{"product_id":"charif-megarbane-hawalat","title":"Charif Megarbane - Hawalat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/svenwundereasternflowers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSven Wunder\u003c\/a\u003e on the song \"Helia\" featuring strings by the Stockholm Studio Orchestra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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. — via Label\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3216333492\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Habibi Funk\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz-Funk, Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Global Sounds\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Habibi Funk Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45425355128990,"sku":"673790037398","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a3034887417_16.jpg?v=1747121882","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/charif-megarbane-hawalat","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}