(2012 end-of-year lists) – SARY MOUSSA

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.

Sary Moussa (musician, RadioKVM)

– Actress: R.I.P (Honest Jon’s)
– Loops Haunt: Zenith (Black Acre)
– Bandshell: Dust March (Hessle Audio)
– 2562: Air Jordan (When In Doubt)
– Monolake: Ghosts (Imbalance Computer Music)
– Andy Stott: Luxury Problems (Modern Love)
– Objekt: Cactus/Porcupine (Hessle Audio)
– Richard Devine: Risp (Detroit Underground)
– Dark Sky: Black Rainbows (Black Acre)
– Nathan Fake: Iceni Strings (Border Community)
– Airhead: Wait (R&S Records)
– Raime: Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)
– Burial: Kindred (Hyperdub)

EL RASS & MUNMA // Ruptured Session // 20 February 2012

A couple of days prior to the release of their first recorded collaboration, “Kachf el Mahjoub / Unveiling the Hidden“, Lebanese artists EL RASS (Mazen el Sayed, words & vocals), and MUNMA (Jawad Nawfal, beats & electronic treatments), were the guest of Ruptures, for a presentation of the album and no less than three live performances. They were accompanied by Belgian electronic musician C-Drik, who spoke about the process of mastering the album.

Listen:
El Rass & Munma (20 Feb) part 1
+
El Rass & Munma (20 Feb) part 2


Track listing:
El Rass & Munma *3
El Rass & Munma LIVE *Nou7
El Rass & Munma LIVE *Rissala
Boom Bip & Dose One
Munma
Radiokvm
El Rass & Munma LIVE



 

Photos by Tanya Traboulsi

(2011 end-of-year lists) – SARY MOUSSA

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

Sary Moussa: musician (RadioKVM)

– Roly Porter: Aftertime (Subtext)
– Andy Stott: Passed Me By (Modern Love)
– Amon Tobin: ISAM  (Ninja Tune)
– Hybris: The Elusive 101/Septic (Blackened)
– Venetian Snares: Cubist Reggae (Planet Mu)
– Various artists: Future Bass (Soul Jazz Records)
– Karsten Pflum: No Noia My Love (Hymen Records)
– Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (Warp Records)