Berlin-based label Habibi Funk recently enriched its remarkable collection of Middle-Eastern and North African releases with Fine Anyway, a gem dedicated to influential Lebanese guitarist and singer/songwriter Rogér Fakhr. You can find more info and the story behind the project following this link: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-016-fine-anyway-2
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Black Bear Basement is a German live instrumental collective formed by four musicians from Hanover, Berlin and Göttingen, who focus on the correlation between hip-hop and jazz. ‘Kryptik’ is taken from their 2018 album Beyond Traits out on German label Dezi-Belle: https://dezi-belle.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-traits
With so much good music being published and uploaded every month, we constantly find hard to keep up with all the releases. Luckily, “we get by with a little help from our friends”… We are more than thrilled to welcome and introduce you to Chamonix-based online radio, record label, DJs...
‘Berlin, the city where everything works’, said no Berliner ever. Having witnessed the world-famous German technology out of action and run through the crowded Gneisenaustrasse U-Bahn exit (the one not closed due to construction), we scraped through the front doors of Passionskirche and found empty seats. Ironically enough, around here...
It’s always admirable (and sadly too rare) when two music-scene players genuinely pay homage to each other and collaborate; even better if those joint efforts result in intoxicating parties like what will go on scene at Redon on Friday 3rd May. The Movimientos crew has indeed organised a showcase to...
Apparat returns to solo touring after 6 years to offer a spectacle of pop-techno that will make you want to get out your seat and dance. German producer, Apparat, performs his new solo album at the Barbican with support from LA-based K Á R Y Y N. The performance begins...
![Album Review: Out of Nations – Quest [Riverboat Records; August 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/outofnationsquestcover-335x335.jpg)
To understand and fully appreciate Out of Nations’ sound, you first need to have a look at their passports and read about their backgrounds. A 7-piece ensemble based in Berlin, with members coming from the US, Egypt, Greece, Belgium and Austria with experiences in Lebanon and Norway, and collaborating with...
View Edna Martinez bio here A musical selection by Edna Martinez related to her LatinArab project. “LatinArab is a DJ-set by Edna Martinez (Colombia) with live percussion by Romeo Natur (Germany / Palestina), both living in Berlin. This show is a melting pot of Oriental, Tropical, Afro-Caribbean, ancestral music and organic...
![Album Review: Akua Naru – The Blackest Joy [The Urban Era; April 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/akuanarublackest-335x335.jpeg)
Akua Naru released her third album, The Blackest Joy, on 27th April 2018 on The Urban Era label. Growing up in Connecticut, Naru was originally influenced by gospel sounds from the Pentecostal church. From the age of nine, however, she was introduced to hip hop by her uncle despite secular...
Preview: Habibi Funk + Debora Ipekel & Ece Duzgit @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Friday 2nd November 2018)
Habibi Funk have injected 60s and 70s funk and jazz – and just about anything else that grooves from the Arab world – into re-releases, epic compilations and DJ sets the world over. A must know for any vintage music lover, record collector or world music groove-er, Habibi Funk record...