{"product_id":"habibi-funk-030-charif-megarbane-hawalat","title":"Habibi Funk 030: Charif Megarbane - Hawalat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eIf Hawalat sounds like a world tour that’s because it essentially is. “As much as Marzipan is a picture of Lebanon from the inside, Hawalat kind of picks up from where Marzipan finished but more looking to the outside, the diaspora, to the notion of exile.” Megarbane says he is interested in the connections between the global and the domestic, the mundane and the cosmic, and wanted to create space for non-linear progression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHawalat is based on the idea of hawala, informal money transfers that you can make to certain countries impacted by a lack of currency or unstable political and economic contexts. His use of the term on this album is not a financial one, Megarbane explains, but a nod to notions of creative exchange between “places, persons, generations.” It is the first time Megarbane called on other musicians in this way to inform his sound, including a collaboration with Sven Wunder on the song Helia featuring strings by the Stockholm Studio Orchestra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album opens with first single Hanadi, a punchy Somali-inspired track with warm non-lexical vocals and saxophone. It immediately pivots to the Dreams of an Insomniac, which balances soft, effortless vocals and keys with urgent violin intrusions. Al Dollarji feels like Megarbane’s bread and butter, that is Mediterranean sounds with intricate strings, while Al Bahriye takes this staple and introduces hip hop inflections. The result is a rich 17 track album that effortlessly blends genres and styles.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleases April 11, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposition, production, arrangements and mixing: Charif Megarbane (except Track 8 composed, mixed and produced by Charif Megarbane \u0026amp; Sven Wunder), Liner notes: Armani Syed, Artwork: Raphaelle Macaron \u0026amp; Robert Winter, Executive producer: Rabih Daher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Habibi Funk Records","offers":[{"title":"VINYL","offer_id":54711643963727,"sku":"673790037398","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54711643996495,"sku":"673790037404","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"COLOR VINYL","offer_id":54711644029263,"sku":"673790037435","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"CASSETTE","offer_id":56598965420367,"sku":"673790037527","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/2205\/6743\/files\/Charif-Megarbane-Habibi-Funk-030-01-Digital-Cover.jpg?v=1742562455","url":"https:\/\/habibifunk.com\/products\/habibi-funk-030-charif-megarbane-hawalat","provider":"Habibi Funk Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}