Words & Music: Elias Rahbani
℗ Taqtuqa Music

From Sidon To Jounieh (Disco Vocal)

From Sidon To Jounieh [12"]

From Sidon To Jounieh (Disco Instrumental Edit)

From Sidon To Jounieh (Disco Vocal Edit)

From Dubtown To June 3

Sweets Play w/ Carol Selecta: 16th March '25

International Diggin': 8th April '25

Axie is a young Swiss and Iranian DJ based in Geneva. He started playing music since he was a kid and fell in love with the bass soon after. Whenever he travels, he loves to dig deep in the crates hoping to find some weird dreamy melodies or deep dirty infectious basslines.

Tah Dig w/ Axie: 20th May '25

A showcase of myself and Charlie's favourite music from the Levant region 

Audio Momento w/ Charlie: 16th May '25

“Like the sugar in the tea”. I think some sort of romantic idiom in Arabic? Heard it in one Syrian song. Where was I? Ah right, so the other day my huzbin goes on and on about how we don’t have anything fun to listen to? Like overdriven pre-revolutionary 1970s Middle Eastern femme-disco realness extended into eternity… But without the tedium of YouTube algorithm. So I obliged and hereby sharing. And sharing is caring!
In the end the thing is around 90 mins, but with attention spans of the TikTok era it’s practically an unfathomable abyss. And it’s an all-women deal. Why? I felt like it. Expect lotta swelling strings, fiery microtonally-adjusted synths, berserk percs and endless melismas on “habibi”. Tunes as dulce as the sweetest rose-water pakhlava. I’m inclined to call it māqāmat disco (in the honour of the region’s modal system). What’s the region? From Turkey to Azerbaijan. Out of Egypt and onto Iran. Not to exclude mesmeric Sirens of Levant. Should be groovy for summery plane rides.

Incl. Fairouz, Umm Kulthum, Googoosh, Leila Forouhar, Shohreh Solati, Mahasti, Azita, Pooran, Belkis Hanim, Zohra, Douaa, Vagif Mustafa Zadeh and more more more ...

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HJ#45: Like The Sugar In The Tea • Sirens Of Disco-Māqāmat

TAQTUQA MUSIC
Middle Eastern Music. Remixed. Reissued.

أسطوانات ماكسي ٤٥
موسيقى نادرة وإيقاعية من الشرق الأوسط.

LES DISQUES MAXI 45 TOURS
Musique du Moyen-Orient remixée et rééditée.

Instagram: @maxi45records.

MixCloud: Maxi 45 Records.

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