long and intensely rich music practice.

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TAREK ATOUI // Interview // 2 May 2011

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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) + Ruptures T. Atoui (2)

MIKE COOPER // 1st Ruptured Session // 21 May 2010

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British guitar player MIKE COOPER has established himself in the past decade or so as an international musical explorer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. His roots and inspiration range freely through traditional country blues, folk, original songs, free improvisation, pop songs, exotica, electronic music, electro-acoustic music, and ‘sonic gestural’ playing. Mike Cooper was the guest of RUPTURES to talk about his two concerts in Beirut, on May 24 at EM Chill (along with Scrambled Eggs, Beirut’s punk/experimental rock musical activists), and on May 26 at Beirut Art Center. Cooper was accompanied in this interview by Lebanese musician Sharif Sehnaoui.

Listen:
Mike Cooper 21 May part 1 + Mike Cooper 21 May part 2

Track listing:
Mike Cooper
Steffan Basho-Junghans
Son House
Charley Patton
Jack Rose

 

STÉPHANE RIVES // 2nd Ruptured Session // 15 Feb 2010

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Le musicien français Stéphane Rives se prête au jeu de l’interview et du “live showcase” sur Ruptures 96.2FM, en présentation de sa performance “Islets of Memory” au Beirut Art Center.

Ecouter:
Stephane Rives part 1 + Stephane Rives part 2

Track listing:
This Heat
White Noise
Matmos
Ticklish
Inscape
John Cage
Pauline Oliveros
Pierre Schaeffer

[Photo de Tanya Traboulsi]