Habibi Funk 035 - Beirut City Comp (CD)
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Beirut's music scene during the civil war years was remarkably vibrant, sustaining a cosmopolitan pop culture even as the city fractured around it. The cassette format was essential to that survival, allowing music to move through checkpoints and across neighborhood boundaries when traditional distribution was impossible. What Habibi Funk has assembled here is less a curiosity than a document of genuine creative community, musicians finding common ground in studios while the world outside did the opposite.
Beirut City Pop brings together ten recordings from Lebanon's private press cassette scene of the late 1970s and 1980s. Created by short-lived bands and studio projects, these songs move between disco, pop, soul, jazz, bossa, rock and AOR. Produced during the Lebanese civil war, many were copied at home and circulated only among friends and local communities, with some surviving solely on hand-copied tapes. Many of the musicians were connected through Ziad Rahbani's Bypass Studio, collaborating across projects and sharing a common musical language. Inspired by the blend of genres found in Japanese city pop, the title reflects both the sound and spirit of these recordings. Featuring artists including Stephanie Stephanou, Force, Games, Andromeda and Walid Itayim, Beirut City Pop documents a close-knit musical community whose creativity and musical camaraderie endured despite extraordinary circumstances.
Tracklist:
- Stephanie Stephanou - You Turn Me on
- Force - I Don't Wanna Be Alone
- Andromeda - New Love
- Games - Someday
- Andromeda - the Mirror
- Walid Itayim ; Sami Shabshab - the City
- Games - There Is a Chance
- Force - Stand Up
- Games - Music
- Andromeda - Bossa Blue
UPC: 4262568670057
Label: Habibi Funk
Release Date: 10.16.26
Format: CD