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Ruptured News // DOMESTIC AUDIO SYSTEMS // 15 August 2026

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026NewsLeave a Comment

Back in Beirut, Ziad Nawfal will be joining Hatem Imam, Charbel Haber, Miriam Sakr and junior at Metro al Madina on Saturday 15 August 2026 for Domestic Audio Systems.

The five will play mostly vinyl sets drawn from their personal collections: records they have lived with, returned to, and still want to hear played loud in a room with other people.

For Ziad, the evening is an opportunity to dig a little deeper into his own collection and play music that doesn’t often find its way into his regular DJ sets.

Saturday 15 August 2026
Metro al Madina, Beirut
Doors 9:30 PM
Music 10 PM – 4 AM

Tickets are available at Metro, through the Metro website, and at all Librairie Antoine branches.
https://metromadina.com/archives/events/domestic-audio-system

Artwork by Hatem Imam.

LUMI // Interview // 06 July 2015

July 13, 2015June 12, 2024Live On AirLeave a Comment

Lebanese musicians Mayaline Hage and Marc Codsi, from electro-rock duo LUMI, were the guests of Ruptures for an interview covering various aspects of their respective music careers, as well as preparations for their upcoming concert at Metro al-Madina.

Listen:
ruptures lumi 6 july (part 1)
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ruptures lumi 6 july (part 2)

Track listing:
Lumi
Michael Nyman
Nirvana
Sonic Youth
Joe Meek
John Lennon
Lumi *2
Clinic

Ruptures Radio Show // El RASS & MUNMA Edition // 19 May 2014

May 26, 2014November 28, 2023Music Shows1 Comment

Two years after their first recorded collaboration, the successful “Kachf el Mahjoub / Unveiling the Hidden” (for the Ruptured label), Lebanese artists and musicians Mazen el-Sayed aka El Rass and Jawad Nawfal aka Munma released its long-awaited follow-up, “Adam, Darwin and the Penguin”, in May 2014. A few days before the launch concert of the album in popular live venue Metro Al-Madina in Hamra, Beirut, we ran a radio show detailing the genesis and production of the record and its different contributors.

Listen:
ruptures el rass & munma 19/05 (part 1)
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ruptures el rass & munma 19/05 (part 2)

Track listing:
El Rass & Munma (2014)
El Rass & Munma (Munma remix)
El Rass & Munma (2012)
El-Far3i (Munma prod.)
El-Far3i (2014)
Boikutt
El Rass & Munma (Feat. Boikutt, 2014)
El Rass & Munma (2013)
Nasreddine Touffar (Munma prod.)
El Rass & Munma (2012)
El Rass & Munma (2014)
Munma (Feat. El Rass, 2013)

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

August 30, 2012May 20, 2019NewsLeave a Comment

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.