LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl with insert. Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick andRobert Maalouf and the father of the label’s founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent.As told in detailed liner notes by DJ, music researcher andlegacy-keeper Ernesto Chahoud and Natalie Shooter, […]
The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of fans, System Of A Down are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet.At their core has always been Serj Tankian, whose journey […]
Yasmine Hamdan’s I Remember I Forget, is a powerful reflection on memory and identity, blending personal and global themes with evocative storytelling.Building on her previous albums Ya Nass and Al Jamilat, Hamdan draws deeply on her Lebanese roots and global influences.The album explores the tragedies of Lebanon, particularly the 2020 Beirut explosion and the ongoing […]
Prefaces is a Lebanese trio made up of long-standing members of Beirut’s independent music scene: Charif Megarbane (Habibi Funk, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Hisstology Records), Salim Naffah (Alko B), and Pascal Semerdjian (Postcards, SANAM).On their sophomore album Acqua Marina, the band explore the desolate beach clubs along Lebanon’s coastline, turning a chance encounter into a lasting […]
The Delta Force: Political extremists have taken innocent people hostage….and only super- soldiers Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin can rescue them in this astounding mix of fact, fantasy and heavy-duty adventure. Co-starring Martin Balsam and Shelly Winters, The Delta Force is non-stop explosive, wall-to-wall action! When a U.S. passenger plane is seized by vicious hijackers […]
2 LP A Study Of Losses is the seventh studio album from Beirut, the musical project of Zach Condon. The project originated in spring 2023, when Viktoria Dalborg, director at the Swedish circus Kompani Giraff, reached out to Condon, asking if he would be interested to provide the music for their next project, a show […]
Hadsel is the first new full-length record since Beirut’s 2019 release, “Gallipoli,” and the first on Zach Condon’s own label, Pompeii Records. Recorded in the Norwegian island of Hadsel shortly after a physical and mental break forced Condon to cancel is 2019 tour, Condon was looking for a place to recover after being left in […]
Single gatefold, standard weight, no booklet, no insert. Copper flood coat on euro sleeves w/ lyrics printed. Serpentine Prison, the debut solo record from Matt Berninger—front man of internationally acclaimed group The National — is due 16th October. The album, produced by renowned Memphis multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & The MG’s fame) […]
LNZNDRF’s II is a mass hypnotism, somehow both thunderous and trance-inducing. Recorded in extensive, shamanistic jam sessions at Austin’s Public Hi-Fi in September 2019 and later edited down to give it shape, these songs feel like Right Now, with some toes testing the waters of the future. The brothers Scott and Bryan Devendorf (The National), […]
Dear Reader, About a year or two ago, Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500) reached out to me after she rediscovered a video that we had made together in 2011, during the making of Tramp, just before the album’s release. It was for the song Serpents. The timing was uncanny, approaching the anniversary of Tramp. Thinking […]
