Interview with Jannis Stürtz from Habibi Funk

In this episode Hind Mezaina interviews Jannis Stürtz, co-founder of Jakarta Records and Habibi Funk record labels (based in Berlin). Habibi Funk focuses on re-releasing old music from the Arab world, with a particular focus on funk, jazz and obscure music from the 1970s and 80s.

Music, photos, text and album covers from Habibi Funk are showcased at an exhibition titled "Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves" exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai. Some images can be found on our Instagram page instagram.com/p/BirY2y3H3iZ/?taken-by=teawithculture

They discuss how Habibi Funk started, how the music is found and re-released, the role of music conservation and archiving and the exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai.

Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves exhibition at East Wing, Dubai is on from March-May 2018 http://east-wing.org/habibi-funk-a-spotlight-on-arab-grooves-ezp-189.html

Music from Habibi Funk record label can be found on https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk
https://twitter.com/Habibi_Funk
https://instagram.com/habibifunk
https://www.facebook.com/habibifunk

https://www.jakartarecords.de