Canadian rapper Drake recently dropped his latest album “More Life” and fans around the world went wild but Arab admirers took to social media to explain why they, in particular, were so excited about ...

Some pre-digital age records just didn't get the long-lasting attention they deserved, and Habibi Funk is here to dig them back into the limelight.

Here's a short note from Jannis himself: "Earlier this month I was in North Africa for another digging trip and ended up finding quite some records I didn’t know before or I had no copy of so I felt ...

What does diversity mean? This is a question I often ask myself. In music, diversity has come to be seen as an umbrella term for sounds and identities beyond the mainstream, beyond traditional white ...

A new compilation from Habibi Funk highlights the old and interweaving sounds of Algerian coladera, Lebanese AOR, Egyptian disco, Moroccan funk and more. Save this story Save this story In an ...

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Habibi Funk is devoted to the percolation of western pop music through the Arab world between the 1960s and 1980s. Compiled by Berlin-based reissue specialist Jannis Stürtz, it is the fruit of record ...