ambient & pop from beirut: snakeskin, charbel haber, fadi tabbal & sarah saleh
snakeskin, sarah saleh, charbel haber & fadi tabbal invite you into a slow unraveling, ambient and pop echoes from beirut, where texture meets tenderness.
snakeskin
SNAKESKIN is a Beirut-based duo making electronic dream-pop that blends ambient, industrial, and experimental elements. The project brings together producer and musician Fadi Tabbal and singer-songwriter Julia Sabra, also a member of the indie trio Postcards.
the duo’s third album, written as the war in gaza spread to lebanon, is their starkest and most immediate work yet, merging industrial beats, ambient dirges, and sabra’s distinctive vocals. their debut, created after the beirut port explosion, introduced their textured, atmospheric sound, while they kept our photographs expanded their palette with noisier production, touches of hyperpop and electronica, and lyrics confronting the region’s ongoing violence.
Sarah saleh
Sarah Saleh is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and DJ from Beirut, currently based in Amsterdam. In her sets she blends sounds from genres like Dub, IDM, trance, ambient techno and psychedelics sounds — walking the tightrope between listening music and dancing music.
charbel haber
Charbel Haber is a musician, performer, visual artist, and composer born in Lebanon in 1978. He began his career in the late 1990s in post-war Lebanon. Since then, he has collaborated with artists from various disciplines, both Lebanese and international, on projects ranging from cinema and visual arts to theater and, more recently, contemporary dance. His most recent works are the release of a multimedia book that includes a collection of poems and a series of photographs accompanying his latest album.
FADI TABBAL
Fadi Tabbal is a Lebanese musician, producer, and sound engineer whose work consists of minimalist pieces ranging from ambient and electronic to drone and contemporary classical. He released his 6th solo album "I recognize you from my sketches" January this year, a deeply personal album that delves into identity, memory, and personal growth. Across ten instrumental tracks, Tabbal weaves a minimalist soundscape shaped by solitude, urban struggles, and the solace he finds through music.
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