Love this, heard Giles Peterson play it on the radio a few years back! X

Carthnage w/ Eshkounjay - Aaja Channel 2 - 08 02 23

"El Disco"  - KHAMIS HENKESH  • The MUDEGG  Edit  •  Black Pearl Productions

Modern music from Tito's Yugoslavia, Turkey and Armenia, Georgian Jazz Funk under Azeri influence, Pakistanese and Thaï Rock, not to forget an extract from the Bollywood movie Caravan, where a Gypsy family is lost and found… « Monica ! »

Gypsy Road, from Skopje to Jakarta

Radia Manel - Labessa Lemssadjer

Released on صوت قرتاج / Sawt Carthage. Ripped from cassette N°1155

Ace Of Base's All That She Wants - Tunisian cover (صوت قرتاج) K7 rip

From Radio Martiko's next compilation "Zamaan Ya sukkar - Exotic Love songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian Sixties.

Pre-order your copy here (DL+LP+limited edition):
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RMLP005 Zamaan Ya Sukkar - Al Thoulathy Al Mareh - Asmar Ya Sukkar

Carte De Séjour - Saàmou

Raï Music from Djalti El Wahrani
Autre Monde Production, based in "Zone Industrielle Sanital - Châtellerault"

Djalti el Wharani - Nsitni

I was finally able to upload the BBC-guestmix of last June. Still feels unreal that I had the opportunity to do this mix. I want to thank Moving Still for the introduction, and Nabihah Iqbal for the opportunity to be on her BBC show. Looking forward to play in London in the near future!

BBC Radio 4 (Nabihah Iqbal Residency) - Disco Arabesquo Guestmix 02-06-2019

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The first release in Ernesto Chahoud’s ‘Middle Eastern Heavens’ reissue series for BBE Music, we are delighted to present Lebanese maestro Ihsan Al-Munzer’s 1979 album ‘Belly Dance Disco’.

In late 70s and early 80s Beirut, Lebanese organist, composer and arranger Ihsan Al-Munzer made a series of pioneering synth-driven fusion albums that reimagined Middle Eastern music. The records came at a pivotal time in Lebanon’s musical history of avant garde experimentation that was blossoming, just as the country’s 15-year civil war took hold.

Ihsan Al-Munzer’s first release as a solo artist, ‘Belly Dance Disco’ aimed to fuse ‘Western’ modern music and bellydance to make it more accessible to the local audience in the late 1970s. “I wanted to put a mixture of European beat with Arabic percussion, but I made the European rhythm and harmony very easy to listen to for the Arabic ear – soft and understandable” says Al- Munzer. Today, the composer’s music has made the return journey back to the West; with tracks on the album featured by hip hop artists such as Mos Def, who sampled Al-Munzer’s composition ‘Joy of Lina’ on his 2009 song ‘The Embassy’.

The 10-track album was released in 1979 on the legendary Voix De L’Orient label, which was also home to pioneering Lebanese composers The Rahbani Brothers. One of the earliest artists to introduce the synthesizer to Middle Eastern music, Al-Munzer leads the band, playing the main melody lines on the Kawai Organ and Solina String Synthesizer. Three of his original compositions feature on the album, alongside creative re-imaginings of Turkish and Arabic folklore and modern classics, pushing the boundaries of bellydance music to chime with the international scene.

Al-Munzer’s five titles from the 1970s and 1980s are part of BBE’s ‘Middle Eastern Heavens’ reissue series, a collection of groundbreaking productions from Lebanon, curated by Lebanese DJ, compiler and music researcher Ernesto Chahoud.

Belly Dance Disco

Al-Munzer - Jamileh

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Founded in 1996 by Peter Adarkwah, Barely Breaking Even (BBE Music) started life as a London club night, taking its name from the eponymous Disco record by the Universal Robot Band.

The label grew from the vibrant early 90's club scene with its first release, Stop & Listen compiled by Dr Bob Jones in 1996, opening the door to iconic series' such as All Back To Mine & Late Nite Tales.

A tonne of releases followed, ranging from Disco to Funk, Jazz to House. In the year 2000, the label celebrated Masters at Work's 10th Anniversary with a mighty box set that featured near 80 tracks.

A year later BBE Music spawned the Beat Generation Series of artist albums, notably introducing J Dilla (Welcome 2 Detroit) & a young Will.I.Am's first solo outing, alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, Madlib & DJ Spinna, all of whom contributed to this seminal set of long players.

A quarter of a century and well over 500 titles later, having worked with Mark Ronson, Roy Ayers, Questlove, Hugh Masekela, DJ Premier, Dimitri from Paris, Joey Negro, Kon, RZA, Laurent Garnier, Black Coffee, DJ Shadow, David Rodigan and John Morales among many others, BBE Music looks to the future, celebrating its rich heritage while continuing to release a bounty of fresh titles.

The label’s most recent projects include an expansive reissue series from pioneering Nigerian label Tabansi, new imprint ‘Batakari’ in association with Boddhi Satva and the critically acclaimed ‘J Jazz’ Japanese Jazz multi-album project, not to mention the recent landmark 500th label release: a brand new version of 'Barely Breaking Even', featuring Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams and Louie Vega.

In 2021 BBE Music is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the label is offering up some special projects, from the 20th Anniversary edition of J Dilla’s ‘Welcome 2 Detroit’, through David Bowie tribute album ‘Modern Love’, to a special new ‘Worldwide’ compilation from old friend Gilles Peterson. BBE Music will also be looking to the future with more exciting original artist projects, plus merch collaborations events and more...

Al-Munzer - Jamileh

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