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Alech 3:26 ░░ 02. Hanen 4:56 ░░ 03. Alech (Instrumental) 3:24 ░░ 04. Hanen (Instrumental) 4:56 ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ When we first decided to start Habibi Funk, a label dedicated to ░░ re-releasing äfunky" Arabic music from the 1960s to 1980s, a band called ░░ Dalton was the first release we worked on. Dalton was a band from the ░░ Tunisian capital of Tunis and they played a unique mix of soul & funk ░░ with an Arabic DNA. We licensed the release from the bandÆs composer ░░ Fawzi Chekili, and when we spoke to him on the phone in preparation of ░░ the release he mentioned another band he was part of, called Carthago. ░░ Our work with Habibi Funk is like a big treasure hunt. There are too many ░░ great bands that fully vanished into obscurity and didnÆt leave any ░░ traces in the digital sphere yet. We are so used to the internet ░░ providing all informations we might be looking for, but Carthago was one ░░ of those bands where the internet largely failed to provide any infos ░░ despite the fact that Carthago created some incredible music in the form ░░ of an highly infectious Tunisian take on disco music. Luckily most of the ░░ members of the 1970s musical scene of Tunis are still around to tell ░░ their story. ░░ ░░ Carthago was founded in the late 1970s as a fusion of Dalton and a second ░░ band called Marhaba Band. Both bands frequently played at hotels and ░░ night clubs in Tunis and Sousse. They had similar musical influences and ░░ despite the fact that they were competition for the most part, they came ░░ up with the idea to join forces for a new band. Musically Carthago kept ░░ on walking on the musical path of Dalton and Marhaba but incorporated ░░ disco music, a new style that was making its way to North Africa from ░░ Europe and North America. ░░ ░░ The band had quite some success on local radio and played a number of big ░░ shows with thousands of people showing up. The bandÆs concerts were a ░░ mixture of their own compositions as well as cover versions of the hits ░░ of the time from Stevie Wonder to Chicago. At the end of the 70s they ░░ went to Paris to record their only, self titled album. For our reissue we ░░ picked out two of our favorite tracks: äHanenô and the outstanding disco ░░ version of the Dalton track äAlechô which has proved to work on every ░░ dance floor we played over the last two years. ░░ ░░ When I came to Tunis for the first time after the Dalton reissue I met ░░ Fawzi in person. He still lives in Tunis and still works as a full time ░░ musician though his focus has shifted more towards Jazz over the years. ░░ Luckily he did not only keep a spotless copy of the Carthago album but he ░░ also kept the master tape of the instrumental versions of the album which ░░ to this day were unreleased. Being able to add exclusive content to a ░░ reissue is something that is rare and we feel highly privileged to be ░░ able to do so. ░░ ░░ Futher more we are so happy that we will be able to add something new to ░░ the bands legacy not only musically but also visually: One day I realized ░░ that most of the releases from Tunisia I liked, be it from Dalton, ░░ Carthago or Marhaba Band had the same photographer credit. Hassen Turki ░░ started taking photos at a young age and when he was 18 he started going ░░ to the gigs of the bands of the time that were playing in the Marhaba ░░ Hotel which was managed by his father at the time. ░░ ░░ He became friends with the bands and ended up being the person to be ░░ asked when it came to shooting the photos for the covers of the records. ░░ After some research I managed to get in touch with Hassen and met him in ░░ his hometown Sousse. Luckily he kept most of the negatives of the photos ░░ he took so weÆre more than happy to be able to share these unseen photos ░░ with whoever is interested. ░░ ░░ Our gratitude goes to all the members of Carthago, Marhaba Band and ░░ Dalton: Fawzi Chekili, Hedi Ben Ali (Dede), Ridha Kouhen, Ferid Ben ░░ Cheikh, Skander Almi, Hechmi Miliani, Mustapha Rehouma, Kamel Sellam, ░░ Claude Chiarello, Taoufik Sellam (Fouka), Sadok Gharbi, Fernando Marino ░░ (Nando), Jamel Bel Haj Khelifa and to Hassen Turki for allowing us to use ░░ his photos. ░░ ░░█ ░░███ ░█ ░░░░██ █▓█ ████░ ░░░░░██ y o o v e e y o o █████ █████ ░░░░░░██ g o t t h e ▒████░ ██▒▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ░ ██▓██ ▓█▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▒▓███ ▒███ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ ░███████ ████░ ░███ ░░░░░░░█ ░███░███░█ █░███░███ █████████▒ █████ ██ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████████ █████ █ ░░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██████████████████ ████▓ ░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ████████████████████▒ ░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓██████▒▒▒▒███████░ ░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓█████▒███████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ █████▒▒░████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██▓██▒██▓███▒ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░███░█ ░███ ▒███████ /─────────────────────────\ ░░░██ ███ ░| hip-hop . rap . r&b |░ ░░░░██ ████ ░| soul . funk . jazz |░ ░░░░░██ █████ ░| beats . grooves |░ ░░░░░░███ ████▒ \─────────────────────────/ ░░░░░░░▓▓█████████████▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ https://deezer.com/album/319017697