EL KHAT Saadia Jefferson LP
2023 REPRESS
Batov have just repressed this release of theirs which has been one of their biggest sellers in the past. :Saadia Jefferso"n is a glorious act of vandalism on Yemeni traditions led by inventor, carpenter, musician, and composer Eyal El Wahab.
“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 vitality, a sound universe all of its own...full of strange and wonderful beauty” Artsdesk
“El Khat take Yemeni folk songs and transform them into vigorous psychedelic stomps...an exciting new discovery” Uncut
“Wow, loving this” Jon More (Coldcut)
“It’s raw and really moves” Derek (Editor, Wire Magazine)
“Excellent …..Radio play very soon! Thanks a lot” Laurent Garnier (Various, France)
“I love this!” Chris Greenwood (Groovalizacion)
“Fire” Pete On The Corner (Worldwide FM)
“Its insistent rhythm gets inside the core. Loving this” John Warr (Totally Radio)
A1. Ya Raiyat - ياراعيات
A2. Ptiha - مفاتحة
A3. Balagh Al Achbaab - بلغ الاحباب
A4. Ala Jina Nuhayiykum - الا جينا نحييكم
A5. Atabina - Part II - الطبينة
B1. Wahed Mozawej - واحد مزوج
B2. Daasa - دعسه
B3. Marhaban Ahlan - مرحبا اهلا
B4. Al Ard' Amamak - Part II - الأرض أمامك
