Ruptured

04/11/2025

SHIRINE SAAD is the guest of Ziad Nawfal’s monthly broadcast for Stegi Radio this Tuesday 04 November.

10pm Athens / 10 pm Beirut / 3pm Montreal on Stegi Radio.

Shirine Saad is a Beirut-born journalist, programmer and DJ focusing on culture and social change. They were Assistant Professor of the Practice in Arts Journalism and Criticism at Brown University, where they were the Founding Editor of a new multimedia arts journal, MOVEMENTS. They are a PhD candidate in Philosophy, Art and Social Thought at the European Graduate School.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Yara Asmar .blues - all that has been seen will have been seen for nothing
2. Faten Kanaan - Three Arches
3. Mayssa Jallad - Kharita
4. Fatima Al Qadiri - Gumar (Moon)
5. Floy Krouchi .krouchi - COUVRE FEU
(feat. Kamilya Jubran )
6. Sandy Chamoun / Anthony Sahyoun / Jad Atoui - Hayawanon Ghader
7. Pollution Opera (Elvin Brandhi & Nadah El Shazly - Cairo???
8. Asma Ghanem - We’ve Got a Life in Illusion
9. Basel Abbas .abb & Ruanne Abou-Rahme .ar - After everything is extracted
10. Sabine Salamé - A City Without People
11. Makimakkuk - Bidaeyat
12. Maurice Louca - Rupture (El Kontessa Remix)
13. Deena Abdelwahed - Pre Island (33EMYBW)
14. dj haram - Handplay

Following the broadcast, the mix will be archived on Stegi Radio: https://stegi.radio/

01/11/2025

Acclaim for We live in sand, the latest album by Lebanese dreampop duo Snakeskin, released by Ruptured & Beacon Sound in October 2025.

Acclaim for We live in sand, the latest album by Lebanese dreampop duo Snakeskin, released by Ruptured & Beacon Sound in October 2025: “Snakeskin don’t so much shed layers from release to…

31/10/2025

Announcing For The Waves I Rode / And The Ones That Broke Inside Me, the debut album by Beirut-based singer, songwriter, and producer Maud Zeinoun . Out today on Ruptured.

We’re proud to share this first release from Maud, a deeply personal record carried in silence for years before finding its voice. Conceived in 2016 and shaped through long pauses and quiet returns, the album unfolds like a diary written in sound: a meditation on survival, mental health, and the fragile persistence of hope.

Written in the aftermath of a personal breakdown and gradual recovery, the album turns moments of fragility into spaces of clarity. Drawing from ambient production, post-punk textures, and 1980s-inspired synth work, Maud builds a sound world that is at once melancholic and resilient. Her voice drifts through layered arrangements that feel both haunted and luminous. Across six pieces, she traces the quiet work of endurance: sadness, relapse, self-preservation, and the slow rebuilding of trust in one’s own voice.

Recorded and produced by Maud Zeinoun in Beirut, the album reflects her background in cinema and sound art, unfolding with a filmmaker’s sense of rhythm and tension.

Mixed by Sary Moussa , except for “We Were Never Forever After All” and “For The Waves”, which were mixed by Eli Ishac . Mastered by Ziad Moukarzel .

Photography by Tony Deeb . Album artwork by Lucien Chakar.
Layout and design by Maya Chami .chami.

For The Waves I Rode / And The Ones That Broke Inside Me is available as a limited cassette edition of 50 copies — exclusively on Bandcamp, and in Beirut at Fizz .

https://rupturedthelabel.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-waves-i-rode-and-the-ones-that-broke-inside-me

This album was partially funded by Institut Français du Liban through MASAR .movement, a French initiative supporting contemporary music in Lebanon.

27/10/2025

Ruptured co-founders Ziad Nawfal and Fadi Tabbal have crafted “The Noise We Carry,” a sprawling audio mixtape for Radio Elsewheres and the Elsewhere on Record exhibition at Art Windsor Essex.

October 2025 Ruptured co-founders Ziad Nawfal and Fadi Tabbal have crafted “The Noise We Carry,” a sprawling audio mixtape for Radio Elsewheres and the Elsewhere on Record exhibition at Art Windsor…

27/10/2025

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 SARY MOUSSA.

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 …

24/10/2025

Snakeskin’s third album We live in sand, by Beirut duo Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal, has been out in the world for two weeks now via Ruptured and Beacon Sound .

We’re grateful for the thoughtful attention the record has received so far, from writers and listeners alike.

“Snakeskin don’t so much shed layers from release to release, they harden their resolve... an extraordinary sound document, poignant in these troubled times.” — John Parry

“There’s a chilling disconnect at the heart of We live in sand... beneath the sweetness of the music, Sabra lays bare the tragedy playing out across the border—and in our feeds, in our thoughts, in our consciences.” — via substack

“An emotionally weighty album in which the Lebanese duo manage to find beauty in the darkness.” — via substack

“If We live in sand doesn’t reduce you to tears, you’re probably hollow inside.” — Simon Kirk

“There’s grief, anger, and frustration here — but also hope.” —

“The best art often comes from the darkest places.” —

Written in October 2024 as war reached Beirut, We live in sand is Snakeskin’s starkest and most immediate work to date, combining industrial beats, ambient dirges, and Sabra’s unmistakable vocals into songs of love, mourning, and endurance.

The duo will be performing the album live across Europe this November.

Band portrait and cover image by Mohamad Abdouni .

Vinyl + digital editions available now via Ruptured (Beirut) and Beacon Sound (Portland):
https://snakeskinband.bandcamp.com/album/we-live-in-sand-ruptured-beacon-sound

Thank you for your support.

11/10/2025

Snakeskin on tour / Nov. 2025

Nov 04 Berlin, Germany – Morphine RaumNov 06 Zutphen, The Netherlands – Modka Beiroet Nov 08 Utrecht, The Netherlands – Le Guess Who? Nov 09 Ghent, Belgium – Groot Begijnhof Church Nov 12 Paris, Fr…

06/10/2025

SNAKESKIN (Julia Sabra & Fadi Tabbal ) are the guests of Ziad Nawfal’s monthly broadcast for Stegi Radio this Tuesday 07 October.

10pm Athens / 10 pm Beirut / 3pm Montreal on Stegi Radio.

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 this Friday 10 October, 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:

Snakeskin: Ready
Nadah El Shazly: Kaabi Ali
Lucrecia Dalt: Caes (feat. Camille Mandoki)
SANAM: Goblin
Snakeskin: October sun
Kelly Moran: Don’t Trust Mirrors
Sary Moussa: Everywhere at Once
Jerusalem In My Heart: Ana Lisan Wahad
Dina El Wedidi: The Moon
Gizzmo: A Change in the Seasons
Snakeskin: Blindsided
Mabe Fratti: Kravitz
Postcards: Poison
Blood Orange : Look at You
Snakeskin: Black water

Following the broadcast, the mix will be archived on Stegi Radio: https://stegi.radio/

Thanks for listening x

18/09/2025

RUPTURED x NO MUSIC FOR GENOCIDE 💿🚫

Fellow Artists & Record Labels: geoblock your music in Israel!
Go to to learn more and view the over 400 artists/labels who’ve already joined.
The action is simple but powerful: request geo-restriction of music in Israel across DSPs.

No Music for Genocide is a new cultural boycott initiative asking artists and rights-holders to remove their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to its genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel / ‘48 Palestine; and political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live. This is a decentralized, global volunteer movement with no institutional backer.

This tangible act is just one step toward honoring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimize Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage. The successful cultural boycotts against apartheid South Africa prove that our creative work grants us agency and power. When we wield it together, we add unified pressure to a growing, global, interdependent movement, from Hollywood to the docks of Morocco. We don’t boycott to target individuals: this is a rejection of apartheid Israel’s cultural industry, which works hand in hand with global music and media institutions to whitewash apartheid and genocide.

NO ART FOR APARTHEID, NO MUSIC FOR GENOCIDE. FREE PALESTINE.

With love & solidarity,
The NMFG team

https://nomusicforgenocide.net/

12/09/2025

Oct 02 Liège, Belgium – Voix de FemmesOct 03 Berlin, Germany – KiezsalonOct 04 Brussels, Belgium – Bozar MAYSSA JALLAD ON BANDCAMP

Oct 02 Liège, Belgium – Voix de FemmesOct 03 Berlin, Germany – KiezsalonOct 04 Brussels, Belgium – Bozar MAYSSA JALLAD ON BANDCAMP

11/09/2025

Sep 18 Brussels, Belgium – Studio Marcel Delcourt / Toaster, Ixelles @ 7:00 PMSep 19 Holzminden, Germany – Horstberg @ 8:00 PMSep 20 Offenbach Am Main, Germany – Hafen 2 @ 8:00 PMSep 22 Berlin, Germany – Kantine am Berghain @ 8:00 PMSep 23 Kiel, Germany – hansa48 @ 8:00 PMSep 24 Dresden, Germany – …...

Sep 18 Brussels, Belgium – Studio Marcel Delcourt / Toaster, Ixelles @ 7:00 PMSep 19 Holzminden, Germany – Horstberg @ 8:00 PMSep 20 Offenbach Am Main, Germany – Hafen 2 @ 8:00 PMSep 22 Berlin, Ger…

04/09/2025

Out 10 October 2025 via Ruptured and Beacon Sound We live in sand is the 3rd album from SNAKESKIN, the Beirut-based duo of Julia Sabra and Fadi Tabbal.

Out 10 October 2025 via Ruptured and Beacon Sound We live in sand is the 3rd album from SNAKESKIN, the Beirut-based duo of Julia Sabra and Fadi Tabbal. Written in October 2024, just as Israel’s gen…