La chanteuse libano-arménienne Eileen KHATCHADOURIAN, en interview et mini-concert acoustique sur Ruptures / Radio Liban 96.2FM, accompagnée des musiciens Miran Gurunian (guitare), Haytham Chalhoub (basse) et Haig Papazian du groupe Mashrou3 Leila (violon).
Liens audio: eileen k 01 + eileen k 02
Track listing: Yann Tiersen / Arctic Monkeys / Depeche Mode / Peter Murphy / Agua de Annique / The Gathering
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Fareeq el Atrash (whose name is a pun on famed Arabic singer Fareed el Atrache) is a Lebanese hip hop band consisting of rappers Edouard Abbas and Nasser Shorbaji, with John Imad Nasr on bass, Ghassan Khayyat aka Goo on guitar and keyboards, and Fayez Zouheiry aka FZ holding it down on beatbox duties.
In addition to playing three wonderfully laid-back tracks live in the studios of Radio Lebanon, they offered a selection of their favorite tunes, and presented their upcoming concert at Beirut’s The Basement.
Audio links: Fareeq 1 + Fareeq 2
Track listing: SUGARHILL GANG / SLY & THE FAMILY STONE / BOB JAMES / FUNKADELIC / RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS / ZIAD RAHBANI / The ROOTS / JAY-Z
Back in October 2005, the Lebanese funky jam collective Fareeq el Atrash made their live debut at The Basement, and is now primed to return to Beirut’s famed underground venue this coming Saturday, the 7th of November.
Fareeq el Atrash (whose name is a pun on famed Arabic singer Fareed el Atrache) is now a live hip hop band consisting of rappers Edouard Abbas and Nasser Shorbaji, with John Imad Nasr on bass, Goo on guitar and keyboards, and FZ holding it down on beatbox duties.
The crew’s DJ, Stickfiggr, will be mixing hip hop, soul and funk prior to the show. Expect special musical guests to join the band in their most definitive live performance yet!
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ZIAD SAAD alias POP WILL SAVE US, groupe d’électro-pop libanais, en interview et mini-concert dans les Ruptures du Lundi, sur Radio Liban 96.2FM.
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Track listing: Suicide / Le Tigre / Omar Khorshid / Antonio Carlos Jobim…
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Le guitariste-improvisateur libanais Sharif SEHNAOUI, fondateur et organisateur du Festival de musique expérimentale Irtijal, producteur du label Al-Maslakh, en interview et mini-concert sur les ondes de Radio Liban 96.2FM, dans le cadre de Ruptures (tous les lundis, 20-21h).
Liens audio: Sharif 1 + Sharif 2
Track listing: Aaly Trio & Ken Vandermark / Scrambled Eggs feat. Joe Ghosn & Abdallah Ko / Scrambled Eggs
[Photos par Tanya Traboulsi]
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This band needs very little in the way of introduction…. Recent winners of the 96.2FM music prize, fresh from a string of concerts in the south of Lebanon, truly outstanding neo-rockers Mashrou3 Leila raided the studios of Radio Lebanon for an impromptu interview/mini-concert.
Present in the studio were violin player Haig Papazian, guitarist Andre Chedid (playing acoustic), drummer Carl Gerges (on djembe), guitarist Firas Abou Fakher (on tambourine), vocalist Hamed Sinno… and of course indispensable sound engineer Fadi Tabbal.
Audio Links: Mashrou3 1 + Mashrou3 2
Track listing: Arctic Monkeys / Kasabian / Pink Martini / Neyssatou / Saria el Sawass / Nahawand / El Gits Band / Erik Truffaz / Led Zeppelin / Jadal
[With gracious thanks to Tanya Traboulsi for the lovely pictures!]
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CHRISTELLE FRANCA, DJ; conceptrice sonore; créatrice de l’ONG nommée DON’T BORDER ME,en interview sur les ondes de Radio Liban…
L’ONG DON’T BORDER ME développe des projets culturels transnationaux, ainsi que des projets de collaboration entre différentes villes de la Méditerranée et du Québec.
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Le Libanais Tarek Atoui, musicien d’électronique et d’électro-acoustique forcément nomade, en interview et en mini-concert dans les studios de Radio Liban.
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[Photos par Tanya Traboulsi]
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Mayaline Hage, chanteuse du groupe d’electro-rock libanais Lumi, en interview sur les ondes de Radio Liban 96.2FM.
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Track listing: Mylène Farmer / Sonic Youth / Léo Ferré / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Lumi
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Yasmine Hamdan, ex-chanteuse du duo de trip hop libanais Soapkills, présente YAS, son nouveau project d’electro-pop arabisante avec le producteur franco-afghan Mirwais, parle à profusion de ses années de formation avec les groupes Lombrix et Soapkills, de son récent exil à Paris, et partage avec l’audience de Radio Liban ses choix musicaux.
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Track listing:
Om Kolsoum / Adawiya / Leila Mourad / Abdelwahab / Najat el Saghira / Leonard Cohen / Vanilla Fudge / Grace Slick / Soapkills / YAS
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