Habibi Gün is a psychedelic maqam collective that showcases the works of revered Arab composers such as Riyad al Sunbati and Mohammed Fawzi alongside Western influences such as Ennio Morricone and the late, great Lebanese-American, Dick Dale. The resulting listening experience is stark and contemplative one moment, abandoned and trance-inducing the next.

Habibi Gün began as a whimsical and wide-ranging recording project founded by multi-instrumentalist/arranger/producer Josh Farrar while collaborating with local Arab and American musicians on an eclectic and elaborate set of cover songs. The stylistic range of the compositions—from 60s bellydance to Sun Ra to Black Sabbath—kept both listeners and musicians on their toes. For Farrar, a rock musician who has been immersed in Arabic music for the last decade, and his collaborators, Habibi Gün offers an opportunity to put Western and Middle Eastern genres in conversation with each other, resulting in an idiosyncratic variant of that dirty “f” word - fusion - that is curious, delightful, strange to behold.

Josh Farrar — guitar

Insia Malik — violin

Gideon Forbes — woodwinds

Ryan El Solh — guitar, keys

Sprocket Royer — bass

Jeremy Smith, Alber Baseel — percussion

Plus special guests