Egyptian Jazz

Egypt Strut

New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975

Yègellé Tezeta

Artist	Carthago
Type	EP
Released	18 November 2016
RYM Rating	3.77 / 5.0 from 110 ratings
Ranked	#322 for 2016
Genres	Disco, Funk, Boogie
Descriptors	male vocalist


Track listing
A1
Alech
A2
Hanen
B1
Alech (Instrumental)
B2
Hanen (Instrumental)
Credits
Carthago
performer
Jannis Stürtz
liner notes
Hassan Turki
photography

3lech/علاش

Alech

Pre-Order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/releases

Habibi Funk will be a new sub label of Jakarta Records, dedicated to re-releasing arabic music from the 1970s and 1980s. It's a label and platform for funky/soulful and/or psych influenced music from the Arab world of the 70s and 80s.

https://www.facebook.com/habibifunk

Dalton was a band from Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. They came together as a band around 1968 when most of the members studied together at the University of Tunis. The band had five members. Faouzi Chekili on guitar, piano and vocals, Ridha Kouhen on bass guitar, Mustapha Rehouma and sax and percussion, Sadok Gharbi on trumpet and vocals and Skaner Alim on drums and vocals. They were active in the local scene, playing music that was heavily influenced by American soul and funk and at the same time regional musical traditions. In the early 70s the band got a regular gig at a beach hotel called Sahara Beach Resort on the coastline of Tunisia. They had six month contracts for a couple of years in the early 70s and during that time they would play every single night of the tourist season. While the hotel gig required the band to play sets leaning      towards tourist entertainment, the regular work helped put some money into the band's accounts. Using those funds the band was able to travel to Rome to record their one and only 7“ single release "Alech" around 1971/1972. The band eventually dismantled in the mid 70s and returned briefly as a new group with new members in the late 1970s under the name Carthago but that is a different story…… 

"That "Soul Brother" is my jam…. !!!!" 
Lefto 

The single itself impressed us heavily when we first stumbled upon it through French collector Victor Kiswell. While the b-side "Soul Brother“ sounds like a Tunisian version of modern soul / AOR with it’s English lyrics and lush arrangements, the title track "Alech“ is the one that will get every party started. An infectious 3/4 rhythm, a great horn arrangement and brillantly layered vocals that made us think of Brazillian music or the Georgian groove band Gaya. Luckily Faouzi Chekili, the former band leader and composer uses social media communication so he was easy to track down. He is still active as a renowned musician in the Tunisian jazz scene and remains active recording and playing concerts both in Tunisia and internationally.
credits

Edit: this is just a little "recorded straight from the wax" preview. The final release will be properly remastered by the homies from Audiomoto Berlin 


Habibi Funk 001: Dalton - Soul Brother (Tunisia, 1972 pre-order link in description)

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(Verse 1)
Hear the whistle blowin’ in the midnight air,
Ska train rollin’, takin’ me there,
From Kingston town to the country line,
Horn man playin’, keepin’ time.

(Chorus)
Ska train rollin’, don’t you delay,
Ska train rollin’, carry me away,
Through the night ‘til the break of day,
Ska train rollin’, hear it play.

(Verse 2)
Drummer beat steady on the railway track,
Bassline walkin’, never look back,
People jump on with a smile so wide,
Singin’ to the rhythm on the ride.

(Chorus)
Ska train rollin’, don’t you delay,
Ska train rollin’, carry me away,
Through the night ‘til the break of day,
Ska train rollin’, hear it play.

(Bridge)
Runnin’ through the valleys, climbin’ the hill,
Trumpet cry loud, trombone thrill,
Island spirit in the moonlight glow,
Ska train movin’, never slow.

(Outro)
Ska train rollin’, ride along with me,
Bound for freedom and unity,
From Kingston town to the morning sun,
Ska train rollin’, the journey done.

SKA TRAIN ROLLIN'

@habibifunk unearth more Arabian gold, with links to their first ever release. One half of Dalton (of 'Alech' and 'Soul Brother' fame) also became Carthago, fusing soul and disco with a Tunisian flavour.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/11/26/premiere-carthago-hanen-instrumental/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/carthago-hanen

Listen on Youtube

Carthago - Hanen (Instrumental) (STW Premiere)

Elias Rahbani - Dance Of Maria (1974) (1)

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Rogér Fakhr - Had To Come Back Wet (Lebanon, Habibi Funk 016)

label, dj and platform for a wide range of underappreciated music from north africa and west asia

Rogér Fakhr - Had To Come Back Wet (Lebanon, Habibi Funk 016)

habibi funk - حبيبي فنك

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