A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes is a compilation album of Libyan music from the 1980s to the early 2000s, released by Habibi Funk Records in July 2025. Habibi Funk boss Jannis Stürtz compiled the album from cassettes taken from an abandoned factory in Sousse, Tunisia. It spans several genres including reggae, synth-pop, and funk; the artists are mostly lesser-known.
Critical reception
In a review for the Quietus, Bernie Brooks wrote that A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes "plays out like an ideally sequenced mixtape from a friend trying to turn you on to something they love". Record Collector praised the album insert.
"Jani Bigool" by Khaled Al Melody is a cover of Peter Tosh's version of "Johnny B. Goode", and Francis Gooding of the Wire called it a highlight, alongside "Kul Ghrub" and "Palestine Is My Homeland". "Zannik" by Khaled Al Reigh is a cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"; Mojo called it "an incredibly ominous Arabic disco version".
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