Music Stories
Ruptured’s Postcards from Lebanon, telling the world’s story in sound
“Chaos and resiliance” – the words become cruel cliché when applied on repeat to Beirut’s music scene. But the three latest releases from the Ruptured label tell a sonic story that’s not from some periphery, but the center of our world. They do so in collage — like film fragments (one from a filmmaker). That include’s today’s debut of Ripe from Postcards and in the recent sound narratives of Nour Sokhon, Stefan Christoff, and Camille Cabbabe.
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Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular
NYC-based Purplish Records releases music on cassette in batches, and this double release is a serious gem. Ipek Eginli creates a magical cloud world of prepared piano interconnected with modular synths, as Jad Atoui transforms discarded hard drives into mechanical compositional machines.
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2025
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Reharmonized tone-deaf Star-Spangled Banner is now its own genre
We live in extraordinary times—times when the Internet has driven innovation and shared culture to previously unknown levels. And as with extreme performance in pro sports, we’re now treated to harmonization of the most tone-deaf renditions of the USA’s national anthem that are reimagining tonal harmony.
Landscape’s Ferrous, an electro-mechanical resonator for strings
Peter Kirn - May 16, 2024
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