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Frist single from Reborn EP 

Get the EP here: http://melloworange.bandcamp.com/album/reborn-ep

@melloworange

Artwork by James McCarthy http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceman210/

MUSIC VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHHQH3qorXM

Big thanks to my brother @trian-kayhatu for playing the slap bass <3

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Temptation

Mastered by Warren Hildebrand (@foxesinfiction) 
Artwork by Nico Trevizo 

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Twelve

Libyan Reggae at its peak grooves courtesy of Benghazi-born Ahmed Ben Ali. After working with Ahmed on the 12” hit “Subhana” (Habibi012), Habibi Funk is back with a full-length release focusing on Ahmed’s releases from the mid 2000’s. The tracks on the LP represent a blisteringly deep collection of heavy reggae rhythms and synthesized grooves from a singular creative force, inspired as much from Jamaican sonics as from Libyan folkloric styles, as Ahmed says, “it’s the Libyan style, not some bullshit.” 

Our first and major contact with Libyan music began five-or-so years ago, when we were invited to visit an abandoned tape factory in Tunisia. We have talked about this influential visit more at length for the Free Music release (Habibi021), if you’re interested. Anyhow, the place was astonishing. It had a room full of unused - but already printed - inlay cards for tapes and three large rooms spreading over two floors of unsold stock. A rough guess would be more than 100,000 copies already dubbed with music, many of which were produced for the Libyan market. On top of this the owner, Hechmi, also told us of another 200,000 blank tapes held in a separate unit. Much of the music we found there was clearly influenced by Jamaican music, and we soon realized how popular Reggae music had been in Libya since the 1970’s. 

Reggae in Libya has dominated the charts since its arrival in the 1970’s and flourished with some of the pioneers of Libyan reggae such as Ibrahim Hesnawi, Najib Alhoush and The White Birds Band. Composers like Ahmed Fakroun and Nasser Mizdawi also played around with the genre, although they did not dedicate their sound to it. When we started researching into more contemporary recordings, we quickly came upon Ahmed Ben Ali. Ben Ali is a Libyan singer and producer, whose YouTube channel at the time contained four songs (we later learned they had been uploaded more than ten years prior). Despite the fact that these songs seem to be pretty popular, the channel became inactive a few months after its launch. In the comment section you could read appreciative feedback, not only from Libyans but also people from all over the world who seem to share a common passion for Ben Ali’s sound. 

Generally speaking, there is not really a blueprint on how to find the musicians with whom we would like to re-release music. In this case, we did consider visiting Libya, but in the end, it turned out not to be possible for a number of reasons. We focused our efforts on online research, and eventually we were able to connect with Ahmed by phone. 

Contextualizing his own style, Ben Ali points out that, “The Libyan folkloric rhythm is very similar to the reggae rhythm. So, if Libyan people listen to reggae, it’s easy for them to relate because it sounds familiar. This is the main reason why reggae became so popular here. [...] We played the reggae Libyan style, it’s not the same as in Jamaica. We added our oriental notes to it and if you mix both it becomes something great.” With a bit of laughter, he adds that “...to me it’s still original reggae, it’s the Libyan style, not some bullshit.” 

The album was licensed from Ahmed Ben Ali. We pay 50% of the profits of this release. Only project related costs are deductible from the gross income, research and travel costs come out of our own share. Publishing rights were not included in our agreement.

Habibi Funk 022: Ahmed Ben Ali - Subhana

Music From The Track Hayati Sung By Asalah Nasri, Arranged By Adel Hakki, Music composed by Khaled Al BakrI, Guitars by Juan Cerro, Bass Manolo Toro, Piano Drums And Percussion Adel Hakki.
Recorded and Mixed by Adel Hakki At The Sound Factory Recording Studio Cairo

Hayati Music New

Jennifer Cardini @ Igloofest, Montreal, Canada 21.01.17

Blues Track

we had great time at kok shok this summer (:
thought you might too/
its just me until 1:09 than my lovely bro Yoav making an entrance 
the rest is pure fun tune in <3

SUMMER LEFT OVERS DANA FRIMAN VS YOAV B2B KOK SHOK

http://gloof.bandcamp.com/album/hexual-sealings-pt-35 _____

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אנרגיה = חומר = אנרגיה
הפקה מוזיקלית, מיקס, מילים לחן ושירה: נשמה
מאסטרינג: סיון ברגר

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אנרגיה

Me(drums) and a friend(electric guitar) jamming to a blues playalong.  

Tracked used was titled "Burnt Steak Blues"

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