01/05/25 سراب / Sarab – Julia Sabra

Titled “Dreams of Rubble,” this new Sarab episode invites listeners to flow through dreamy, bitter and nostalgic soundscapes from a tired city, Beirut, guided by the ears and soul of Julia Sabra.

Julia Sabra is a Lebanese musician and songwriter based in Beirut. She released her debut solo album “Natural History Museum,” an intimate collection of songs written between 2020 and 2024, on Beirut’s Ruptured Records on November 1, 2024. Sabra has been an active member of Beirut’s alternative scene for over a decade: She co-founded dream pop outfit Postcards in 2013 and is the band’s lead singer, lyricist, co-composer, guitarist and synth player, and is one half of Snakeskin, the acclaimed crunchy-dream-pop duo alongside long-time collaborator producer/musician Fadi Tabbal.

Sabra is also the co-owner of Tunefork Studios, a sound collective that has helped shape the experimental, alternative and contemporary scene in Beirut since 2006.

juliasabra.bandcamp.com/music
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Photo by Frédéric D. Oberland

Tracklist:
Postcards - Ruins
Marwan Tohme - Molasses in January
Sharif Sehnaoui & Tony Elieh - Woe To Him
Anthony Sahyoun - Irhamna
Mayssa Jallad & Fadi Tabbal - Ad-Douar
Farah Kaddour & Marwan Tohme - Bisi (Unreleased)
Serge Yared & Postcards - Keep the Elephant in the Room
Pascal Semerdjian - It Will Snow Again
Sary Moussa - Unreleased track
Two or the Dragon - Dance Grooves For The Weary Pt. 1
Camille Cabbabe - Reminders
Julia Sabra - Minor Detail
Fadi Tabbal - Absence or Death
Sanam - Ta3in Fil Ared
Joy Moughanni - For A Moment, We Stopped To Listen
Youmna Saba - Ma Bayn
Snakeskin - Waiting
The Bunny Tylers - Junkie Hideout in Suburbia
Postcards - Snow
Interbellum - Dreams of Rubble