(2025 end-of-year lists) – DAOU

As the year winds down, we asked every artist whose music Ruptured released in 2025 to share the records that stayed closest to them over the past months.

Published here over the coming days, these end-of-season charts gather the albums that accompanied writing, touring, waiting, and living through it all. 

DAOU 

The humble bee – morning music
Sigur Ros – Takk… (The Tape Variations)
Meitei – The Deepest Space In Us (Original Soundtrack) 
Alex Somers – In A Freezer With the London Contemporary Orchestra
Hadley Roe – Subliminal Growth Pattern
dudal & De roover – Pivot Rotations
Taylor Deupree & Zimoun – Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations
Zaho de Sagazan – La symphonie des éclairs (Orchestral Odyssey)


Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Radio Alhara // Ruptured Showcase // 21 December 2022

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly broadcast for Radio Alhara in Bethlehem, Palestine – showcasing all of Ruptured’s releases in 2022.
With music by Lebanese artists Fadi Tabbal, El Rass & Munma, Daou, Marc Codsi, Julia Sabra, Elyse Tabet, Pascal Semerdjian, and Yara Asmar.

1. Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal – All The Birds (from Snakeskin)
2. Marc Codsi – Back To The Silence (from The Silence Between The New World And The Aftermath)
3. Daou – Beginnings (from Sanctuary)
4. El Rass & Munma – Borkan Beirut (from Kachf El Mahjoub / 10th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue)
5. Elyse Tabet with Pascal Semerdjian & Yara Asmar – Bright Bells (from Low Toms Bright Bells and Darkest Spells)
6. Marc Codsi – Finding Home
7. Fadi Tabbal – Hotel Room
8. Daou – Odd Light
9. Elyse Tabet with Pascal Semerdjian & Yara Asmar – Low Toms
10. Marc Codsi – Hangar #12
11. El Rass & Munma – Min Tha2er
12. Elyse Tabet with Pascal Semerdjian & Yara Asmar – Low Toms Through the Paper Shredder
13. Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal – One By One
14. Daou – Sauldre
15. Fadi Tabbal – Snow Scene (with Ghassan Sahhab)
16. Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal – Snakeskin



(2022 end-of-year lists) – DAOU

It is the most wonderful time of the year.
We asked some of Ruptured’s recent contributors and collaborators, to tell us about the records they listened to the most in 2022. 
Daou’s album Sanctuary was released by Ruptured in May. 

DAOU


Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Movement Radio // 17 September 2022

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine and Jordan. This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO.

  1. Naujawanan Baidar – Midnight Procession / Blood Can’t Clean Blood [US]
  2. Tarkamt – The Silo [EG]
  3. Jawad Nawfal – Nawa Athar 0 [LB]
  4. Anthony Sahyoun – Irhamna (Amulets Remix) [LB/US]
  5. Daou – Regrets [LB]
  6. Safa – 1000 Months [LB]
  7. Sandy Chamoun – Siret el Ro3eb [LB]
  8. Muqata’a – Dirasat ‘Ulya [PS]
  9. Etyen & Salwa Jaradat – Galah Waji [LB/PS]
  10. Rust – Mawali [LB]
  11. Toumba – Floating On The Dead Sea [JO]
  12. TEDTEDTED – Dancerep [LB]
  13. Saint Abdullah – Blurring Of Management Theory [IR]
  14. Liliane Chlela – 2025 [LB]


Photo by Nour Raad

Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Movement Radio // 07 June 2022

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Lebanon, Egypt, and Belgium. This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO.

  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]


Photo by Nour Raad

Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Movement Radio // 23 May 2022

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens, featuring music from Egypt, Palestine, and Lebanon. This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO.

  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]


Photo by Ziad Nawfal

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

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 Guest Mix for Radio Ma3azef // 09 December 2020

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Radio Ma3azef in Tunis – featuring music from Lebanon, Iran, Egypt and Tunisia:

1. TEDTEDTED – Cama [LB]
2. Daou – Lust [LB]
3. Bana Haffar – Exo [LB]
4. Anthony Sahyoun & Jawad Nawfal – February 17 [LB]
5. FRKTL – Where All Levels Cross [EG]
6. Sote – Segaah [IR]
7. Shinigami San – FGTN [TN]
8. Rabih Beaini – Ghadab [LB]
9. Bakisa – Notturno [LB]
10. MHz – Saturation in C Ex F [IR]
11. ABADIR – XLR@T [EG]
12. Zuli – Your Tracks Are Too Short [EG]
13. Ismael – I Was So [EG]


Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Movement Radio 02 // 19 November 2020

Ziad Nawfal’s 2nd monthly mix for Movement Radio in Athens – featuring music from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iran. This mix was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of MOVEMENT RADIO.

1. Bana Haffar – Exo [LB]
2. Anthony Sahyoun & Jawad Nawfal – February 17 [LB]
3. Stress Distress – The Jetty [LB]
4. Abadir – Loved One [EG]
5. Daou – Lust [LB]
6. Aya Metwalli – Lugere [EG]
7. Nur Jaber – Mona [LB]
8. Sote – Pipe Dreams [IR]
9. Basel Naouri – Epic Wars [JO]
10. Joseph Ghosn – Untitled Sketch (For ‘ Beyrouth’) [LB]



Photo by Nour Raad

Ziad Nawfal Guest Mix for Radio Ma3azef // 09 September 2020

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly mix for Radio Ma3azef in Tunis – featuring music from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, the USA and Germany:

1. Monolake – Beirut [DE]
2. MAKH – Abstract [LB]
3. Elyse Tabet & Jawad Nawfal – Coast I [LB]
4. Mash – Echoing [TN]
5. Basel Naouri – Epic Wars [JO]
6. Deena Abdelwahed – Insaniyti [TN]
7. Thoom – Large Fly [LB]
8. Kid Fourteen – One Day I’m Gone [LB]
9. DJ Haram – Overeager [US]
10. Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra – Bedo’s Lullaby [LB]
11. Daou – Lust [LB]
12. Aya Metwalli – Lugere [EG]
13. El Rass & Munma – Rissala (Ruptured session) [LB]
14. Bu Nasser Touffar – Nay (prod. Munma) [LB]