repress - unreleased early algerian synth electronic by ahmed malek, compiled and co-produced by flako. in the early 1980s, ahmed malek was already in his 50s, when he discovered synthesizers and electronic music for himself and started to experiment with sounds. the result was a mixture of ambient synth music, field recordings he made in cuba and a wide variation of different sound experiments that he also presented as different avanguarde music festivals in cuba and the us. none of it was ever released but we got a huge box of master tapes from his family and we re happy to present this different side of ahmed malek s music. it was compiled and co-produced by flako, a fan of early electronic and synth music. this is not a remix album though, flako s aim was to create an album out of 2 hours of material that sounds like it might have if mr. malek would have finished it himself before of his death. fully approved and licensed from the artists family. the album comes with an informative booklet with liner notes, an interview with flako regarding his approach towards the production and unseen photos. we will also release a third album by ahmed malek which will be more in the vein again of the music he is known for and this album will also be previously unreleased.

lybian reggae

ahmed malek was one of the most important musicians of the algerian scene of the 1970s. his sountrack works that were composed for various algerian movies of the time fuse arabic influences with jazz, psych and funk influences. dark cineastic soundscapes meet african jazz at times reminicent of mulatu. original copies of his vinyl releases have been sold for enormous amounts. for this release we combined the strongest tracks from his releases with a selection of unreleased material straight from the families archive. the vinyl edition comes with a 8 page 12” size booklet, the cd version with a 16 page booklet with lot of unseen photos, an interview with the artist from 1978 and an introduction to algerian cinema.

great variety on this lp

recorded in 2008 .. 12 inch lp+mp3

dies ist eine sehr persönliche auswahl von stücken, die wir bei habibi funk lieben gelernt haben. es handelt sich um musik, die historisch gesehen nie als einheitliches musikgenre existiert hat. wir denken, dass es wichtig ist, diese unterscheidung zu treffen und den hörer verstehen zu lassen, dass der großteil der musik auf dieser compilation nicht von den sehr berühmten namen des musikalischen spektrums nordafrikas und des nahen ostens stammt. stattdessen besteht das für diese platte zusammengestellte gesamtwerk aus einigen - zumindest für uns - nischenhaften perlen und oft übersehenen künstlern.

habibi funk: an eclectic mix of music from the arab world.

habibi funk: an eclectic mix of music from the arab world.