WW Beirut: Radio Karantina – Modca 90 Hamra Street
18.02.21From Beirut to the world, and / or vice-versa; radiokarantina is a project that conjures together music, stories, and images during the exceptional times the world is currently witnessing.
Featuring -in order of appearance- Dial-up 1996 Internet; Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Sound; Beirut Taxi Drivers; Passers-By; Diana Haddad And Roxette; News Broadcast Announcing The End Of The Lebanese Civil War – That’s Not A Joke, They Actually Said It (!); Fayrouz Waiting for Her Summer-Winter 1993 Love; Fayrouz Rehearsing with Chef Antoine; Fayrouz Laughing; Her Son Ziad Rahbani Inviting His Mother To A Light Lunch; Lost SoapKills; An-Explosion; A Group of Friends Comprised of Nadine, Amane, Rana, Nasri And Another -Flying- Nadine; TV Anchors Arranging Their Hairdo While Laughing And Joking; Ziad Rahbani Again With Salma Inviting Us For A Drink At Piccadilly Theater; Haifa’s Bohemian Rhapsody; Salt’N’Pepa Pushing It; Mc Hammer Not Touching It Though; Nigerian and Liberian AirForces Bombarding South Lebanon While The Fugees Are Killing It Softly With Their Song; Mc Solaar Celebrating Nicole Ballan Losing The Miss Lebanon 1995 Beauty Pageant; Quentin, John And Samuel Sharing A Royale With Cheese While Others Are Trying To Liberate South Lebanon From A ShowBiz Pizza Place Outlet; Lucia Mendez Tried As Well – But In Vain – She’s Still Whining / Tabban Laki! ; Warda and Beck Setting Fires; Amr Diab And Angela Dimitrou Lost In Love Translations; Jeanne Moreau, Emir Kusturica and Goran Bregovic Dancing On Ariel Sharon’s Grave While Drinking Disgusting Parfait Amour Liqueurs Underground; Qana’s Massacre Black Hole Sun; And Yasmine Hamdan Trying To Log In On Yahoo.
All Of The Above Smelling Like Teen Spirit Events Are Based On A True Story While Aromas Of An October 23 1997 Cup Of Coffee Are Still Emanating From Modca. How Are You, You? Says Fayrouz One Last Time. Microsoft Bugs. End Of Transmission.
Listen now TracklistNasri Sayegh – A Stroll in Hamra Street Beirut May 1995.
Turbo Falafel – Lebanon Carrefour – Music For Taxi Drivers
Le Journal de FR3 – Oct.15 1990 Headlines (INA)
Fayrouz – Al Thaniah (EMI)
Fayrouz – Prova Kifak Enta (EMI)
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation – Générique
SoapKills – Lost (Self Released)
N.Charafeddine, A.Doughan, R.Kabbout, N.Sayegh, N.Tayara – A Service On Hamra Street on March 1997.
Ahmad Kaabour – La’ Younak (Future TV Lebanon)
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation – Backstage (LBC)
Joseph Sakr & Ziad Rahbani – Keltili (Voix De L’Orient)
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation – Backstage (LBC)
Ziad Rahbani & Salma – Un Verre Chez Nous (EMI)
Nawal El Zoghbi Interview – Studio El Fan (LBC)
Nawal El Zoghbi – Mandam Aleik (EMI)
Ziad Rahbani – Bi Khssous El Karamé Wel Shaab El Anid (CBA)
Aida Abou Jaoude – Asmar W Bsiyyara Jeep (City Media)
Nido Milk Ad.
Haifa – Haifa Aerobics (LBC)
The Braids – Bohemian Rhapsody (Atlantic)
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation – Backstage (LBC)
Robert Altman – Prêt A Porter Trailer (Miramax)
Salt’N’Pepa – Push It (FFRR)
Mc Hammer – U Can’t Touch This (Capitol Records)
Ziad Rahbani – Bi Khssous El Karamé Wel Shaab El Anid (CBA)
Fugees – Killing Me Softly (Columbia)
N.Charafeddine, A.Doughan, R.Kabbout, N.Sayegh, N.Tayara – Happy Birthday Amane March 24, 1997.
Mc Solaar – Victime de la Mode (Polydor)
Miss Lebanon 1995 Ft. Dina Azar and Nicole Ballan
Urge Overkill – Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon (MCA Records)
N.Charafeddine, A.Doughan, R.Kabbout, N.Sayegh, N.Tayara – Happy Birthday Amane March 24, 1997.
Kool & The Gang – Jungle Boogie Pulp Fiction (MCA Records)
John Travolta & Samuel L.Jackson – Pulp Fiction Soundtrack (MCA Records)
Showbiz Pizza Place Ad. 90’s
Spaghetti Surfers – Misirlou – Pulp Fiction Soundtrack (MCA Records)
Ziad Doueiri – West Beirut Excerpt (Ziad Doueiri)
Fayrouz – Ya Horriyé (Voix De L’Orient)
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation – Backstage (LBC)
Lucia Mendez – Corazon de Piedra (Ariola)
Château Ksara Arak Ad. 90’s
Anta Aw La Ahad – Arabic Dubbed Version Of Mexican Telenovela Tù O Nadie.
Everything But The Girl – Like The Deserts Miss The Rain (Virgin)
Ziad Rahbani – Bi Khssous El Karamé Wel Shaab El Anid (CBA)
Ace Of Base – The Sign (Mega Records)
Ziad Doueiri – West Beirut Excerpt (Ziad Doueiri)
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (DGC)
Warda – Nâr El Ghira (EMI)
Auxilia Ad Lebanon
Beck – Loser (Bong Load Records)
Ziad Rahbani – Bi Khssous El Karamé Wel Shaab El Anid (CBA)
Angela Dimitrou & Amr Diab – Ana Bahebbak Aktar (Alam El Fan)
Jeanne Moreau Announcing Palme D’Or 1995
Goran Bregovic – Coćek (Mercury)
Kassatly Chtaura Liqueur Ad. 90’s
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (A&M Records)
Tatra Milk Ad. 90’s
Metallica – Nothing Else Matters (Vertigo)
SoapKills – Yahoo (Self Released)
Ziad Rahbani – Bi Khssous El Karamé Wel Shaab El Anid (CBA)
Fayrouz – Kifak Enta (EMI)