Babylon Trio - Habibi album flac

Tracklist

A1	Bye Bye My Love	6:10
A2	Iraqi Dabka Choubi	6:28
A3	Spoiled For Your Eyes	6:04
B1	Difficult Seperation	2:31
B2	Iraqi Prestige	4:50
B3	My Crazy Lover	4:54
B4	The Euro Syrian Dabka	3:20
B5	Habibi Trio Mix (Rebel Up Duckfood remix)	2:25

Credits

• Composed By, Arranged By – Babylon Trio
• Cover, Photography By – Kalam Collectif
• Design – Vanessa Verbeiren
• Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By – Frédéric Alstadt
• Photography By – Robert Kroos
• Producer – Seb Bassleer
• Recorded By – Nicolus Ripitus
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Aymeric de Tapol

Notes

he three Iraqi musicians of Babylon Trio arrived in Belgium in 2015 as refugees of this political and social unrest. Arkan Mushtak is the composer and pinnacle of the band. Like the other members he hails from Baghdad, where from a young age onwards he has been shaped into a talented keyboard and piano player by Iraqi master composer Noor Sabah. He is accompanied by fellow musicians Saif Al-Qaissy (digital percussion, djarbouka and backing vocals) and singer Walaa Saad (vocals) and occasionally joined by Mohammed Algareb (guest percussion).

They established themselves as musicians in Belgium, mostly playing to the diaspora community of Iraqi’s, Syrians and other Arab expats. For Arkan Mushtak this started with the music project Sijsele Refugee All Stars in the area of Bruges, aided by local cultural organisations. From there Arkan joined the Cinemaximiliaan project, an interdisciplinary cultural organisation in Brussels that brings refugees and locals with different backgrounds together. In this project Arkan again met Walaa Saad and Saif Al-Qiassy who already knew each other from Baghdad. Besides this, Saif is percussionist of international Brussels Iraqi folk fusion band Nawaris, led by fellow Iraqi musician Hussein Rassim together with musicians Nicolas Hauzeur, Juliette Lacroix and Manuel Hermia. One night in December 2016 at an Iraqi cultural evening in the NGHE Mediatheque in the Sint-Jans-Molenbeek borough of Brussels created the idea of the Babylon Trio band.

Babylon Trio plays an electrified mix of contemporary Iraqi and Arabic music styles, such as choubi choubi, dabke, maqam and electronic hybrids that put the dancefloor on fire. The trio's debut album “Habibi” features songs about their old life in Iraq and new life in Brussels, Belgium, with topics such as separation from loved ones, love, beauty, honour and pure Arabic party bangers. This year will mark the power of the contemporary Iraqi street sound of Babylon Trio throughout Europe and beyond. Get ready for fire!

Released by Brussels label Rebel Up Records on
26 september 2018. Out on vinyl LP in a spot varnish cover design or digital via Bandcamp.

This album has been made with the support of NGHE Mediatheque, cultural venue Les Ateliers Claus, Angstrom studio and Soylent Green studio in Brussels and everyone who has supported Babylon Trio in the past year, promoting, motivating and organising concerts for them.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7111307182801