pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/azmanah-salb

taken off the forthcoming fadoul lp on habibi funk. more infos and pre-order coming soon.

fadaul is maybe our fav discovery from traveling north africa. his raw and energetic recordings are pretty stand alone in the arab world. we have invested quite some time into research but we were not able to find too much infos about this guy. a mystical figure.



Habibi Funk 002: Fadaul (Fadoul) - Sid Redad (Pre-Order link in the describtion)

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Soapkills - "Herzan"

Victor Davies - Better Place

pre-order: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-006-modern-music

Al Massrieen was one of the first bands I learned about once I discovered the tape format. They were really popular in Egypt in the 1970s and the more of their music I found on either tapes or Arabic pirate mp3 sites, the more I was becoming a fan. Only very few bands from the region can match the band’s versatility as well as their strive for innovation. Hany Shenoda is the man behind the Al Massrieen band. He is a reknown figure of the Egyptian music scene and has worked with everyone from Abdel Halim Hafez to Mohamed Mounir. Al Massrieen was his attempt to introduce his ideas of modernizing Egyptian music, heavily encouraged by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt's only winner of the Nobel Price for literature) after discussing his ideas with him.

Al Massrieen - Men Awel Deqiqa (pre-order now!)

-هَنا-

يا ام الخُلخال
والكُحل الأسود في العيون 
الدَّمِع مِحتال 
وبلَحظة هالعُمُر بِخون

أعطيني ايدك
اسمحيلي برقصة
سِتي يا حلوة
يا إم الحَطَّة

ضُميني في حُضنك 
إحكيلي قصة
حَتوتة صغيرة 
تدَفيلي بُكرا

هَنا 
إنتِ وانا
دَواير بِتدور، بِتدور
بتدوِّر على نفسها 
في العيون

- Hana - 

You with the anklet
and the black eyeliner
tear drops are a cunning thing

and in a moment life cheats us. 

Give me your hand,
allow me to have this dance
grandma you beauty
with your scarf
put me in your arms
tell me a story
a little story
to warm my tomorrow

Hana,
you and me
we’re circles
going round and round
looking for themselves
in the eyes.



Music and Lyrics by Ruba Shamshoum

Ruba Shamshoum - Lead and backing vocals
Orlando Molina - Guitar
Barry Rycraft - Double bass
Matthew Jacobson - Drums
Mathew Berrill - Clarinet

Recording:
Recorded and mixed at Arad Studio, Dublin, 2016.
Recording Engineer - Leslie Keye
Mastering - Michael Buckley
Produced by Matthew Jacobson and Leslie Keye
Executive Producer - Amir Salameh

Album Design:
Illustrations - Charlotte Shama
Graphic Design - Joanne Shamshoum
Arabic language advisor - Eyad Barghuthy

Shamat

Hana

Hana | Ruba Shamshoum  -  هَنا | ربى شمشوم

** OUT ON 30 JUNE 2017 **
http://www.piranha.de/piranha/various_artists/can_i_get_a_witness

Piranha turns 30!

Can I get a Witness? Yes, we can! Get a witness and listen to music from all over the world, one piece at a time, in a single scintillating session of two and a bit hours.

Local roots and international hybrids. Tradition and avant garde. Spiritual ecstasy and zest, political activism, purely psycho-physical dance crazes: Piranha Records has had it all for 30 solid years now – and counting!

Victor Davies - Better Place

Miziqa toukoum