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Roger Fakhr

East Of Any Place

A wonderful psych-folk-tinged four tracker by Roger Fakhr. Recorded in the late 1970's in Beirut, around the same time as his just as wonderful ''Fine... more...

• 01 (You Look) So Funny
• 02 Dawn
• 03 East of Any Place
• 04 Queen Of Diamonds

Ibrahim Hesnawi

The Father Of Lybian Reggae

Recommended by: Norwell

Habibi Funk is digging deep to present the songs of Ibrahim Hesnawi, also known as ''The Father of Libyan Reggae''. Kingston meets Tripoli in this inc... more...

• 01 Never Understand
• 02 Tendme
• 03 Only World Ft. Suzan
• 04 Kesati

Ahmed Ben Ali

Subhana

Libyan Reggae at its peak grooves courtesy of Benghazi-born Ahmed Ben Ali. The tracks on the LP represent a blisteringly deep collection of heavy regg... more...

• 01 Ya Rait
• 02 Subhana
• 03 Ya Ghalian
• 04 Damek Majeb

Marzipan

Charif Megarbane

Habibi Funk's first full length contemporary release courtesy of Beirut's multi-instrumental phenom Charif Megarbane, also known as the man behind pro... more...

• 01 Souk El Ahad
• 02 Tarator
• 03 Pas de Dialogue
• 04 Marzipan

The Free Music and Najib Alhoush

Free Music (Part 1)

Recommended by: LUZ1E

Blisteringly groovy collection of completely off-the-radar songs by Libyan composer / producer Najib Alhoush’s group The Free Music, circa 1976. Relea... more...

• 01 Mathasebnish
• 02 Hawelt Nensa Ghalaak
• 03 Law Yom Saalak Had
• 04 Free Music I

Maha

Orkos

Completely unknown album by Salah Ragab's Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. Features productions by Hany Shenoda of Al Massrie... more...

• 01 Orkos
• 02 Kabl Ma Nessallem We Nemshy
• 03 We Mesheet
• 04 El Hob Matnassash

Ferkat Al Ard

Oghneya

An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali’s group Ferkat Al Ard, “Oghneya” stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab wo... more...

• 01 Matar Al Sabah
• 02 Entazerni
• 03 Oghneya
• 04 Edfeno Amwatakom Wanhadou

Majid Soula

Chant Amazigh

Algerian self-made musician, artist and producer Majid Soula using his synths, driving drums, guitar & strong lyrics make a unique sound. more...

• 01 Algerie Maroc
• 02 Lgira
• 03 Netseweth Sifassan Nagh
• 04 Win Terram

Hamid El Shaeri

The SLAM! Years (1983-1988)

Great collection of Hamid’s distinct heavy synth reliant sound, dedicated to his work on SLAM. more...

• 01 Tew idni Dom
• 02 Yefkini Nesma Sotak
• 03 Ayonha
• 04 Ya Saheb

Various Artists

Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection (Part 2)

Second compilation by Habibi Funk, following the success of the first part, featuring a wide range of music from North Africa and the Middle East. It... more...

• 01 Douaa - Haditouni
• 02 Magdy Al Hussainy - Music De Carneval
• 03 Fadoul - Ahl Jedba
• 04 Sal Davis - Qaboos

Roger Fakhr

Fine Anyway

Beautiful melange of folk, jazz and sound from Lebanon. Recorded in late 1970s Beirut by Rogér Fakhr who at the time also played guitar for Ziad Rahba... more...

• 01 snippet 1
• 02 snippet 2

Sharhabil Ahmed

The King Of Sudanese Jazz

Habibi Funk's 13th outing is a release by Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual King of Sudanese Jazz (he actually won that title in a competition in the early... more...

• 01 Argos Farfish
• 02 El Bambi
• 03 Malak Ya Saly
• 04 Kamar Dawa

Ahmed Ben Ali

Subhana

Reggae music from Libya, recorded in 2008. Released for the first time officially after collecting millions of plays on YouTube. Ahmed Ben Ali works a... more...

• 01 Sibhana
• 02 Damek Majeb
• 03 Sibhana (instrumental)
• 04 Damek Majeb (instrumental)

Issam Hajali

Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard

Issam Hajali is most known as the singer and composer of the Lebanese band Ferkat Al Ard. While they recorded 3 albums only their classic ''Oghneya''... more...

• 01 Ana Damir El Motakallim
• 02 Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard
• 03 Khobs
• 04 Lam Azal

Various Artists

Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection

Habibi Funk: An eclectic mix of music from the Arab world. Habibi Funk is dedicated to re-releasing a style of music that historically never existed a... more...

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Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah

Al Hadaoui

Habibi Funk is back with another album from Casablanca. Completely unreleased album which was recorded in Morocco in 1973 by three generation family b... more...

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The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz

Incredibly unique modernized adaptations of traditional rhythms of the diverse regions of Sudan, recorded in Kuwait 1980. The “holy grail” album from... more...

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Kamal Keila

Muslims And Christians

Songs about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians and the fate of war orphans, backed by grooves equally taking influence from Arab... more...

• 01 Shmasha
• 02 Muslims and Christians
• 03 Agricultural Revolution
• 04 African Untity

Al Massrieen

Modern Music

In the beginning of Habibi Funk, our search was focussed on vinyl records. Around a year ago though, we got to the point where we realized that it bec... more...

• 01 Asef Gedan
• 02 Ebda'Men Gedid
• 03 Sah
• 04 Longa

Ahmed Malek / Flako

The Electronic Tapes

In the early 1980s, Ahmed Malek was already in his 50s, when he discovered synthesizers and electronic music for himself and started to experiment wit... more...

• 01 Tape 22 Track 2
• 02 Tape 23 Track 4
• 03 Tape 23 Track 3 (part 1)
• 04 Tape 23 Track 5

Carthago

Alech

Follow up to releases from Fadoul, Ahmed Malek and Dalton on Jakarta Records' sublabel Habibi Funk. Rare Tunisian Disco including unreleased instrumen... more...

• 01 Alech
• 02 Hanen
• 03 Alech (Unreleased Instrumental)
• 04 Hanen (Unreleased Instrumental)

Fadoul

Al Zman Saib

8 tracks of raw Arabic funk music, none of these have ever been reissued before. So far Fadoul (or Fadaul, or Faddoul, the transcribtion of his name t... more...

• 01 Sid Redad
• 02 Laylat Al Jabda
• 03 Maktoub Lah
• 04 Tayeh

Dalton

Alech

Dalton was a band from Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. They came together as a band around 1968 when most of the members studied together at the Univer... more...

• 01 alech
• 02 soul brother

Ahmed Malek

Musique Original De Films

Ahmed Malek was one of the most important musicians of the Algerian scene of the 1970s. His sountrack works that were composed for various Algerian mo... more...

• 01 Omar Gatlato
• 02 Tikjda
• 03 La Ville
• 04 La Ville (part 2)

Ahmed Malek

Musique Original De Films

Recommended by: RAFF

Ahmed Malek was one of the most important musicians of the Algerian scene of the 1970s. His sountrack works that were composed for various Algerian mo... more...

• 01 Omar Gatlato
• 02 Tikjda
• 03 La Ville
• 04 La Ville (part 2)