Lebanese Indie Music Label // Promoter & Distributor // Radio Show
We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
CARL GERGES (Mashrou’ Leila)
ABRA – Princess
Anderson.Paak – Malibu
Kaytranada – 99.9%
Bon Voyage Organisation – Géographie
Flume – Skin Companion EP
Beyoncé – Lemonade
The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come To Expect
Nicolas Jaar – Sirens
Her – Her Tape #1
Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
I asked some of my musician friends from Beirut, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2014…
Or the music they’ve listened to the most during the past year, regardless of date of release
Firas Aboufakher & Carl Gerges
In no particular order:
– Jungle: S/t
– Sbtrkt: Wonder Where We Land
– Chet Faker: Built On Glass
– Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems
– Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots
– Hans Zimmer: Interstellar OST
– Wild Beasts: Present Tense
– Feu Chatterton: Chatterton
– Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste
– Taylor Swift: 1989
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Haig Papazian
In no particular order:
– David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant
– St. Vincent: S/t
– Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots
– Jungle: S/t
– La Roux: Trouble In Paradise
– Lykke Li: I Never Learn
– Wild Beasts: Present Tense
– Owen Pallett: In Conflict
– Christine & The Queens: Chaleur Humaine
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I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.
Carl Gerges (musician, Mashrou’ Leila)
1- Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
2- Lana Del Rey: Born To Die
3- Jack White: Blunderbuss
4- Grizzly Bear: Shields
5- Passion Pit: Gossamer
6- The Shins: Port Of Morrow
7- Hot Chip: In Our Heads
8- Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts
9- Killers: Battle Born
10- Metric: Synthetica
I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…
Carl Gerges: musician (Mashrou’ Leila, formerly with White Trees)
1. Kasabian: Velociraptor
2. Black Keys: El Camino
3. Arctic Monkeys: Suck It And See
4. Florence + The Machine: Ceremonials
5. Radiohead: The King Of Limbs
6. Daft Punk: Tron Legacy (OST)
7. Justice: Audio, Video, Disco
8. Lady Gaga: Born This Way
9. Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow
10. Amy Winehouse: Lioness / Hidden Treasure
Lebanese rock band WHITE TREES, featuring Paul Tyan on vocals and guitar and Carl Gerges (from the band Mashrou’ Leila) on electronic percussion, in an interview and mini-concert on Ruptures 96.2FM.
Ecouter:
White Trees 1
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White Trees 2
Track listing:
Radiohead
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
The Beatles
Air
This band needs very little in the way of introduction. Recent winners of the 96.2FM music contest, fresh from a string of concerts in the south of Lebanon, truly outstanding neo-rockers Mashrou’ Leila graced the studios of Radio Lebanon with an impromptu interview/mini-concert. Present in the studio were violin player Haig Papazian, guitarist Andre Chedid (playing acoustic), drummer Carl Gerges (on djembe), guitarist Firas Abou Fakher (on tambourine), vocalist Hamed Sinno… and of course indispensable sound engineer Fadi Tabbal.
Listen:
Mashrou3 1
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Mashrou3 2
Track listing:
Mashrou’ Leila
Kasabian
Arctic Monkeys
Pink Martini
Neyssatou
Mashrou’ Leila LIVE
Erik Truffaz
Mashrou’ Leila LIVE
Sarya el Sawass
Nahawand
El Gits Band
Jadal
Mashrou’ Leila LIVE
Ruptured Music 