Lebanon’s music scene has been throbbing with talent ever since the civil war ended in the early 90s. We tried to put together an inclusive playlist that can take us through the lushest sounds of this post-war scene. The veterans, the new comers and the one timers: here’s a list of 100 songs from all the genres and sounds that Beirut is blasting with.

 

 



Tracklist: 

  1. Safar – Seasons
  2. Safar – Sheets
  3. Chyno – OPP
  4. Chyno ft. Rajul Al Hadidi – Long Haul
  5. Gizzmo – Naked Sheep
  6. Soap Kills – Enta Fen 
  7. Soap Kills – Cheftak
  8. Toufic Farroukh- Lili s’en fout
  9. Toufic Farroukh – Villes Invisible
  10. Wanton Bishops – Sleep With The Light On
  11. Wanton Bishops – Sun Rising 
  12. Who Killed Bruce Lee – Elvis
  13. Who Killed Bruce Lee – Born Addicted
  14. Mashrou3 Leila – Fasateen
  15. Mashrou3 Leila – Roman
  16. Etyen ft. Tala – Homosapiens 
  17. Etyen – Panda Life 
  18. Postcards – Where the Wild Ones Go
  19. Postcards – Bright Lights
  20. KŌZŌ 構造 – Tokyo Metabolist Syndrome
  21. The Bunny Tylers – It Seems It All Disappears
  22. Banana Cognacs – Cinammon Girl
  23. Fareeq el Atrash – Tzakkar Hal Eyyem 
  24. Fareeq el Atrash – Corruption 
  25. Tania Saleh – Those Eyes
  26. Zee Karkabi – Reanimation 
  27. Jay Wud – Shine Your Light 
  28. Bachar Marcel Khalife – Ya Nas
  29. Gurumiran – Hingala
  30. Gurumiran – Waterfall
  31. Pindoll – Fed Up
  32. Pindoll – Keep Walking
  33. Meen The Band – Btiswa Tizi
  34. Meen The Band – 3al Mkhade
  35. kinematik – ana baher أنا بحر
  36. Charlie Rayne – The Sun Rose
  37. Interbellum – Another Day
  38. Interbellum – Brian Wilson 
  39. The Incompetents – What Young Women Ought to Know 
  40. The Incompetents – Bullets Gently Flying Over Your head 
  41. Scrambled Eggs – Girls on fire 
  42. Scrambled Eggs – Russian Roulette 
  43. Loopstache – Miss Daniels
  44. Loopstache – I get this feeling 
  45. Alko B –  Her Heart Gets to Stay 
  46. WonderGaap – To The Meadow
  47. WonderGaap – Gothic Park
  48. Tanjaret Daghet – Under Pressure
  49. Tanjaret Daghet – Latkhaf (B side)
  50. Project Seer – Under The Eye
  51. Project Seer – Hallowed Wings
  52. Waynick – Carolina
  53. Karim Khnessier – K13 
  54. Michelle w Noel Keserweny – Men3id 
  55. Michelle w Noel Keserweny – Zafatli El Taree2 
  56. Sandmoon – Shiny Star
  57. Sandmoon – Home
  58. Lumi – My Love
  59. LUMI – We Are Who We Are
  60. Flugen – Red Room
  61. Tryangle Man – Not Alone 
  62. Tryangle Man – Last Dance 
  63. Liliane Chlela – Ode to Cello 
  64. Vladimir Kurumilian – Escape 
  65. Munma – Bits and Dust
  66. El Rass & Munma – Islamology
  67. El Rass – Hat 
  68. Khayef – Khansa & Zahzah 
  69. Artur Satyan Ensemble – Theme For Two 
  70. Artur Satyan – Chrome 
  71. Abe Younan – Garbage Man 
  72. Raed El Khazen – Ghosts and Shadows 
  73. Rayes Bek Orchestra – Schizophrenia 
  74. The Kordz – The Call 
  75. Ali Sleeq Blues Band –  Back to the Chicken Shack 
  76. John Lebanon – Get a Cab 
  77. Nesta – Long Gone Race 
  78. Rabih Abou Khalil – Blue Camel 
  79. Rabih Abou Khalil – Bushman In The Desert 
  80. Blu Fiefer – Jukebox
  81. Blend – Belong
  82. Rise 1969 – Beirut 1969 
  83. Oumi Ensemble – Imaginary Dance 
  84. Ostura – Deathless
  85. Ostura – Only One
  86. Amadeus Awad Feat. Gavin Harrison – Noir 
  87. Lazzy Lung – Turkish Soaps 
  88. Zeid Hamdan – Mouhit 
  89. Zeid Hamdan – General Suleiman 
  90. The New Government – Stayin Alive 
  91. Zeid & The Wings – The Asfeh 
  92. Three Machines – Abandon Ship
  93. Filter Happier – Happier 
  94. Safar Barlik – Pas Pour Moi
  95. Safar Barlik – Jabal 
  96. Kid Fourteen – It’s a lovely night 
  97. Wake Island – Never Entirely There 
  98. Funny Death – Fell for it 
  99. Adonis – Stouh Adonis 
  100. HEAR – The Groin 

 

Photo credit: Wassim Nouwar