The Vinyl Factory interviewed Habibi Funk's Jannis Stürtz
Arab funk, jazz, and soul, courtesy of a Berlin-based label.
Arab funk, jazz, and soul, courtesy of a Berlin-based label.
Jakarta release their 7th Habibi Funk album from an Egyptian band.
The 7th Habibi Funk mix is bursting with the kind of funky Arabic music that’d make Donald Trump’s head explode. If only. These Habibi Funk mixes have been an awesome view into an undiscovered world of music. In a poignant mood, Jannis revisited some 70s and 80s Arabic music for his latest mix. Here’s what …
Habibi Funk 005 looks at the work of Ahmed Malek and restoration from Jakarta’s Flako.
More Arabic funk from Jakarta Records.
Bob Fadoul – dubbed “Morocco’s James Brown Meets King Tubby” – threw some Arabic funk onto a reggae ridden and call it Fi Jamaïque. We can’t believe it either. This is arguably the most peculiar track we’ve featured on Sampleface but entertaining nonetheless. Not much is known about Bob Fadoul besides the Little Richard aesthetic …
In need of some funk from North Africa? Get yourself into this mix courtesy of Radio Jakarta.