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30+ labels join to raise funds for Lebanon; music to support
Over 30 labels are uniting to raise funds for the 1.5 million people now forcibly displaced in Lebanon. With Bandcamp Friday today, now’s your chance to maximize album purchases for that effort. Here are the details — and a few music selections to consider.
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Lebanon’s musicians are a model for action — they deserve support now
Again and again, music communities in Lebanon have embraced mutual aid and spoken out through activism and in their art. That’s been true from experimental music labels to the Beirut Synthesizer Center initiative. They’re getting results. It’s time for the international music scene and press to do more.
Breakcore and mouneh: High Hats music supports relief kitchens in Lebanon
In the face of violence and erasure, give some attention to people who stay loud and give something back. High Hats Community’s new compilation is a guide to breaks, breakcore, and experimental underground music from Lebanon. But it’s also a window into broad community kitchen efforts in Lebanon, bringing together migrants from Sri Lanka to […]
Premiering now, Fake Lines: Sono Levant reconnects what was divided
Peter Kirn - September 25, 2025
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