Here’s a slice of steamy Habibi Funk from Beirut’s master musician Charif Megarbane, guaranteed to liven up any summer’s day.

Everything about this makes me want to jump on a plane to Lebanon and head right down to the market in Beirut – not just the music but also this colourful video.

The former is by Beirut’s multi-instrumental producer Charif Megarbane, and the latter by film maker Tanya Traboulsi. It’s the first contemporary release by the Habibi Funk label, better known for unearthing hidden gems from the Maghreb’s recent past.

Megarbane calls his hybrid style ‘Lebrary’ – a blend of Lebanon and the Mediterranean, expressed via a kaleidoscopic collision of 1960s Italian cinema scores, Middle Eastern psychedelia, afrobeat and hip-hop breaks.

His album, Marzipan, draws on the chaotic energy of the crowded Beirut metropolis, the warm atmosphere of the Lebanese countryside and the lushness of a Mediterranean beach resort.

It’s a fusion drawn from his experiences living, variously, in Beirut, Nairobi, Paris, Lisbon and London.

This track self-evidently is inspired by the hustle and bustle of the souk, its busy rhythms and melodies tinged with psychedelic elements including fuzz guitar from Blaxploitation films, West African funk and the trancelike sounds of Lebanese “bellydance psych.”