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Marzipan - Charif Megarbane

Habibi Funk announce Marzipan - their first full length contemporary release courtesy of Beirut's multi-instrumental phenom Charif Megarbane, also known as the man behind prolific Cosmic Analog Ensemble.

SUPPORT INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES: A long list of our favorite record shops in Beirut, Cairo, Tunis, Casablanca, Bahrain, Kuwait....... => instagram.com/p/CsJEB4JtgIN/

Ahmed Ben Ali (Habibi Funk 022), early 2000s reggae from Benghazi, Libya => tinyurl.com/3se3jt45

THE FREE MUSIC - HAMID EL SHAERI: Our 21st release by Libya's The Free Music is out now. Among the band's fans is Hamid El Shaeri who we brought a copy for our dinner in Cairo last week. He fondly remembers listening to the band when growing up. Listen: tinyurl.com/yfhspwt7

the free music (habibi funk 021), first single 'ana qalbi ehtar' is out today. a first teaser from the groundbreaking libyan band who on their 9 albums effortlessly combined funk, disco, reggae and much more => tinyurl.com/mw2edsxk

GRAPHIC DESIGN, MUSIC, EGYPT: We love these posters of Omar Korshid, Maha and Faiza Ahmad that Egyptian designer Khaled Roshdy produced in the late 1970s. Read a bit more about him and see some more works => instagram.com/p/CoHrwc5tVED/

Some funky Egyptian music from an album by Salah Ragab's Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha that was released on cassette tape nearly 44 years back.
Thanks, Habibi Funk for digging this one up!
* Frequencies is on CBC Music

RECORD STORES OF BEIRUT: we just got back from a very short stop in beirut during which we visited our favorite record stores in the city again. find the addresses and details here: instagram.com/p/CnzHzUpsacK/

EGYPTIAN NIGHTCLUBS: Egyptian night clubs in the 1960s-70s-80s often used to have their own in-house photographer. Most of the places would have dedicated envelopes that would both hold the photos taken at their nights. More: instagram.com/p/Cm_vRtvtaVD/

Great music released this year you might not have heard of, No. 1: 'Oghneya' by Ferkat Al Ard youtube.com/watch?v=vUwW7N… Habibi Funk

a short story of lebanese private press cassettes => instagram.com/p/CmbmiwwNYq1/

a little 2023 teaser for charif megarbane forthcoming album. charif is a lebanese musician who has recorded over 100 albums under different names over the last few years. here is a little teaser of whats to come for his habibi funk debut: youtu.be/ECOyBZN0dcQ

'another brick in the wall' goes libya with khalid al reghi => instagram.com/p/CmEiyH6g298/

Ferkat Al Ard :: Oghneya

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Oghneya is one of the most interesting recent additions to the impressive catalog of Habibi Funk, a label that aims to circulate Arab funk and soul records from the 1960-80s to a global audience.

Maha's 'Orkos' has been out for two weeks now. 'These days, I try to stay active. I’m trying to keep myself whole. I’m happy to have been part of the music scene. I'm a free soul and I don’t like compromising my integrity. I rather wanted to be respected for my efforts and work.'

this is an absolutely crazy new Habibi Funk release. Wow.

Who's Maha and where has she been hiding?

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Habibi Funk

مها الحسامي

the second single by off our forthcoming reissue by egyptian singer maha, produced by Hany Shenouda and recorded in cairo in 1979. => youtu.be/m3aTe_IKfs4

BOILER ROOM: after playing BOILER ROOM years ago at chico records in beirut, we are happy to have been invited to do another one which was nearly as sweaty => youtube.com/watch?v=M7zj4a…