From sandmoon's second album - "Home" - Release Autumn 2013

Written/Composed  |  Sandra Arslanian
Arranged |  Sandra Arslanian, Maen Rajab & Fadi Tabbal
Performed | sandmoon [Sandra Arslanian, Maen Rajab, Shushan Artinian, Gerard Rechdan, Cesar Aractingi]
Recorded, mixed and engineered  |  Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut.
Mastered  |  LOPAZZ at www.Mixmastering.de

Walk

Home

From sandmoon's second album - "Home" - Release Autumn 2013

Written/Composed  |  Sandra Arslanian
Arranged |  Sandra Arslanian, Maen Rajab & Fadi Tabbal
Performed | sandmoon [Sandra Arslanian, Maen Rajab, Shushan Artinian, Gerard Rechdan, Cesar Aractingi] + [Raffi Elmadjian on Trumpet]
Recorded, mixed and engineered  |  Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut.
Mastered  |  LOPAZZ at www.Mixmastering.de

Things

sandmoon's 3rd album | EP #InTheEnd

Written/Composed  |  Sandra Arslanian
*Except #2: Poem written by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1932) 
Arranged |  Fadi Tabbal, Khaled Omran, Maen Rajab & Sandra Arslanian
Recorded, mixed and engineered  |  Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut.
Mastered  |  LOPAZZ at www.Mixmastering.de


Performed | 
Sandra Arslanian: lead vocals, backing vocals, ukulele, keyboards, xylophone 
Maen Rajab: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Ribal Kallab: cello
Raffi Elmadjian: trumpet 
Khaled Omran: bass, backing vocals
Maya Aghniadis: drums


Time Has Yet To Come

sandmoon's 3rd album | EP #InTheEnd

Composed | Sandra Arslanian
Poem written by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1932) 
Arranged | Fadi Tabbal, Khaled Omran, Maen Rajab & Sandra Arslanian
Recorded, mixed and engineered | Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut.
Mastered | LOPAZZ at www.Mixmastering.de

Performed | 
Sandra Arslanian: lead vocals, backing vocals, ukulele, keyboards, xylophone 
Maen Rajab: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Ribal Kallab: cello
Khaled Omran: bass, backing vocals
Maya Aghniadis: drums

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Something in Mind

In The End

sandmoon's 3rd album | EP #InTheEnd

Written/Composed | Sandra Arslanian
Arranged | Fadi Tabbal, Khaled Omran, Maen Rajab & Sandra Arslanian
Recorded, mixed and engineered | Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Recording Studios, Beirut.
Mastered | LOPAZZ at www.Mixmastering.de

Performed | 
Sandra Arslanian: lead vocals, backing vocals, ukulele, keyboards, xylophone 
Maen Rajab: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Ribal Kallab: cello
Raffi Elmadjian: trumpet 
Khaled Omran: bass, backing vocals
Maya Aghniadis: drums

This Mess

Written/Composed | Sandra Arslanian
Arranged | Maen Rajab & Sandra Arslanian
Recorded, mixed and engineered | Victor Van Vugt at Riverside Studio, Berlin
Mastered | Ed Woods, London

Performed | 
Sandra Arslanian: lead vocals, backing vocals, ukulele, synth
Maen Rajab: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Lee Caspi: cello
David Skip: trumpet 
Knox Chandler: bass, soundscapes
Michael Fromme: drums

Shiny Star

Lebanese outfit sandmoon offers an original take on indie folk-pop, infusing it with subtle Middle-Eastern intonations and melancholy, and a certain timelessness. Singer-songwriter Sandra Arslanian, who initiated the project, was born in Lebanon, raised in Belgium and has Armenian roots – a contrasted blend that is perceptible in the music. 

They released a first album “Home” in 2014, an EP “#IntheEnd” in 2016 and in 2018, a 3-song EP “Beirut-Berlin Session” produced by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, PJ Harvey…). 

In 2016, sandmoon also wrote the original soundtrack to Lebanese director, Philippe Aractingi’s feature film ‘Listen’, which received the Award for Best Soundtrack at the Lebanese Movie Awards 2017.  

Sandmoon will be releasing their second album, “Put a Gun/Commotion” produced by Fadi Tabbal in Spring 2020. Stay tuned.

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“One of the more alluring outfits to emerge in the region over the past decade” according to Cairo Scene. 

“Characterized by sophisticated orchestration and folk-infused songwriting, Middle-Eastern inspired elements supporting Arslanian's sweetly quavering voice,” wrote IndieShuffle. 

“Each release brings slightly different colors and emotions – but always great melodies,“ wrote Beehype.

"The band has some thought-provoking dualities at its core, not only looking East and West culturally, but also to the past, present and future for musical inspiration" according to Analogue Trash.

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