Track produced By OhNo , From the Upcoming Album Gravitas, Dropping Digital Dec 15th on Javotti Media.  CD and LP Release date to be announced Shortly!

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The Wormhole - prod. OhNo

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

check out part one of the mix here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/jakarta-radio-001-jannis-of

i got to travel a lot in north africa in the last years thru touring with blitz the ambassador and the studio session with oddisee for sawtuha in tunisia. while being there i did some digging and found some incredible music from the 60s and 70s. some of the music in this mix has zero info on the net, was never sold on ebay and has not been "rediscovered" yet. others are somewhat classics in the field of „arabic groove“. the music in this mix comes from morocco, libya, eggpt, algeria, lebanon and syria. 

photo by robert winter.

"Habibi Funk 002 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

This is one of the very first tracks I've made with my new laptop. I came up with this one in a couple of hours, starting with the beat, and building from there. This tune hasn't been mixed or mastered, just kind of a demo version I guess. I hope you all enjoy it, and I'll be putting up more soon!

Who Erhu You?

This is an unmastered demo track of my song "Haimei." I wrote this track back in 2007-2008, and for this current recording, I actually dug up an old recording I had done on a (now) dinosaur of a digital workstation. I recorded the song back then by singing and playing simultaneously (with no metronome), into a condenser mic, with the guitar DI'd separately. Then I went back, added a separate vocal track (which I've scrapped now), the banjo, and two violin tracks.  For this recording, I transferred the original tracks via analog input, added two erhu tracks to complement the violin tracks, added bass and piano, and tried to clean up the original audio. If it still sounds a little gritty and amateur... that's because it is! But I like it this way, and I think it captures the essence of the emotions I was feeling when I originally wrote it. Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy it!

Lyrics:

我一聽到你的聲音就知道，
未來的計畫都要取消。
今天的消息我還沒想到；
平安哪兒也找不著，
平安哪兒也找不著。

我一想到你的心被我傷害，
心裡的事情都說不出來。
你終於離開我也不算奇怪；
這是我應得的悲哀，
我也陪的孤單的存在。

別說，別說
我們不要再犯錯。
別說，你別說
你的聲音已經告訴我。

Did you think it'd be all right?
Did you think it'd be okay?
Did you think it wouldn't keep me up at night?
Did you think I'd have nothing to say?
Did you think I'd have nothing to say?

Do you think it'd be all right?
Do you think it'd be okay?
If I were to disappear,
Out of sight,
Off the side off the earth today?
Jump off the side of the earth today?

Did you think it'd be all right?
Do you think it'd be okay?
If I sailed six hundred days and a thousand nights to find
The earth has no side anyway?
There's no side of the earth anyway.

別說，別說
我們不要再犯錯。
別說，你別說
你的聲音已經告訴我。
你早就已經告訴我。


Haimei

Well, this one has been a long time coming, but it's finally ready! 

I wrote this one back in 2007 or 2008, and though I've tried to record it before, it never came out quite right. Now, I finally feel like I've got a good recording of this song, and I think I'll go out on a limb and say that this is the recording I'm most proud of to date.

A big thank you to my brother Scoot Bihorel for providing the (unexpectedly monastic-sounding) harmonies and for playing the cajon. 

I hope you'll all enjoy this one; I certainly enjoyed creating it! :)

On the Road to Peace

Wake Up, Pao Pao! Read by Brian

My Auntie
was the strongest 
and most capable person I've ever known
She's at peace now
Resting in eternity
And I feel lost.

World Without You

Vocals and all instruments performed by me. Recorded at the Venture Compound in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

Aviéntame (Cafe Tacvba cover)

Do Americans use the same sign language as the Brits? And what do Japanese people use instead of "umm?" Grant and Martha cover language shifts across the globe. Plus, why we vote at polling places? And what goes into File 13? All this, plus a word quiz, commode vs toilet, saditty and bougie, and cute stuff that kids say!

Kissed Her on the Stairs (full episode)

Guitarist, percussionist, flautist, beatboxer, whistler, singer and (occasional) songwriter who works in many different genres

Aviéntame (Cafe Tacvba cover)

Scott Bihorel Yañez