Crown Ruler Pres. Habibi Funk

With a knack for unearthing hidden gems released in the 1960’s-80’s across the Middle East and North Africa and spanning a plethora of genres from funk, soul and jazz to punk and hip-hop; Jannis Stürtz’s Habibi Funk has been a musical staple for every environment, from the record player at the bar to the one in your living room.

Reissuing the records in eclectic compilations for the modern listener, as well as more recently releasing music from musicians in the current day, Stürtz’s project celebrates it’s decade anniversary in 2025. A project originally conceived while record digging in Casablanca, Morocco; his dedication to immortalising works that might have otherwise gone forgotten has fostered new connections and modalities of working in the music industry with efforts to not reproduce historic economic patterns of exploitation and colonisation.

Since the labels success, Stürtz’s mastery as a vinyl only DJ has taken off in equal measure over recent years with major residencies at institutions such as the legendary Jazz Cafe, Colour Factory, KOKO and many more.