Release Date: 16/10/26 - Habibi Funk 035: Beirut City Pop
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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.
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Middle Eastern
Label: Habibi Funk Records
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.
LP includes digital download code.
Tracklisting
You Turn Me On
I Don't Wanna Be Alone
New Love
Someday
The Mirror
The City
There Is A Chance
Stand Up
Music
Bossa Blue
About the artist
This 1LP Vinyl LP product is a:
- Standard Pressing
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