2009
12.21
12.21
Year: 2009
About: Mashrouʼ Leila is Arabic for ʻan overnight projectʼ lusting out a microphone, a violin, a bass, two guitars, drums and keyboards. It started out as a music workshop at the American University of Beirut in 2008, an open platform for students of architecture and design, somewhere to experiment with sounds and make things audible. In the various performances, Mashrouʼ Leila is a constant attempt to taste and produce, more than happy to harvest anyone from the audience as a guest in their encores. They have performed around Lebanon since 2008, playing in various venues in Beirut. The music in their debut album, released in December 2009 with B-root Productions is a reclamation of the aftertaste; sequel-ing a dose of Beirut. (Adapted from a text by Raafat Majzoub)
Credits:
Music by: Haig Papazian, Hamed Sinno, Carl Gerges, Omaya Malaeb, Andre Chedid, Firas Abou Fakher, Ibrahim Badr. Lyrics by: Hamed Sinno Produced by: b-root productions Mastering by: Oscar Zambrano, Zampol productions NYC. Khaled Yassine (percussions on Raksit Leila)
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Encoding/Size: CBR 320 / 81 MB
Encoding/Size: CBR 320 / 81 MB
I openly admit that I have download albums that are not available for retail purchase from here, so thanks for those, but this, this is personally offensive and I don’t even need to explain why…
And you do not have to.
Thanks for the post on Feel Notes by the way :)
Keep it up!
Oh so you’ve read the blog then?
No need to explain how promoting artists is supposed to be carried out then… you’ve seen a living example.
Good man Oday. ;)
You guys are life savers.. Thank you!
I wonder if (how much) the traffic spiked..
i’m going to download the music from here, but it’s only because i can’t find the album now.
All i know is i’m buying it as soon as i find it.
Make sure to make it to their concerts next time as that’s where they make the most profit :)
Great album!!!!!! Keep up the amazing work guys!
Demco Steel Concert was awesome!
matteo – rome
Does anyone know if the album comes with any lyrics?
Hello Shadi.
Yes, the lyrics are present and are written in Arabic.
Yes. The album comes with all of the lyrics for all of the songs.
This download however does not…
To get the lyrics you have to actually buy the album :D
Good point!
Keep rocking that keyboard out, O :)
ooh, thanks! beatiful song… amazing! *-*
It is true! i am ENRAGED! pple like u disgust me. will it make any difference if u guys would buy the CD and encourage young lebanese artists instead of stealing it ?!
you are bastardizing art. this in unacceptable i will be reporting this site to the minstry of interior. i have no connection to the band but i think people like you are the reason less art comes out of our part of the world. 2 years of work and u post the entire album like you made it yourslef. Ignorant idiots
wow – do you know these guy are being promoted in the States because of the folks who you call “ignorant” – I wonder how many band are EVER heard on a National Radio broadcast in The USA – maybe 0% from Lebanon…They may now have a chance of getting a record contract – wow sure your not from asia where they think only til the end of there nose? Now who is the simple minded fool?
guys, the day the ministry of interior starts doing anything what so ever we can discuss piracy laws. in the mean time, we do make our money off of gigs [not that we make any money since it goes 9 ways]. CDs are expensive, china’s buying africa, the zionists are demolishing al aqsa, and hamed thinks he might be the second christ coming (on his own face that is). of all the problems in the country, the region, and the world, i think a little bootlegging wont do anyone too much harm. imagine what bourj hammoud and da7iya would’ve been like without rip off almodovars, labakis, rahbanis, and indian pornography. i suggest we focus on why the ministry of interior keeps dodging the palestinian crisis. yes?
riffi ya hamama (i agree)
well everyone is still missing the whhhhhhhhooooooooole point, piratebeirut or any other lebanese sites that proclaims to be promoting lebanese bands or anything like that are wrong!! because without rewards, specifically money, for their own personal efforts, these bands will no be able to go on producing the music there doing, some of them are students or maybe have full time jobs, and count on a kind of success before planning to contine with what otherwise is only a hobby!!
of course needless to add that life in beirut is already getting 2 expensive!! u want them to go to some gulf country to make money???
Also, before arabizing and doing paralelizm with the Palestine turmoil, or blaming the ministry of interior, we as lebanese youth should START respecting trademarks, personal effort, properties, public places, sponsorship, ownership, legal rights!!!!!!!!!!
Well I have to thank this blog for many reasons.
I always liked buying music by local unknown bands. As I recall, my first was by The Kordz (I can’t remember how I thought of buying a single, but I did… and I like doing so).
However, this year, underground Lebanese bands are booming. So for that, I mostly check the blog for the weekly new reviews. Then, if I found the album, I’d buy it.
Another thing I have to thank this blog for, is making it able to share the music with the people outside the small “Arab World”. Many European acquaintances are now familiar with Soap Kills, and they’re really loving it. I don’t think they were able to hear about it, or buy it, so not much loss money-wise. Still these people know that band, and know that style of music, and this alone make “stealing” the albums positive.
Hello Lebanon, artists should make a living without impeding on our freedom to share. Intellectual property is wrong, we are not stealing, we are copying and sharing which are essential freedoms of the Humanity.
This music, once I heard it, is mine. I can do anything I want with it. I can copy it, I can replay it, I can change its lyrics, I can change it’s instruments. I’m free because this music is free. I does not belong to anyone. Music is not land. It has no limits.
7aram tsk tsk tsk
I really want to support them but I can’t find their album anywhere, I would prefer to buy a physical copy too :) once its on some online store I’m going to buy it :D
For the record, bought the CD, ma 2elle khele2 to convert to mp3 file format. Downloading it from here. taanx 3anjad taanx..
ok, i just happened upon this website as i was googling for album art AFTER having bought the mashrou3 leila album.
I admit i pirated most of the music i have, but i have to say that i’m a hardcore supporter of local music industry, and make it a point to buy the albums of the bands i like.
i also have to say that had i known of this website and had i downloaded the album beforehand, i would have taken my time in buying the album and may even forget about it altogether despite my convictions.
Providing the WHOLE album for download is wrong. It’s just too easy and too much of a temptation!! If you want to promote local artists as you claim then why not provide a FEW tracks that are STREAMED so that people are exposed to the artists without offering their hard work on a silver platter.
At least do so for the artists whose albums are still IN THE MARKET!
The music itself should be free, our whole website is based on that. You can still support an artist by attending a live performance (yes, for the n-th time, this is where the money is at). Ever since we started that blog, a lot of artists have been booming – it will be hard to prove that using premises and arguments, but we’ll try to show a few stats once the time is right.
Oh and, you’re welcome for the album art :)
I dont know if I should support Anon or not.
the debate will always be there.
but heres the thing, what anon do in Pirate Beirut gives the chance for the Lebanese artists to become more known around the world and for us here in Egypt it give us the chance to listen to this music and know this artists and wait for them when they come to Egypt it happens believe me it does happen, that the popularity of an artist increase because of such websites.
I wish we had Pirate Cairo :)
I live in the US and ive been trying really hard to get this album! So yes I support this website because this is the only way i can get my hands on any of this music. i also think that anyone IN lebanon who downloads anything from this website is a complete idiot. SUPPORT THE ARTIST; BUY THE ALBUM if you like their stuff and want to help them out!
FYI the second i’m back in leb, im buying the album :)
Thx for this! An acquaintance of mine mentioned the band, and I’ve been listening to “Rakrit Leila” non-stop ever since! Apologies to you, M.L., but somehow, somewhen I’ll invite you here to play.
Oh and for the discussion: I believe in supporting artists. Therefore, I go to shows, I organize shows, I cook, I clean, I promote, I pick them up at their airport and send them on their way again. I give copies to friends, so they bring their friends to the show. The music? A digital copy costs nothing, and is a vehicle for promotion for the band. Most artists make their money on everything but the CD – the CD is a tool to reach new audiences. So is this CD-rip that I’m currently downloading. If it’s all as good as the rest of the songs I’ve heard, I have no doubt that I can find an audience for them in Europe. And that’s where digital copies come into play.
Artists today should monetize the limited ressources (i.e. a life performance, a band-produced t-shirt etc. etc.) and give the music away for free.
For more on this philosophy, which is keeping the independent music scene alive and kicking and better than ever: techdirt.com
I want to buy the album, but can’t find it. just downloading it to be able to listen to this great music!
Will they be coming to Taiwan? Wow Awesome – see if they can get it on iTunes!!! and yes this will promote coz many of us will buy as soon as we can!!
thanks to this site..I know Mashrou’ Leila , and went to their Byblos concert after listening to their songs which I downloaded from THIS site.
take a chill pill.
I’m downloading for free AND will buy the real thing at CD-Thèque next time I’m in Beirut. In the meantime, thanks for the mp3 appetizer.
FYI, CD-Thèque has closed in February 2010. It’s available at Virgin, but we all know who pockets the money there. Try to go to a live show instead!
Big fan of this band (there a few of us here in Israel). Music has no boundaries. Great music and thank you uploading the album.
Hi,
Can you please advice me where I can buy this album, via internet ebay, amazon etc…I did not find it when I went to Lebanon this summer.
Many thanks in advance.
SB
soush21@hotmail.com
Hi SB,
It’s available at Virgin Megastore.