A Trip to Arab world of music by artists from north Africa & the Middle East.Even though the title suggests it’s all about soul/funk music,our focus is more than just that.Often these influences might be inspired from Western popular music such as soul,pop & rock but it’s not limited to that either.Some described as Arabic zouk (a genre originating from the Caribbean islands of Martinique & Guadeloupe),Algerian coladera (a popular musical style from the Cape Verdean islands)or Lebanese AOR,which means the process of musical influences displayed on this compilation was much more versatile than just taking Western music as a blueprint and translating it with a local accent.Habibi is dedicated to re-releasing a style of music that historically never existed as a musical genre.The term Is used to describe a certain sound from the countries of the Arab world & created in places quite far from another and under very different circumstances.Take a look at the Comment for detailed playlist
