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- Record Label: Habibi Funk
- Release Date: Dec 1, 2017
- Summary: The 17-track collection features songs from artists from a variety of Arab countries including Al Massrieen, Dalton, Fadoul, and Ahmed Malek.
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- Record Label: Habibi Funk
- Genre(s): International
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Jan 9, 2018The tracks are arranged chronologically, and the flirtations with funk and garage rock at the start are the most fun, but even some of later R&B pastiches from Tunisia and Egypt are pleasingly odd.
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Q MagazineDec 6, 2017Entertaining and informative. [Jan 2018, p.117]
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Dec 11, 2017Fans of Sublime Frequencies and their exhaustive look at Southeast Asian bands taken by surf music will find kinship in “Mirza” and the skronking sax lines of Sudanese track “El Bomba.” And just when it seems the comp is firmly entrenched in an exploration of how ’60s rock and R&B infiltrated the region, the tumbling disco beat and needling reeds make Mallek Mohamed’s “Rouhi Ya Hafida” refreshing.
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UncutDec 6, 2017Something gets lost in translation in these inter-cultural patchworks, sure, but more often than not something weird and wonderful is born. [Jan 2018, p.38]
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Dec 6, 2017Habibi Funk deals not in the indigenous strains that occupy the main focus of world music reissues, but rather local crossovers that slipped between the cracks, reflecting outside influences from the Caribbean, Cape Verde, and overwhelmingly, Western funk, soul and disco. ... The more recent examples are somewhat diluted by developments in technology.
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MojoDec 6, 2017Although the quality dips dramatically on Samir & Abboud's bland, overworked Games and Gharbi Sadock & George Garzia's sickly slap-bass odyssey Lala Tibiki, both prove rare exceptions. [Jan 2018, p.102]
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Dec 7, 2017Perhaps a little inconsistent, Habibi Funk packs a lot of charisma, and on balance delivers the goods.