Morphine Records label founder Rabih Beaini has started a fundraising campaign for Beirut, donating all proceeds from both the 7 August Bandcamp Friday and a new compilation directly to NGOs Food Heritage Foundation, Matbakh Albalad and the Lebanese Red Cross, as well as to volunteers in the area.

Called The Sacred Rage, the new compilation features contributions from The Bug, Donato Dozzy, Jerusalem In My Heart, Monolake, Thomas Brinkmann and Rashad Becker, and is available to buy on Bandcamp.

Watch a video for Radwan Ghazi Moumneh’s “Qalouli (They Told Me)” from The Sacred Rage

Earlier this year Beaini contributed to the 56 track compilation fundraiser WorldWideWindow to raise money for the Red Cross in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Also new on Morphine is Marta De Pascalis's album Sonus Ruinae, released on 7 September.

The Syrphe label specialising in electronica, noise and experimental music from Asia, Africa and elsewhere is also raising money for the Beirut disaster. It has put together the four volume benefit compilation Retrieving Beirut, featuring 97 artists and bands from over 40 countries.