INDEPENDENT MUSIC BOOK FAIR 5th FEBRUARY 6pm

with Live music from HEATSICK (GER), AL MARMOOT + DJ ROLAND RAGI

As part of Why Do You Publish? 98 weeks’ independent book fair, Batroun Projects will host an evening of live music and an exhibited selection of self publishing related to music and musicians. Come by and browse through our stalls hosting an assortment of self produced CD-r’s, tapes, vinyl and booklets by musicians from Lebanon, germany, switzerland and the UK including the releases of Annihaya records and the back catalogue of “cops and robbers” a printed event listing made for not for profit gigs in Leeds, UK. As the closing event of the 98 weeks book fair we are delighted to present the live music of;

HEATSICK (GER) is the solo moniker of Berlin-based performer/musician Steven Warwick, also known as one half of the duo Birds of Delay. Heatsick (pictured) uses various instruments including voice, keyboard and percussion to create saturated washes of tone, floating and disintegrating entropic loops, focused on repetition as a means of creating abstraction. The music references Musique Concrete and Psychedelia, through to the early Chicago House mix tapes, creating a unique and compelling sound. In addition Steven Warwick has a long history in printed matter and zine-making the back catalogue of which will be on exhibition throughout the Batroun projects music book fair. check him out here

SAT 22nd OCT 8pm

VIALKA + Charbel/ Anthony/ Emil + DJ ROLAND RAGI

VIALKA are a peripatetic pare from France. They make exultant music with drums and guitar that flits across musical borders, channeling desert blues, Chinese folk songs, scatter rock and European gypsy song dynamics. Their hard hitting poly-rhythms, yelps and howls make for a danceable and intoxicating brew. We are very excited to welcome them to Lebanon for the first time!
www.myspace.com/vialka

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Charbel/ Anthony/ Emil : a psychedelic trio comprising of 2 guitars and electric drums from Jbeil.

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DJ set from Roland Ragi

+ A BAR will be open onsite

$5 entrance.

Saturday 24th September. Join us from 7 pm. Film starts at 8 pm

La Planete Sauvage/ The Fantastic Planet (1973)

Join us in our outdoor cinema on the beach this Saturday 24th sept to watch a 1973 animated science fiction film directed by René Laloux. La Planète Sauvage / Fantastic Planet is a surrealist story based on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Set in a far distant world human beings or “Oms”have been domesticated by the gigantic Draags. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. One domesticated om Terr is able to escape his masters with a headset that puts information directly into the brain. Armed now with the Draags technology he leads the Oms in an attempt to make life better for them.

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Join us on Saturday 9 July from 6 pm for the first in our outdoor Fortnightly Film screenings.

We will be screening the 1962 cult horror classic Carnival of Souls. Directed by Herk Harvey and starring Candace Hilligoss ,with an eerily atmospheric organ score by Gene Moore.

The films will be screened outdoors. There will be drinks available from 6 pm till late. The film starts at 8.

انضموا إلينا يوم السبت 9 يوليو من الساعة 6 مساء لأول عرض سينماءِ في الهواء الطلق.
لفيلم الرعب الكلاسيكي كرنفال النفوس، 1962. من اخراج هورك هارڤي، وبطولة كانداس هيليغوس
.البار مفتوح من الساعة السادسة مساءً و يبدء العرض الساعة الثامنة

for more information call: 03 412659