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german record label dedicated to re-releasing arabic funk and jazz records from the 70s&80s. i don’t speak a word of arabic but the music is so good. so many infectious melodies. perfect blend of funk, jazz, disco, a little psych rock. perfect cooking music. discovered from the ramy soundtrack (v. good show i also recommend this) which features many songs from them. as a starting point i suggest the album “modern music” by Al Massrieen.
https://youtu.be/am_utNHjclk?si=R4PAGIwTBo_Tn-w_
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You have to give this a spin! Not much information but I found this on IG: "Law Kan by Libyan singer Cheb Arab was released on his debut album in 1991. This obscure, little-known Egyptian artist gives a unique blend of funky disco, reggae, and magical shaabi influences." Source: https://www.instagram.com/radio_tornado/reel/DDl9zWCoWyS/
According to the Youtube video and album cover, I can tell you the song was arranged by Hameed Al Shaaeira حميد الشاعرى, the caption says it was written and composed by The Free Music, from Libya, but that's a whole other story, because Libyan funk was WILD. Will get into that some other day!
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Genre: Dabke/minimal synth
From: Jerusalem, Palestine
An incredible, lo-fi electronic album that documents the Intifada of 1987, a civil uprising in protest of the occupation of Palestine. One of the few remaining copies was discovered amongst 5,000 cassettes purchased in 2020 by Mo‘min Swaitat of the label Majazz Project, and it was finally reissued in late 2021. Essential listening.
“Just one week after the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, Riad brought his sisters Hanan, Alia and Nariman together in their living room and began recording The Intifada album on equipment he had made himself. One of these was co-written with their friend, the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish.
Riad printed 3000 copies of the cassettes which he began distributing in the Old City of Jerusalem and across the West Bank. The Israeli Army immediately confiscated all the copies they could find, the vast majority of which remain in the military archives to this day. Riad was arrested, interrogated and detained for several months.”
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one of my favorite ways to discover new artists. put in the name of an artist you like and it generates a map of other artists you might like; the closer artists are together the more likely you’ll like them all. discovered so many gems using this…
(the gnod website has other cool tools like this one but this is the one i use the most)
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hear me out.. when i got seriously into literature a few years ago, watching other people talk about books was a major catalysts. their passion and love for literature was just so contagious. some of my favs are better than food, colorless wonderland, dakota warren, jack edwards (don’t really watch him much anymore but he was one of first booktube loves)
another tip is just be very intentional and set a time goal: aim to read for a specific amount of time every single day. start with a time so small that you can’t not do it (20 minutes every day). make a habit of it and then as you fall in love with a book or with reading in general, you'll find yourself reading so much more just for the joy and pleasure of it
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