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Habibi Funk El Shaeri, Hamid: The SLAM! Years (1983-1988) LP
"Full album dedicated to Hamid El Shaeri's work on the Egyptian SLAM! label. Hamid El Shaeri is the artist behind Habibi Funk's most popular song to date, 'Ayonha', originally re-released in 2017 on the first Habibi Funk Compilation. If you were to ask fo
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El Shaeri, Hamid: The SLAM! Years (1983-1988) LP
C$47.99
Habibi Funk Malek, Ahmed: Musique Original De Films, Volume Deux LP
We are more than thrilled to share a second collection of deep grooves and unreleased songs from Algeria's Ahmed Malek sound track works with you. Ahmed Malek who has often been compared to Ennio Morricone recorded the majority of these songs in the 1970s
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Malek, Ahmed: Musique Original De Films, Volume Deux LP
C$44.99
Habibi Funk Various: Habibi Funk Part 2 LP
This compilation of songs is not meant as a historic reflection of popular music of the “Arab world.” It is a very personal selection of songs we grew to like at Habibi Funk. It is music that historically never existed as a unified musical genre. We think
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Various: Habibi Funk Part 2 LP
C$64.99
Habibi Funk Ahmed, Sharhabil: The King Of Sudanese Jazz LP
Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from Arabic musical as well as subsaharan traditions. “[...]It is rooted in the madeeh (praising the Prophet Mohamed in song). The genre filled out into something quite irreverent in the 1930s and
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Ahmed, Sharhabil: The King Of Sudanese Jazz LP
C$44.99
Habibi Funk Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz LP
I heard about Seif Abu Bakr and The Scorpions for the first time maybe 3-4 years ago. Their album “Jazz, Jazz Jazz” ended up on my radar because of an eBay auction; it might have been the first auction for this particular album on the platform. While the
Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz LP
C$46.99
Habibi Funk Megarbane, Charif: Marzipan LP
Habibi Funk is excited to share “Marzipan” — our first full length contemporary release courtesy of Beirut’s multi-instrumental producer phenomenon Charif Megarbane. The LP is a journey into Charif’s styling, one he terms “Lebrary”: a vision of Lebanon an
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Megarbane, Charif: Marzipan LP
C$47.99
Habibi Funk Hajali, Issam: Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard LP
The completely unknown debut album of Issam Hajali (Ferkat Al Ard) fuses jazz and folk with Arabic and Iranian influences into unique beauty. Originally released in a limited run of 75 cassette tape copies.
Issam Hajali might be most known for being the
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Hajali, Issam: Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard LP
C$44.99
Habibi Funk Al Massrieen: Modern Music LP
We’re happy to present a reissue of “Modern Music”, the last album by the iconic Egyptian band Al Massrieen, originally released in 1984. This was the final installment in a five-album run that marked the group as one of the most unique acts to emerge fro
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Al Massrieen: Modern Music LP
C$46.99
Efficient Space Raman, Bhairavi & nanthesh Sivarajah: Syncretic LP
Syncretic marks the debut full-length from Australian duo Bhairavi Raman, a Western and Carnatic violinist, and Nanthesh Sivarajah, a mridangam player and versatile percussionist. Both artists share a Tamil heritage, a current that hums across the album.
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Raman, Bhairavi & nanthesh Sivarajah: Syncretic LP
C$49.99
World Circuit Tzur, Shye Ben / Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express: Junjun LP
Junun is the debut collaborative album by composer Shye Ben-Tzur, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and the Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express. Released in 2015, the album was recorded in a makeshift studio within the 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort in
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Tzur, Shye Ben / Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express: Junjun LP
C$54.99
Various: Bollywood Nuggets Vol. 2: The Instrumentals LP
Volume 2 of this series focused on the amazing sonic treasures Bollywood music has to offer. This second volume is centered on the incredible instrumental gems that populate Hindi cinema soundtracks. 14 tracks of pure Bollywood instrumental genius to cont
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Various: Bollywood Nuggets Vol. 2: The Instrumentals LP
C$44.99
Habibi Funk Kekedjian, Ara: Bourj Hammoud Groove LP
Our upcoming 33rd release focuses on one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from Beirut’s Armenian community: Ara Kekedjian. We started being interested in Armenian music from Beirut many years ago, after seeing the records pop up in shops and marke
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Kekedjian, Ara: Bourj Hammoud Groove LP
C$46.99
Bhamra, Mohinder Kaur: Punjabi Disco LP
Naya Beat is incredibly excited to announce the release of an astonishing lost “holy grail”, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 masterpiece ‘Punjabi Disco’. Unknown and inaccessible to even the deepest of diggers, it is the first British Asian electronic dance a
Bhamra, Mohinder Kaur: Punjabi Disco LP
C$54.99
Death Is Not The End Mahjubi, Morteza: Selected Improvisations from Golha, Pt. I LP
A collection of stunning Persian-tuned piano pieces cut from Iranian national radio broadcasts made for the Golha programmes between 1956 & 1965...

Morteza Mahjubi (1900-1965) was a Iranian pianist & composer who developed a unique tuning system for th
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Mahjubi, Morteza: Selected Improvisations from Golha, Pt. I LP
C$44.99
Crammed Hamdan, Yasmine: I Remember I Forget LP
Yasmine Hamdan's "I Remember I Forget" is a powerful reflection on memory and identity, blending personal and global themes with evocative storytelling. Building on her previous albums "Ya Nass" and "Al Jamilat", Hamdan draws deeply on her Lebanese roots
Hamdan, Yasmine: I Remember I Forget LP
C$44.99
Now Again Various: Une Voix M'Appelle Vol. 1 (1967-1984) LP
"Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick and Robert Maalouf and the father of the label's founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent. As t
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Various: Une Voix M'Appelle Vol. 1 (1967-1984) LP
C$44.99
WeWantSound Fairuz: Sings the Rahbani Brothers: Chat Iskandaria LP
Wewantsounds reissues Fairuz's classic album Chat Iskandaria released on Relax-in in 1987. The album sees "The Lebanese Diva" going back to her roots and interpreting classic songs by the Rahbani Brothers in her own style accompanied by hypnotic tradition
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Fairuz: Sings the Rahbani Brothers: Chat Iskandaria LP
C$54.99
Swaitat, Atef & Abu Ali: Palestinian Bedouin Psychedelic Dabka Archive LP
Atef Swaitat (yarghul) and Abu Ali (lead vocals) are popular Bedouin wedding musicians continuing a long family tradition in Jenin and the north of historic Palestine. The album is comprised of immersive field recordings from weddings across the Galilee i
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Swaitat, Atef & Abu Ali: Palestinian Bedouin Psychedelic Dabka Archive LP
C$69.99
Constellation SANAM: Sametou Sawtan LP
"Sametou Sawtan" (Arabic for "I heard a voice") is the second full-length album from SANAM, the Beirut-based sextet known for their raw fusion of Arabic song, free improvisation, and experimental rock. Building on the momentum of their 2023 debut, this re
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SANAM: Sametou Sawtan LP
C$29.99
Habibi Funk Megarbane, Charif: Hawalat LP
"Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane returns with Hawalat, a new album that seamlessly blends together a mix of global influences of sounds and collaborations. Hawalat builds on Megarbane's distinct ability to merge Mediterranean
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Megarbane, Charif: Hawalat LP
C$52.99
El-Abbassi, Drissi: Rai Sidi Bel Abbas - Volume 2 LP
A second volume of hypnotic proto-Raï from Algeria by Drissi El-Abbassi, a pioneer of the style who bridged its early roots with synths, drum machines and multi-track digital recording techniques during the sound’s rapid evolution. Aye, it’s infectious st
El-Abbassi, Drissi: Rai Sidi Bel Abbas - Volume 2 LP
C$49.99
Centripetal Force Heydarian, Mohammad Mostafa: Noor-e Vojood LP
Centripetal Force (North America), Cardinal Fuzz (UK), and Radio Khiyaban (Europe) are excited to announce Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian's second album Noor-e Vojood. Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian was born on the first of January, 2002 in Kermanshah, a city in
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Heydarian, Mohammad Mostafa: Noor-e Vojood LP
C$44.99
Holidays Mounir, Nancy: Nozhet El Nofous LP
Edition of 500 copies. Nancy Mounir's debut album, Nozhet El Nofous, is a remarkable communion with ghosts. Moody, hypnotic, and sneakily catchy, the album -- whose title means "Promenade of the Souls" in Arabic -- explores microtonality, non-metered rhyt
Mounir, Nancy: Nozhet El Nofous LP
C$44.99
Black Truffle Maitra, Kamalesh: Raag Kirwani on Tabla Tarang LP
Carrying on a string of stunning archival releases from major figures of Indian classical tradition (including releases from members of the Dagar family and Amelia Cuni), Black Truffle presents an unheard recording from tabla master Kamalesh Maitra (1924-
Maitra, Kamalesh: Raag Kirwani on Tabla Tarang LP
C$49.99