Over the past two decades, Megarbane has released over 100 albums under various monikers and recorded across Beirut, Nairobi, Paris, London and Lisbon – the various cities he’s called home.
With a DIY music ethos, Charif Megarbane has crafted an inimitable style of instrumental music, a melting pot of global sounds that effortlessly glides between 1960s Italian library music, Middle Eastern psychedelia, afro-beat and hip-hop breaks. Megarbane refers to this as “Lebrary” music: a vision of and from Lebanon and the Mediterranean expressed through the kaleidoscopic approach of library music.
Following the release of the critically-acclaimed Marzipan on Habibi Funk in July 2023, the first contemporary release by the label, as well as the limited release Hamra/Red in July 2024, Charif release Hawalat on Habibi Funk in the Spring of 2025.
This one hour mixtape is a promenade through various releases by prolific Lebanese composer Charif Megarbane published in the last decade and selected by him. This includes songs released under various monikers via his own Hisstology imprint, including cuts from the Submarine Chronicles series (10 volumes released during the pandemic, with each volume focusing on a different style or theme) and collaborative projects. This selection also includes songs released under Megarbane’s main pseudonym of Cosmic Analog Ensemble as well as under his own name, through his ongoing work with Habibi Funk Records, including a song from his most recent album “Hawalat” released in April 2025.
