A man called Jannis, of the German label Jakarta Records, has collected these awesome tunes for you to enjoy.

“I got to travel a lot in North Africa in the last years through touring with Blitz the Ambassador,” Jannis writes on his Soundcloud page, “and the studio session with Oddisee for Sawtuha in Tunisia. While being there, I did some digging and found some incredible music from the ’60s and ’70s. Some of the music in this mix has zero info on the Net, was never sold on eBay, and has not been ‘rediscovered’ yet. Others are somewhat classics in the field of ‘Arabic groove.’ The music in this mix comes from Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, and Syria.”

Here’s part 1 of the mixtape (part 2 embedded above):



And a tracklist:

01. Assa’d Khoury – Al Gaba

02. Sabah – Dek El Kaff

03. Karim Shourhy & Andrea Rayder – Take Me Back To Cairo

04. Feddoul – (Reprise de Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag)

05. Ziad Rahbani – Intro Instrumental 2

06. Sharifa Fadel – Mawal El Ashak

07. Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut

08. Golden Hands – Take Me Back

09. Elias Rahbani & His Orchestra – Moonlight Melody

10. Mahmoud Megri – Tefham

11. Elias Rahbani – Dance of Maria

12. Abdou El Omari – Rajaat Laayoun