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With a new album (almost) in hand, two concerts scheduled for late October and early November 2011, and another full-blown album in the works, it was high time that The Incompetents (Serge Yared & Fadi Tabbal) took over the studios of Radio Lebanon for the second time, with their ranting, raving, on-air arguments, and of…
Continue reading ➞ THE INCOMPETENTS // 2nd Ruptured Session // 17 October 2011
Palestinian trio TASHWEESH (Basel Abbas, Ruanne Abou-Rahme & boikutt) spent two weeks in Beirut in October 2011, during which they held no less than four performances (2 for Tashweesh, organized by Ruptured, and 2 for boikutt). They were the guests of Ruptures for an interview & live performance, during which they were accompanied by American-born, Lebanon-based…
Continue reading ➞ TASHWEESH // 2nd Ruptured Session // 03 October 2011
Singer/songwriter Sandra Arslanian, aka SANDMOON, was the guest of Ruptures to present her first album RAW. Accompanied by guitarist Elia Monsef, she performed three excerpts from the album, live inthe studios of Radio Lebanon. Sandmoon was one of the finalists of Radio Liban 96.2FM 'Nouvelles Musiques' competition, which took place in 2009 and saw a…
Continue reading ➞ SANDMOON // Ruptured Session // 05 November 2010
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…
Continue reading ➞ MASHROU’ LEILA // Ruptured Session // 12 October 2009
The Ruptured Sessions Volume 1 [By Karma Tohmé] “The Ruptured Sessions” is a series of live recordings that take place in the studios of Radio Lebanon 96.2FM, during Ziad Nawfal's weekly Ruptures program. These recordings focus on musicians from Lebanon’s alternative music scenes (alternative folk & rock, electronica, improvisation, etc.), as well as visiting foreign musicians.…
Continue reading ➞ Press Review // The Ruptured Sessions Vol. 1
On Monday 26 January, Lebanese rock band The Incompetents (Serge Yared, Fadi Tabbal and Abed Kobeissy) performed live in the studios of Radio Liban 96.2FM. Listen: incompetents-live-ruptures-1 + incompetents-live-ruptures-2 Track listing: The Incompetents - Bullets The Incompetents - Disposable Valentine The Incompetents - Stripped The Incompetents - Monster Song #2 The Incompetents - Urinal Blues…
Continue reading ➞ THE INCOMPETENTS // 1st Ruptured Session // 26 January 2009
I asked the main actors of this here blog (mostly musicians, of course, but also friends, family, support-givers...) to provide me with a list (5 to 20 albums) of their favorite records of the year. The results are slowly coming in. There are surprises, resemblances, similarities, incongruous choices... I've left the responses intact, exactly as…
CHARBEL HABER, from the Lebanese rock band SCRAMBLED EGGS, was the guest on RUPTURES 'ZOOM SUR', on Monday 17 November on RADIO LIBAN. Armed with his faithful electric guitar, he attempted the perilous exercise of performing live... This is an opportunity to discover a massive talent coming into its own under "minimal" studio conditions. Listen:…
Continue reading ➞ CHARBEL HABER // Ruptured Session // 17 November 2008
The Ruptures program on Monday 27 October featured Lebanese artist Youmna Saba as a special guest. She gave an exclusive Radio Liban presentation of extracts from her debut album, "Min 3Afesh El Beit", due for release in December 2008. Youmna also performed several of her tracks live in the Radio Liban studios, under the watchful…
Continue reading ➞ YOUMNA SABA // 1st Ruptured Session // 27 October 2008
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