Ruptured Album Releases // SANDY CHAMOUN / CHARBEL HABER

May 29, 2026May 28, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Ruptured is pleased to share two new releases that arrived this season from artists working through very different forms, but shaped by similarly difficult and transformative conditions.

Out now, May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable is the new full-length by Charbel Haber, written and recorded in Paris in early 2025. It is his first solo album since leaving Beirut, emerging from a period marked by distance and ongoing upheaval.

Built through layered guitar, looper pedals, and modular synthesis, the record unfolds gradually, with melodic lines that stretch patiently across long-form compositions. Some pieces accumulate into dense and saturated structures, while others remain sparse and restrained.

The album was composed, performed, recorded, and produced by Charbel Haber, mixed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios in Beirut, and mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market in Montreal. Artwork by Ali Cherri. Liner notes by Vanessa Ague. Released by Ruptured on vinyl and digital formats, distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

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Also newly announced is Sawt El Doumouh (The Sound of Tears), the second solo album by Beirut-based artist, singer, and actor Sandy Chamoun, out June 5 on Ruptured.

Many listeners will know Chamoun through SANAM, Ghadr, and The Great Departed, projects through which she has consistently approached voice as something both musical and social, drawing from folk traditions, satire, theater, and collective forms of performance from Lebanon and across the Arab world.

Written between 2023 and 2025 during the recent war in Lebanon, Sawt El Doumouh brings together Tarab, Sardinian Cantu, sparse electronics, and percussion in a collection centered on expression under pressure, and on what remains possible to voice in conditions of exhaustion and collapse.

The album was produced by Sandy Chamoun and Anthony Sahyoun, who also handled synths and electronics. Percussion throughout the record is by Ali Hout, with buzuq by Abed Kobeissy on “Ataba.” It was recorded and mixed by Anthony Sahyoun at Tunefork Studios in Beirut and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York. The accompanying one-sheet was written by Daryl Worthington. Artwork by Elissa Assaf, with photography by Aya Saleh.

Sawt El Doumouh will be available digitally and on vinyl via Ruptured, and distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

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Ruptured Album Releases // CLAUDIA KHACHAN & ZIAD MOUKARZEL / JOY MOUGHANNI

April 28, 2025May 28, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Releasing April 25, 2025 on Ruptured Records:

The Vapornet, by Claudia Khachan & Ziad Moukarzel / A Separation From Habit, by Joy Moughanni

We are proud to announce two powerful new albums released today on Ruptured, available on cassette and digital formats.

Claudia Khachan & Ziad Moukarzel – The Vapornet
The Vapornet is the result of a unique collaboration between sound producer and musician Ziad Moukarzel and multidisciplinary artist Claudia Khachan. Developed over a long-distance exchange between Beirut and Europe, the album captures a dialogue in sound—blending ambient textures, deep bass, restless rhythms, organ swells, and ethereal vocals.
Structured yet intuitive, The Vapornet unfolds as a meditation on distance, uncertainty, and transformation, offering five tracks that explore the delicate interplay between absence and connection.
For listeners of FKA twigs, Laurel Halo, Holly Herndon, and Arca.

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Joy Moughanni – A Separation From Habit
A Separation From Habit marks the debut solo release from Lebanese musician, producer, and sound engineer Joy Moughanni. Built from archival tape recordings, manipulated electronics, and dense sonic layering, the album is a deeply personal reflection on grief, trauma, and memory.
Drawing from recordings made between 1975 and 1985 by George Tarazi, Moughanni crafts a vivid and unsettling exploration of Lebanon’s ongoing struggles, using sound to collapse past and present into a powerful and immersive listening experience.
Highly recommended for fans of Fennesz, Tim Hecker, Éliane Radigue, and Tarek Atoui.

Both albums are now available through Ruptured Records. We invite you to explore these works—each a testament to strength, collaboration, and the transformative potential of sound.

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Watch the video for Joy Moughanni’s “A Separation From Habit”, directed by Yara Asmar

Ruptured Album Release // YARA ASMAR // Stuttering Music

October 27, 2024March 6, 2025NewsLeave a Comment

Releasing November 1st, 2024 on Ruptured Records:

Stuttering Music is the third album by Lebanese musician and video artist Yara Asmar. The album consists of 7 pieces recorded on accordion, metallophone & electronics. The music was initially recorded for a broadcast by Radio AlHara in Bethlehem, Palestine entitled ‘half-baked waltzes 2 fold your laundry to’ – a bi-monthly hour of improvisations.

The title of the album is an oblique reference to Japanese filmmaker Shūji Terayama’s magnum opus from 1971, “Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets”. The drawing on the cover is by Imad Kaafarani.

First excerpt ‘i am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)’ is currently streaming on Bandcamp and digital platforms. The album will be released in full on November 1st. It will be available as a digital album and a limited edition of 50 cassettes, designed by Yara in the summer of 2024, and printed & packaged in Canada.

WATCH the video for “i am a terrible mathematician (and an even worse clown)”

Yara Asmar’s previous two albums, ‘Home Recordings 2018-2021’ (2022) and ‘synth waltzes & accordion laments’ (2023), were released by UK label @hive_mind_records. Hive Mind recently reissued both albums on vinyl in a gorgeous gatefold package. Get it here.

Last but not least, Yara is set to perform at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in November 2024, both as a solo artist and as part of fellow Lebanese artist Liliane Chlela’s project “I, the hybrid and the antidote”.