El Khat - Saadia Jefferson

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“Brilliant”
Gilles Peterson

“Joyously mixing authentically Arabic musical tropes with ethnomusicological forgeries” Uncut 8/10

“This sounds like a Middle Eastern Manu Chao...one of the most original albums of the year in any genre”
Songlines ★★★★

“The sound is a glorious, ecstatic clatter”
Financial Times ★★★★

"Yemeni band El Khat deconstruct traditional folk songs into a gritty, guitar-fuelled collection of incisive statements"
The Guardian

“This is crazy music indeed, but crazy with a kind of wayward vitality, a sound universe all of its own...full of strange and wonderful beauty”
The Arts Desk ★★★★

“A ramshackle interrogation of Yemeni funk and pop sources filtered through invented and junk-made instruments, and played by a poly-glot group with roots in Iraq, Poland and Morocco”
Wire Magazine

“This is crazy music indeed, but crazy with a kind of wayward...  more

released November 22, 2019

1. Ya Raiyat - ياراعيات 04:45
2. Ptiha - مفاتحة 02:09
3. Balagh Al Achbaab - بلغ الاحباب 04:50
4. Atabina - Part I - الطبينة 04:30
5. Ala Jina Nuhayiykum - الا جينا نحييكم 04:35
6. Atabina - Part II - الطبينة 04:20
7. Wahed Mozawej - واحد مزوج 07:02
8. Munajimin - منجّمين 05:15
9. Al Ard' Amamak - الأرض أمامك 07:04
10. Daasa - دعسه 04:26
11. Marhaban Ahlan - مرحبا اهلا 06:32
12. Al Ard' Amamak - Part II - الأرض أمامك 01:15