Once more
Hey Americana! Any chance for an Apple Music playlist. I’d love to listen and hear what’s on here.
Hey Americana! Any chance for an Apple Music playlist. I’d love to listen and hear what’s on here.
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/habibi-funk/pl.u-11zBZomc8DNgx3g
Thank you brother
I’m not familiar with like 70% of the stuff on this playlist man cheers for this! There’s a lot of new bops I’m encountering
ouda by hamid al shaeri goes crazy ahead of it’s time
Literally came to this thread to say this
Yo this s*** fye arabic dancehall. Dis mindblowin
!https://youtu.be/4_JTKcBc6VEthis go crazy
Yo this s*** fye arabic dancehall. Dis mindblowin
!https://youtu.be/4_JTKcBc6VEs*** like this never on streaming smh
@FIFTY950 this is the work that samples fur Elise
very bollywood with the women’s’ melodies
I love the song Bossa by Ahmed Malek from that compilation, I've gotta check out the entire thing.
Totally different vibe, but do you listen to Mdou Moctar at all?
We counting Persians or nah?
Turkish Freakout (Psych-Folk Singles 1969-80) is a great compilation
Spotify Playlist of various songs from the trip
Habibi Funk - An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World
Habibi Funk Records Bandcamp: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/
A family member of mine recently went to Jordan and had come back with a lot of new music. Among the mix, a few pieces piqued my interest that diverged far away from my notions, and many of our own notions as Westerners, of what Arab music truly was, and could’ve been.
He had brought a collection of music, from modern hymns to an Arab take on reggae (track 1) to Yemeni dream pop. What I was especially interested in was a number of reissues of old Arab rock and funk he had brought back that were distributed by the label Habibi Funk, especially a compilation reissue that was the 7th release by the label (linked above). In the collection were songs that you could never imagine existing in the religious and zealous Arab World that so many Americans think has existed since time untold.
Punk songs that seemed to channel the mannerisms of Jimi Hendrix (track 2) mixed themselves in with the rock and roll chants of Elvis and (track 3) and the dreamy desert ballads of Steely Dan (track 4.) What amazed me was how the Western spins in the music never muddied the true Arab-ness of what I was hearing. Melodies (track 5), inflections, and lyrics that have become to be known as distinctly Arab still filled the songs. Lines about dowries and camels , and crackly women harmonizing to Für Elise like a Bollywood movie created a mix that felt truly unique.
I did some digging and looked into the label Habibi Funk. Started by a German based in Berlin, Habibi Funk aimed to reissue and rerelease lost vinyls of funk, rock, and dance records across the Arab world, from Morocco across to Iran and from Turkey down to Sudan. Much of what they reissue was found physically by the founder digging through crates all across the Arab World, and ranges in release from the 1950’s to the 1980’s, when authoritarian and religious fervor spread through the region, largely putting an end to this cultural revolution. Alongside this, the founder issued new music from various artists like the first song posted it. I’ve found that they center a lot more on
The experience of discovering a whole world of music that perfectly aligned with my interests reinvigorated my love for music and my love to share music with others. It taught me that things we take at face value will never just be such, and it gave me an opportunity to expand borders and see new spaces.
Next week I’ll be talking about Sofrito, a label that discovers, reissues, and mixes lost disco, cumbia, calypso and funk from Subsaharran Africa and South America made in the 1950’s-1980’s
!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qInEhiDTC1k!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I2YCzoH9fP4!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4oSHyq7kxs!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URgZsmk2SWc!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ecZEFEysOCEThank u @americana
s*** like this never on streaming smh
It is, just harder to find based on locale n default language
It is, just harder to find based on locale n default language
must be a language thing cuz it’s not poppin up for me