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Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guests SNAKESKIN // 07 October 2025

November 18, 2025November 17, 2025Music ShowsLeave a Comment

A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese dreampop duo SNAKESKIN (Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal). Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

Snakeskin is a Beirut-based duo making electronic dreampop that incorporates ambient, industrial, and experimental elements. The project brings together producer and musician Fadi Tabbal and singer songwriter Julia Sabra, also a member of indie trio Postcards.
The duo’s third album We live in sand will be released on October 10, 2025 as a co-release between Ruptured and Beacon Sound. Written as the war in Gaza spread to Lebanon, it is their starkest and most immediate work to date, combining industrial beats, ambient dirges, and Julia’s distinctive vocals.

TRACK LISTING:

1- Snakeskin: Ready
2- Nadah El Shazly: Kaabi Ali
3- Lucrecia Dalt: Caes (feat. Camille Mandoki)
4- SANAM: Goblin
5- Snakeskin: October sun
6- Kelly Moran: Don’t Trust Mirrors
7- Sary Moussa: Everywhere at Once
8- Jerusalem In My Heart: Ana Lisan Wahad (feat. Farida Amadou & Pierre-Guy Blanchard)
9- Dina El Wedidi: The Moon
10- Gizzmo: A Change in the Seasons
11- Snakeskin: Blindsided
12- Mabe Fratti: Kravitz
13- Postcards: Poison
14- Blood Orange: Look at You
15- Snakeskin: Black water

Ruptured Album Release // PREFACES // Acqua Marina

August 22, 2025September 4, 2025NewsLeave a Comment

PREFACES RETURN WITH ‘ACQUA MARINA’ – A SUN-DRUNK, HAUNTED GUITAR ALBUM FOR OFF-SEASON BEACHES

Out 15 August 2025 via Ruptured and Hisstology

Beirut-based trio Prefaces return with Acqua Marina, a luminous and melancholic new album that conjures the empty beach clubs and concrete shorelines of Lebanon’s coastline. Out 15 August 2025 via Ruptured and Hisstology Records (vinyl + digital), the album marks the band’s second full-length release—following their 2021 debut Hippodrome.

Prefaces is composed of Charif Megarbane (Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Habibi Funk), Salim Naffah (Alko B), and Pascal Semerdjian (Postcards, SANAM)—three key players in Lebanon’s independent and experimental music scenes. On Acqua Marina, the trio distills elements of surf rock, Mediterranean psych, and vintage library music, while weaving in the modal turns and rhythms of the Levant.

Where Hippodrome emerged from a spirit of improvisation and spontaneity, Acqua Marina is more deliberate in tone and form. The album was recorded at Tunefork Studios in Beirut and shaped around recurring imagery: abandoned pools, tiled corridors, rusting gates, and the strange beauty of deserted resort towns. Lead single “Marmoura” captures that sensibility with reverb-laced guitar melodies and a gently hypnotic rhythm, drawing the listener into Prefaces’ submerged world.

Acqua Marina speaks in coastal dialects both real and imagined. Fans of Khruangbin, Allah-Las, Omar Khorshid, Ennio Morricone, or Megarbane’s own Cosmic Analog Ensemble will find plenty to explore in its currents.

The album is released on limited edition vinyl and digital formats, with artwork that mirrors the album’s themes of faded glamour and seasonal drift.

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Ruptured News // SANAM members with Jessica Moss + Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at HOTEL2TANGO // 23+24 June 2025

June 5, 2025August 21, 2025NewsLeave a Comment

For two nights, members of Lebanese sextet SANAM and a lineup of collaborators will take the stage at Montreal’s Hotel2Tango for a series of solo and duo performances. While the band itself won’t be performing, these sets will highlight the individual artistry of its members alongside special guests, exploring free-rock, post-folk, and experimental sounds in an intimate setting.

Hotel2Tango – 110 Van Horne, Montreal QC
Monday, June 23 & Tuesday, June 24
Doors 8 PM | Music 8:30 PM
Entrance $20

Tickets can be purchased HERE.

NIGHT 1 – MONDAY, JUNE 23

Sandy Chamoun (Solo)
A solo set focused on vocal performance, blending tradition and contemporary experimentation.

Farah Kaddour (Solo)
A performance rooted in folk and classical Arabic music, showcasing her mastery of the buzuq.

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Anthony Sahyoun (Duo)
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, co-owner of Hotel2Tango, joins Anthony Sahyoun for an exploratory duo performance.

NIGHT 2 – TUESDAY, JUNE 24

Antonio Hajj, Jessica Moss & Pascal Semerdjian (Trio)
SANAM’s rhythm section—Antonio Hajj and Pascal Semerdjian—teams up with avant-garde violinist Jessica Moss for a unique collaboration.

Farah Kaddour & Marwan Tohme (Duo – Cassette Album Launch)
A special set celebrating the release of Farah and Marwan’s new cassette on Ruptured Records, offering an exclusive first listen.

Anthony Sahyoun (Solo)
A closing performance featuring a key voice of Beirut’s experimental music scene.

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio // 05 November 2024

December 6, 2024January 8, 2025Music ShowsLeave a Comment

A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal. Originally commissioned by Stegi Radio and produced by Onassis Stegi.

1. Azu Tiwaline – Long Hypnosis

2. Deena Abdelwahed – Complain

3. Use Knife – Coup d’état (Muqata’a مقاطعة Remix)

4. Nour Sokhon – The destruction and the rebuilding

5. Ralph Chbeir – Olive Trees

6. Kid Fourteen – Learning How to Die

7. SANAM – Mouathibatti (Live at Cafe Oto)

8. Nadah El Shazly – Mausoleum

9. Julia Sabra – Minor Detail

10. Fatima Al Qadiri – Medieval Femme

11. Los Panteros (Tony Elieh & Aya Metwalli) – Ya Tayren Tayer يا طيرٍ طاير

12. Yara Asmar – Cold Feet And Hot Air Balloons

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest JULIA SABRA // 06 January 2024

February 1, 2024January 27, 2024Music ShowsLeave a Comment

A monthly selection of alternative, ambient and experimental music from Lebanon and the MENA region, selected by music promoter and label owner Ziad Nawfal – this broadcast features a guest mix by Lebanese musician JULIA SABRA, from dreampop trio Postcards and ambient duo Snakeskin. This broadcast was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of Stegi Radio.

Julia Sabra is a Lebanese musician, songwriter, composer and sound engineer. She co-founded Postcards in 2013, a dream pop/shoegaze trio, and is the band’s lead singer, lyricist, co-composer and multi-instrumentalist. Postcards have released two EPs and four albums and their fifth is set for release in the fall of 2024. The trio has been regularly touring Europe and the Middle East since 2015.

Sabra is one half of Snakeskin, an ambient/electronic duo with long-time collaborator Fadi Tabbal. They released their debut self-titled album in October 2022. She is also the manager of Tunefork Studios since 2017, where she works as composer, VO artist and live sound engineer.

Charbel Haber & Fadi Tabbal- Enfin La Nuit
Postcards- Fall From Grace (unreleased)
Marc Codsi – The Wait
Interbellum – Flotsam
Mayssa Jallad – Kharita
Marwan Tohme – To Begin Again (unreleased)
Yara Asmar – Come Back Later
Fadi Tabbal – You Were Right (unreleased)
Anthony Sahyoun – Untitled (unreleased)
Snakeskin – In Our Garden
Farah Kaddour – Khuzama (unreleased)
Youmna Saba – Akaleel
Charif Megarbane – Souk el Ahad
Sary Moussa & Charbel Haber – An Atom of Your Love
Sanam – Ya Nass
Sam The Dog – Pulling It Off (unreleased)

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest ANTHONY SAHYOUN // 05 December 2023

January 1, 2024January 27, 2024Music ShowsLeave a Comment

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly broadcast for Stegi Radio in Athens – with a guest mix by Lebanese musician, producer & sound engineer ANTHONY SAHYOUN. This broadcast was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of Stegi Radio.
Anthony Sahyoun is a guitarist, composer and producer whose work spans electronic processing of acoustic elements, programming, drone and ambient music. He also scores music for film and has composed sound for various installations. Projects include Kinematik, Stress Distress, NP, May Berde, The Quiet Sanctuary, and more recently free-rock/folk sextet SANAM.
For this guest mix, Anthony selects recent music from the Lebanese, Egyptian and Palestinian contemporary music scenes. Spanning experimental, ambient to Chaabi, the mix highlights the influence of Arab musical heritage into contemporary practices.

Faust – Party 6
Malayeen – Fifi
Youmna Saba – Ritha’
Jerusalem in my Heart – Istashraktak
SANAM – Bell
A Trio – Textural Swing
Abdullah Miniawy & HVAD – Dirty Lanes Take (Dirty Canes Lake)
Maurice Louca – El-Gullashah
Aly Eissa – Gouda Bar
Sote – Trans Force
Two Or The Dragon – Dance Grooves For The Weary [Parts I & II]
Jad Atoui – Spectral Tides
Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal – Snakeskin
3Phaz – Slomo Strut
Safa – Gazelles
Zuli – Bro! (Love It)
sssarry – rrruubby
El Mhady Jr. – Permanent Defeat
Al-Mutreb Abul-Loul – Sorry Habibti (Radio Edit) ft. Miramar Muhd and 1800s Internet
SANAM – Shajar El Touti
Nadah El Shazly – Palmyra
Jonny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra – BBQ in Karantina
xlmxkhfi – Love is a lie and that’s ok (Abdelhalim Underwater Edit)
Elyse Tabet & Jawad Nawfal – Courbe Lisse
Jerusalem in my Heart – Wa Ta’atalat Loughat Al Kalam
(Unknown Artist) – (Field Recording)
Marc Codsi – Remembering October 2019 (then I sink)

Ziad Nawfal Mix for Stegi Radio with guest JANA SALEH // 07 November 2023

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023Music ShowsLeave a Comment

Ziad Nawfal’s monthly broadcast for Stegi Radio (formerly Movement Radio) in Athens – with a guest mix by Lebanese musician, producer & DJ JANA SALEH. This broadcast was commissioned and produced by Onassis Cultural Center, and presented for the first time in the frame of Stegi Radio.

1. Ashiqat al Wardi (Jana Saleh rework) – Zaki Nassif
2. Nomad – Bedouin Burger
3. A Patriotic Song – Sabreen
4. Each Day – Deena Abdelwahed
5. Excerpt from I Only Have Eyes On You – Jana Saleh
6. Lelly Yah – Marwan Pablo
7. Part 4 – Dirar Kalash
8. Ya Nass – Sanam
9. Amrikkka – Shabjdeed
10. Juliano – Jana Saleh
11. Abu Zeluf – Jean Jenkins