WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE // Ruptured Session // 28 January 2013

Lebanese rock quartet WHO KILLED BRUCE LEE (Wassim Bou Malham, guitar & vocals / Hassib Dergham, synths / Malek Rizkallah, drums / Pascal Sarkis, bass) were the guests of Ziad Nawfal’s weekly radio program Ruptures, for an interview and three exclusive live performances, to mark the release of their first, self-titled EP. Photos by Tanya Traboulsi.

Listen:
WKBL on Ruptures (part 1)
+
WKBL on Ruptures (part 2)


Track listing: 
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Metronomy
Eagles Of Death Metal
Queens Of The Stone Age
Who Killed Bruce Lee
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Tune-yards
Groundation
Who Killed Bruce Lee LIVE
Foals


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(2012 end-of-year lists) – FADI TABBAL

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.

Fadi Tabbal (producer, sound engineer & musician, The Incompetents / Under The Carpet / Youmna Saba)
http://www.tuneforkstudios.com/

– Dr. John: Locked Down
– Grizzly Bear: Shields
– Julia Holter: Ekstasis
– Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
– Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
– Beach House: Bloom
– Spiritualized: Sweet Light Sweet Heart
– The XX: Coexist
– Tame Impala: Lonerism
– Swans: The Seer
– Godspeed You! Black Emperor: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
– Eric Chenaux: Guitar & Voice

Ruptured Live // MAYA CHAMI // Of Men, Champagne And Victory Aside

Ruptured presents
Of Men, Champagne and Victory Aside
Two live audio-visual presentations by Maya CHAMI

With music by Fadi TABBAL

Presentation #1
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On Sunday 16 December 2012, at 6.30pm
At ACT – Théâtre Monnot, Ashrafieh, Beirut
For information, call 01-202422 between 3&7pm [except Mondays]

Presentation #2
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On Thursday 20 December 2012, at 7.30pm
At Django Pub, Rue du Liban, Gemmayzeh
[Followed by DJ sets from Serge Yared & Ziad Nawfal]
For information, call 01-567535 or 03-157535


ABOUT THE PROJECT

“Of Men, Champagne and Victory Aside” consists of an audio-visual presentation, merging laptop-generated visuals and live music. It is a playful examination into the theme of the ‘victory sign’ in the Arab world, from the 1980’s to the present.
After examining archive material, endless possibilities of animating, overlaying and deconstructing of audio-visual clips are generated into a new moving image, liberated from the ‘flow’ of the media.
The outcome is a live audio-visual presentation based on a creation of remixed visuals and audio soundtracks.


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[This event is produced by AFAC, in collaboration with RUPTURED and TUNEFORK]

UNDER THE CARPET // Ruptured Session // 10 September 2012

A few days prior to the launch of their 1st album at Metro al-Madina in Beirut, the French / Lebanese / Swiss trio Under The Carpet (Stéphane Rives (electronics), Fadi Tabbal (guitar & electronics) and Paed Conca (electric bass & clarinet), were the guests of Ruptures 96.2FM for an interview and live performance. The photos below were taken by Rachel Tabet.

Listen:
UTC Ruptures (part 1)
+
UTC Ruptures (part 2)


Track listing:
Under The Carpet
Under The Carpet LIVE
Paed Conca
The Imaginary Soundscapes
Under The Carpet LIVE



 

 

 

Ruptured Live // UNDER THE CARPET Launch Concert // Metro al Madina

UNDER THE CARPET is the trio of Paed CONCA (Switzerland), Stéphane RIVES (France) and Fadi TABBAL (Lebanon).

UNDER THE CARPET is a musical trio based in Beirut, formed in 2011 by Swiss musician Paed Conca, French musician Stéphane Rives, and Lebanese musician Fadi Tabbal.
PAED CONCA is an experienced and seasoned musician in the fields of experimental music, improvised music and electronica. He has also written music for theatre, dance, film productions and small ensembles, and has toured extensively in Europe, Russia, Japan and Lebanon, with a vast array of international musicians, for the past 20 years.
STÉPHANE RIVES comes from the world of free jazz and improvised music, and has contributed on a regular basis to Lebanon’s Festival of improvised music, Irtijal, since its inception in the year 2001. He has written music for theatre, dance and film, and has toured extensively in Europe.
FADI TABBAL is one of the most active musicians in Beirut’s alternative rock & pop scene, as a member of several groups and projects, and as the owner and sound engineer of the famed Tunefork Recording Studios.

YOUMNA SABA // 2nd Ruptured Session // 23 April 2012

Three days prior to her concert at Metro al-Madina in Beirut, exquisite folksinger Youmna Saba was the guest of Ruptures, for an interview & live performance. Accompanied by Fadi Tabbal on guitar & Hadi Deaibess on percussion, she played several songs from her first two releases, Men Aafesh el Beit and Hal Bent Aabalha Tghanni.

Listen:
Ruptures Youmna Saba (part 1)
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Ruptures Youmna Saba (part 2)



 

Photos by Ghalas Charara

PORTA CHIUSA // Ruptured Session // 13 April 2012

Swiss / German clarinet trio PORTA CHIUSA (Paed Conca, Michael Thieke & Hans Koch) started its mini-tour of Lebanon with a first interview and live performance in the studios of Radio Lebanon. More dates in Beirut, Tripoli and Batroun to follow.

Listen:
Porta Chiusa on Ruptures (part 1)
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Porta Chiusa on Ruptures (part 2)



 

 

Photos by Tanya Traboulsi / Poster by Maya Chami

SHARIF SEHNAOUI // 2nd Ruptured Session with MAZEN KERBAJ for Irtijal’12 // 02 April 2012

Sharif Sehnaoui, Mazen Kerbaj and Hadi Saleh, co-curators of Irtijal Festival‘s 12th edition (April 4-12), were the guests of Ruptures for a presentation of the festival’s program. The show was book-ended by two live performances from the Kerbaj/Sehnaoui duo.

Listen:


Track listing:
Mazen Kerbaj & Sharif Sehnaoui LIVE
Jim Denley
Eric Chenaux
Igorrr
Niveau Zero
Osman Arabi
Jad Atoui
Liliane Chlela
Mazen Kerbaj & Sharif Sehnaoui LIVE



 

 

Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

(2011 end-of-year lists) – FADI TABBAL

I asked some of my favorite musicians from Beirut and beyond, to tell me what their favorite records of 2011 were…

Fadi Tabbal: producer, sound engineer, musician (The Incompetents, Under The Carpet, XEFM, Robert Polson)

– Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972
– Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
– Bon Iver: Self-titled
– Destroyer: Kaputt
– James Blake: Self-titled
– M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
– Tom Waits: Bad As Me
– The Weeknd: House Of Balloons
– Wilco: The Whole Love
– WU LYF: Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
and of course,
– The Beach Boys: The Smile Sessions (boxset)

THE INCOMPETENTS // 2nd Ruptured Session // 17 October 2011

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 course, some pretty competent music playing!

Listen:
Incompetents (part 1)
+

Incompetents (part 2)


Track listing:
The Incompetents LIVE *Disposable Valentine
The Incompetents LIVE *Cannibal Blues
The Incompetents LIVE *This Gun’s for Hire
The Incompetents LIVE *Prelude To An Abyss
The Incompetents (Daniel Johnston cover)
The Incompetents (Tom Waits cover)
The Incompetents LIVE *Closing Time
The Incompetents LIVE *Cannibal Blues (bis, because the first take did not work out so well!)
The Incompetents LIVE *After Hours (Velvet Underground cover)
The Incompetents (feat. Wissam Charaf)


Photos by Tanya Traboulsi (color) and Ghalas Charara (b&w)