The Scorpions Saif Abu Bakr
Jazz, Jazz, Jazz

Habibi Funk co-founder Jannis Stuertz first came across this record that he called "the Holy Grail of Sudanese funk" while browsing eBay a while back. Interest piqued, he went to Sudan and tracked down these musicians whose ridiculously rare LP was selling for thousands of pounds online. Some four years later, Stuertz's wish to reissue the record has finally come through. It was originally recorded in Kuwait in 1980 and brilliantly joins the dots between American funk, soul and rhythm and blues, traditional Sudanese vocals and rhythmic arrangements, and even a dash of Congolese soukous. Wow.