Persian groove specialists, Sababa 5, are due to return later this month with another essential 45 for the Batov Records Middle Eastern Grooves series. We are excited to share the electrifying B-Side, “Baksheesh”. 

Having cut their teeth playing with the likes of Kutiman and Liraz Charhi, Sababa 5’s knack for Middle Eastern grooves with killer hooks was more than apparent on their “Tokyo Midnight” b/w “Nasnusa” 45 last year, earning them illustrious fans such as Gilles Peterson and acclaimed producer, Rashad Smith.

“Baksheesh” (bribery) begins with a slippery, almost surf-like Middle Eastern guitar motif curtesy of Ilan Smilan, before Amir Sadot’s powerful bassline and Raz Man’s skittering drums deliver the groove. However, the star of the show could well be Eitan Drabkin's gritty organ. Apart from delivering the hook, the organ solos through half the record with near wild abandon.

B-Side wins again! But it’s another essential pair of instrumental grooves from Sababa 5 and Batov Records, ready for the discerning dancefloor, kitchen, or bedroom.  Don’t forget to pre-order!

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Exclusive Premiere: Sababa 5 "Baksheesh" (Forthcoming on Batov Records)

Intimacy of Longing 
The Story of Turkish Female Workers in Germany and Their Music

A music project which commemorates the 60th anniversary of the labor migration from Turkey to Germany. 

Visit www.ladiesonrecords.com to explore the story.

Intimacy of Longing Soundtrack 1.

Tracklist:

Matem İle Zarı İmam Hüseyin -  Mürüvvet Kekilli (Grafson) - intro
Yar Beni Beni - Aynur Gürkan (Yağmur Plak)
Ayrılık Mektubu - Gülcan Opel (Topkapı) 
Nezahat Bayram  - Gurbette Ömrüm Geçecek (Grafson)
Gurbetin Yolları Uzun - Aynur Gürkan (Yağmur Plak) 
Gurbet Ellerinde Söyler Ağlarım - Nezahat Bayram (Columbia)
Bırak Şu Gurbeti - Huri Sapan (Elenor Plak)
Almanya’ya Gidiyorum Mehmedim - Asuman Çevikkalp (Areg Ses)
Sarmaş Dolaş Olmuştuk - Zehra Sabah (Sağbaş Plak) - Intro
Gurbet Treni - Gülcan Opel (Topkapı)
Bana Aşkı Tarif Et -  Mürüvvet Kekilli (Hülya Plak)
Gurbet - Neşe Karaböcek (Elenor Plak)
Nasıl Oldu Yolum Düştü Köln'e - Yüksel Özkasap (Turkofon)
Gurbet Yorganı - Esin Afşar (Disko Plak)
Recep - Asu Maralman (Evren)
Gurbet Türküsü - Melike Demirağ (Hop)
Almanya Aci Vatan - Selda (Türküola)
Zından Oldu Sensiz - Yüksel Özkasap (Türküola)
Almanya Dönüşü - Zehra Sabah (Sağbaş Plak) - Intro
Kadere Geçti Ömrüm - Mürüvvet Kekilli (Türküola)
Gurbet - Semra Sine (Emi)


Listen to Intimacy of Longing Soundtrack 2: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4uVwfrdtTWiYwtcYZUhJBj?si=635c11faf09f4997

The project was created with Goethe-Institut Istanbul.

Istanbul 2021

Intimacy of Longing - Turkish Ladies in Germany

GREEK SPECIAL live set at Mezrab Amsterdam.
Fred Kramer of Souma Records playing a 2-hour set of deep clarinet sounds, ethnic synths and hard bouzouki dance grooves.

Η Κατσίκα (GREEK SPECIAL) - SOUMA RECORDS DJ set @ Vintage Voudou Party - Mezrab 24 September 2022

Fortuna Records Presents:

• The Souvenirs - Bush Lark Ritual + Laughing Dove Dance 7'' •

A mysterious 45 from Fortuna Records by The Souvenirs. Two spiritual meditation clappers, sounding like ancient rituals for percussion and flute. Hallucinogenic music for healing and exorcism, echoing Tunisian stambali where spirits of ancestors are called to heal the sick.

Smokey 4x4 rhythms make way for a primitive wooden shepherd’s flute. A special one for connoisseurs of everything dubby and the obscure.

Release Date: December 9, 2022.
Format: 7'' / Digital
Catalog Number: FTN011
℗&© Fortuna Records, 2022.

More info:
info@fortuna-records.com
www.fortuna-records.com
www.facebook.com/fortunarecords
www.fortuna-records.bandcamp.com

The Souvenirs - Bush Lark Ritual (FTN011 - A)

"Turkish Ladies - Miss Turkey 1970 - 1984" is the newest mixtape from the Turkish Ladies series.  After 8 years of digging in Turkish records and music archives, it is high time for an eclectic mix of songs from Turkish multitalented performers -singers, actresses and... winners of local beauty contests.

Turkish disco, glamour, groove and glitter blended in 1-hour mixtape. Enjoy!

Tracklist:
Afet Serenay - Maden Dağı (1979)
Funda Erdal - Çaresizim (1976) 
Nesrin Sipahi - Yağmur Seninle Güzel (1970)
Nazan Şoray - Sil Baştan (1984)
Beyza Başar - Sev Sev (1981)
Esin Afşar – Niye Çattın Kaşlarını (1974)
Saadet Gürses - Sigarası Yaldızlı (1982)
Melike Demirağ - Hasret (1974)
Aylin Urgal –Yiğit (1977)
Sezen Aksu - Uzun Lafın Kısası (1977)
Rüçhan Çamay – Televizyon (1977)
Aylin Urgal – Paran Pulun Senin Olsun (1975)
Nazan Şoray - Teselliye Sen Gerek (1981)
Ayla Algan - Tchaka Tchaka Zuktu (1978)
Sibel Egemen - O Biliyor (1981)
Banu Kırbağ - Nanay (1981)
Beyza Başar - Binbirgece (1981)
Zaliha - Reyhan (1978)
Azıze Gencebay with Beyaz Kelebekler - Kara Kaşlı Yar (1976)

Turkish Ladies - Miss Turkey 1970 - 1984

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-005-the-electronic-tapes

في بداية الثمانينات، أحمد مالك في خمسيناته اكتشف الموسيقى الإلكترونية و بدأ بتجربتها في أغانيه. هذه الأغاني لم تعرف الجمهور بعد، و قد حصلنا على مجموعة منها من طرف عائلته، و نحن جد سعيدين بتقديمها و تقديم هذا الوجه الجديد من موسيقى أحمد مالك. لقد تم إعدادها و ساهم في إنتاجها المنتج الألماني " فلاكو "، المولع بالموسيقي الالكترونية و ال synth. 
هذا ليس البوم رميكس، فقد سعي " فلاكو " لانتاج البوم مدته ساعتين، مكون من اغاني شبيهة بما كانت سوف تكون عليه أغاني أحمد مالك لو أنتجها بنفسه قبل مماته. 
الألبوم بموافقة تامة من عائلة الفقيد.


In the early 1980s, Ahmed Malek was already in his 50s, when he discovered synthesizers and electronic music for himself and started to experiment with sounds. None of it was ever released but we got a huge box of master tapes from his family and we're happy to present this different side of Ahmed Malek's music. It was compiled and co-produced by Flako, a fan of early electronic and synth music. This is not a remix album though, Flako's aim was to create an album out of 2 hours of material that sounds like it might have if Mr. Malek would have finished it himself before of his death. Fully approved by the artists family.

Composed & Produced by Ahmed Malek 
Editing, Additional Composition and Production by Flako 
Illustration by Kutmah 
Layout Simone Cihlar 
Tape transfer and mastering by Roskow Kretschmann
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Habibi Funk 005: Ahmed Malek & Flako - Tape 12 Track 1 (pre-order link in description)

From Cosmic Cabo Verde to synth-reggae at the Horn of Africa.

(Special Mix for Vinyl Factory)
Frankfurt-based label Analog Africa is easily one of the most noteworthy labels rescuing and reissuing Afro sounds.

In 2015, the label gave us an exceptional anthology of Afro-Cuban pioneer Amara Touré, not to mention a compilation of tracks plucked straight from the dance floors of ’70s Senegal. Last year, they blew our human minds with some of the most extraterrestrial synth music we’ve ever heard on Space Echo.

This year, the label turns ten. To celebrate label boss Samy Ben Redjeb and his DJ partner Pedo Knopp have recorded a special mix which we’re delighted to share here.

“What is special about this mix is the fact that all the songs, except one, will be released on Analog Africa in 2017,” says Samy. “They have all been handpicked by myself and mixed in real time, without loops or any other kind of gimmicks by Pedo.”

It’s a synth-ridden journey from reggae in the Horn of African to Cosmic sounds of Cabo Verde, wavey soca-boogie monsters and other proto-electronic Afro jams.

Get The Music

Analog Africa Selection Vol.6 (2017) - 10 Years Anniversary Mix - Download and Share it !!!

/// Fortuna Records Presents ///

• Various Artists - Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982 •  

Fortuna Records deliver a stellar compilation of real-life magic created by immigrants from Yemen, in Tel Aviv, from the mid-seventies to the early eighties. Ranging from extremely rare to previously unreleased, these tracks are a result of a unique scene which blended funk, soul, jazz & disco with traditional Yemenite rhythms & sounds.

It cannot get more obscure than this! Fortuna heads: Look out for an unreleased Tsvia Abarbanel from 1969!!! Glorious gatefold LP with a 14-page booklet telling the fascinating story of this movement, for the very first time!

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Format : 12'' / Digital (Sampler)
Catalogue Number : FTNLP003
℗&© Fortuna Records 2017.

Release Date:

6/10/2017

Release info:

info@fortuna-records.com

For more info about this release visit us

https://www.facebook.com/Fortuna-Records-193122297506962/timeline/

DA'ASA - The Haunting Sounds of Yemenite-Israeli Funk 1973-1984

Reuma Abas - Wa'ana Fda Leumi (FTNLP003 - B1)

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

MOULATE SALEF
Conversation between a man and his love, a woman with long braided hair. This song is more of a stylistic exercise. Romanticism in the literary sense: in the following verse there are 8 words in Arabic that express the same idea of betrayal. (in Arabic, different words)
(man speaks)
"I'm afraid your heart will betray me,
causes me pain and betrayal,
I'm afraid that this love will torment me, and I'll be betrayed again.
(...)  "

Attarazat Addahabia - Moulate Salef مولات السالف

Enjoy the special vinyl-only set for Bethlehem based Radio Alhara. The mix is the selection of music from female singers from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia & Algeria.
The mix was broadcasted on Radio Alhara's airwaves on 29.08.2020.

Tracklist:

1.	Kamuran Akkor – Yavrum ve Ben
2.	Fairuz - Habaitak Ta Nesset Al Naoum
3.	Magda Ali – Nafourak Ya Ghazal
4.	Gönül Akkor - Böyle Gelmiş Böyle Geçer
5.	Zina et Aziza – Liri Yaliri
6.	Fatiha Beidia – Ainine Zazou
7.	Chaba Zoulikha – Sbitar El Ali
8.	Unknown (to me)
9.	Samira Toufic - Shilou hbabna
10.	Charifa Fadel – Sallem Lelhob
11.	Meral Ince – Şişedenmi Kadehtenmi İçelim
12.	Okşan Sayın  - Bize Nazar Değdi
13.	Meral Ince - Deli Dolu

Ladies on Records for Radio Alhara

Fortuna Records is a reissue label and a DJ crew from Tel-Aviv, championing the obscure forgotten sounds of the Middle East with a string of top quality vinyl reissues accompanied by notoriously wild parties.

Booking –
zack@fortuna-records.com 
Contact –
info@fortuna-records.com
Distribution –
magriso@fortuna-records.com
mailorder@kudosrecords.co.uk

Reuma Abas - Wa'ana Fda Leumi (FTNLP003 - B1)

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