Category: North Africa

• Habibi Funk’s latest gem: reissue of lone album by The Scorpions and Saif Abu Bakr from Sudan – check out an interview with band leader, Ameer Nasser 

  Habibi Funk’s next release Jazz Jazz Jazz is the sole album by Sudanese band, The Scorpions, with Saif Abu Bakr on vocals. Recorded in Kuwait in 1980 it’s a unique fusion of styles ranging from jazz, rock, folk and funk to more Sudanese-rooted tracks – including modernised versions of traditional rhythms and excursions into Congolese Soukouss. All Habibi Funk reissues have been…

  WTM

  November 6, 2018

  Habibi funk, North Africa

  Ameer Nasser, Bandcamp, Congolese Soukouss, Habibi funk, Jazz Jazz Jazz, Kuwait, Sudan, The Scorpions

• Habibi Funk drop title track from first ever record by Kamal Keila

  There will be plenty more on WTM about the fantastic Kamal Keila in due course, being the next eagerly anticipated installment on Habibi Funk. Today the label drops the title track from this forthcoming gem. Kamal Keila sung about the unity of Sudan, peace between Muslims and Christians, and the fate of war orphans. Listen: Backed…

  WTM

  May 11, 2018

  Habibi funk, North Africa

  Arabic, Folk, Funk, Habibi funk, Jazz, Kamal Keila, Soul