★Habibi Funk Records
Modern Music
Reissue of Modern Music, the fifth and last album by the Egyptian group Al Massrieen, led by composer Hany Shenouda and first released in 1984: Arabic-language funk, disco and pop with electronic instruments, originally pressed in Lebanon.
The Electronic Tapes
Electronic experiments recorded by the Algerian composer Ahmed Malek in the early 1980s, never released in his lifetime and compiled from two hours of master tapes by the Berlin producer Flako, with the approval of Malek's family.
Alech
Two tracks from the only album by Tunis band Carthago, recorded in Paris at the end of the 1970s: Tunisian disco and funk, including a disco version of the Dalton song Alech, plus the previously unreleased instrumental versions from the master tape.
Musique Originale De Films
Film and television music by Algerian composer Ahmed Malek (1932-2008), longtime conductor of the Algerian Television Orchestra: melancholic orchestral themes from his original soundtrack LP, plus unreleased tracks from his family archive.
Al Zman Saib
Recordings by Casablanca singer Fadoul, released on Moroccan 7-inch singles in the 1970s: raw Arabic funk with a three-piece band and a punk edge, including an Arabic take on James Brown's Papa's Got a Brand New Bag. Licensed from his family.
Pieces Of A Dream
Unreleased recordings made in 1988 and 1989 in a small home studio in Amman by the Jordanian trio Nechazz: smooth soul, jazz and synth pop in the spirit of Steely Dan and Bobby Caldwell, recovered from a family cassette.
Habibi Funk Print 001 (Magazine)
Tip! Tip! Tip! After carrying the idea around for a while, the team at Habibi Funk finally brings their vision of a print music magazine to life. Spotlights gathers research from their own releases alongside stories that reach beyond the label's catalog - 88 pages, A4 format.
The cover features the inimitable Sun Ra performing in Cairo in 1971, at the apartment of Cairo Jazz Band co-founder Hartmut Geerken. Inside, a comprehensive final conversation with the late Geerken, recorded at his home in…
Samh Almea'ad / Rjana Lamta
Habibi Funk is excited to announce the release of Samh Almea'ad, a new 7" record with booklet by Libyan artist Cheb Bakr, hitting the shelves on December 6th, 2024. Recorded in the early 2000s, Bakr's music fuses the pulse of Libyan pop with R&B and hip-hop influences, bringing the energy of Benghazi to the dance floors of New York in the early 2000s. Cheb Bakr's sound is a unique blend of styles that captures the essence of two worlds and includes production and vocals by Ahmed Ben Ali.
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Alech
After being out of stock for years finally the debut release of Habibi Funk by Tunisian band Dalton is back in stock including an updated artwork and booklet.
Musique Original De Films, Volume Deux
Habibi Funk is thrilled to share a second collection of deep grooves and unreleased songs from Algeria's Ahmed Malek, often compared to Italian heavyweight Ennio Morricone. Malek's music effortlessly switches between thematic jazz, funk, reggae and Algerian folk – creating indelible soundscapes that intersect the musical innovations made in African jazz by Mulatu Astatke, Bembeya Jazz National along with some of Europe's finest experimental composers like Piero Piccioni and Janko Nilovic. "Musiq…
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 band. A unique blend of Gnawa, Funk and Rock. Traditional Moroccan music meets electronic guitars and dense layers of percussion by a band that used to run in the same circles as Fadoul (And actually wrote one of his songs).
Free Music (Part 1)
Blisteringly groovy collection of completely off-the-radar songs by Libyan composer / producer Najib Alhoush's group The Free Music, circa 1976. Releasing an astonishing 10 albums, all impressively strong and equally infused by soul, funk, disco and reggae, The Free Music created a distinctly infectious groove that unfortunately didn't make an impact outside of Libya due to the complex political situation at the time.