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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: Junun 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: Junun 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
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Bhamra, Mohinder Kaur: Punjabi Disco LP
C$49.99
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
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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: Chat Iskandaria (1987) 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: Chat Iskandaria (1987) 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
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El-Abbassi, Drissi: Rai Sidi Bel Abbas - Volume 2 LP
C$49.99
Real World Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali & Party: Chain Of Light (deluxe edition) LP
At turns heavy and hulkingly powerful, yet agile and pointedly precise, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's vocal not only embodies the tradition of the Sufi qawwali but it is the emotive essence of singing itself. "Chain Of Light" is an album of previously
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Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali & Party: Chain Of Light (deluxe edition) LP
C$56.99
Souleyman, Omar: Erbil LP
Omar Souleyman’s 5th studio album pays homage to Erbil — the city in Iraq that offered solace and embraced Souleyman during recent uneasy times. The move to Erbil came rich with new experiences and friendships best celebrated in joyous songs dedicated to
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Souleyman, Omar: Erbil LP
C$39.99
WeWantSound Rahbani, Ziad: Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah (1987) LP
Wewantsounds announces the reissue of Ziad Rahbani's cult album Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah, one of his praised albums from the '80s, released on the sought-after Lebanese label Relax-in in 1987. This release is an event as the album, recorded at Ra
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Rahbani, Ziad: Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah (1987) LP
C$47.99
WeWantSound Nagat: Eyoun El Alb LP
Wewantsounds team up with Disco Arabesquo for the reissue of Nagat El Seghira's cult 1980 album Eyoun El Alb. Originally released only on cassette on the Egyptian label Soutelphan, the album has since become a sought-after classic on the Arabic groove sce
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Nagat: Eyoun El Alb LP
C$49.99
Real Gone El Din, Hamza: Al Oud (CLEAR VINYL) LP
It’s fair to say that what Ravi Shankar did for the sitar, Hamza El Din did for the oud (the short-necked Arabian lute): bringing a little-known instrument to the attention of the West and popularizing it. Indeed, he ended up playing oud with everybody fr
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El Din, Hamza: Al Oud (CLEAR VINYL) LP
C$41.99
Zehra Aya Metwalli & Calamita: Al Saher LP
CALAMITA = KARKHANA members TONY ELIEH, SHARIF SEHNAOUI and Lebanese drummer MALEK RIZKALLAH join forces with the Egyptian singer AYA METWALLI - the result is the improbable meeting between free jazz / improv, punk rock & Oum Kalthoum!

CALAMITA is the
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Aya Metwalli & Calamita: Al Saher LP
C$39.99
Batov Various: Middle Eastern Grooves LP
Compilation of standout tracks from the label’s highly successful series of 7” singles released under the same name, hand selected by label co-founder DJ Kobayashi. Spanning from 2015 to the present day, the compilation features a mix of classic favourite
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Various: Middle Eastern Grooves LP
C$49.99
Numero Rupa: Disco Jazz (rainbow coloured) LP
Barely disco and hardly jazz, Rupa Biswas’ 1982 LP is the halfway point between Bollywood and Balearic. Tracked in Calgary’s Living Room Studios with a crack team of Indian and Canadian studio rats alike, Disco Jazz is a perfect fusion of East and West. S
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Rupa: Disco Jazz (rainbow coloured) LP
C$29.99
Pharaway Zangeneh, Pari: Series of Music For Young Adults: Iranian Folk Songs LP
Travel back in time to the modern pre-revolution Teheran and dig this wonderful, ear-catching album from 1976 by Iranian female singer Pari Zangeneh. Traditional Persian folk songs with a lovely, sweet psychedelic flavor with the use of beautiful strings,
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Zangeneh, Pari: Series of Music For Young Adults: Iranian Folk Songs LP
C$49.99