Paul Dombrecht - Watermusic: Suites in F G & D: Overture in C - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Habibi Funk is more than happy to announce our 31st which happens to be our 3rd Various Artists compilation. The album is dedicated to the cassette tape scene in Libya from the late 80s to early 2000s, from disco to reggae to pop. All songs previously unreleased outside of Libya and not available on any DSP platforms. Track list 1. Cheb Bakr - Allom 2. Group Hewaya - Irja 3. Shahd - Erhal Keef Alshams Tgheeb 4. Ahmed Ben Ali - Jara 5. The White Bird Band- Ya Ummi 6. Khaled Al Melody - Jani Bigool 7. Fathi Aldiyqz & Sons of Africa Band - Palestine Is My Homeland 8. Libya Music Band - Kol Al Mawaeed 9. Stars of Africa - Baed Al Farha 10. Khaled Al Reigh - Zannik 11. Khaled Al Zlitni - Jiti Yam Eloyoun Buhoor 12. Murad Najah - Hubbi Leeki 13. City Lights Band - Kul Ghrub 14. Adil Al Ramli - Mawoud 15. The Hope Duo - La Tgheeb Anni Wala YoumThis compilation isn't a sweeping history of Libyan music - it's a personal journey into the sounds we fell in love with while digging through tapes, conversations, and stories across Libya and beyond. Rather than spotlighting the country's most famous musical exports, the compilation brings forward a mix of overlooked gems and local classics of the cassette era artists whose work thrived despite political limitations, and scarce international exposure. The music featured here blends reggae rhythms, synthy disco grooves, gritty pop, house, and funk, a vibrant collision of genres that reflects Libya's unique sonic landscape from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Many of these recordings were recovered from the TK7 cassette factory in Sousse, Tunisia, a now-demolished site that once played a quiet but vital role in distributing and manufacturing Libyan music. Other tracks were digitised in a Cairo hotel room in 2021, where we transferred nearly 100 tapes over the course of three days, on-site using a high-grade cassette deck brought into

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