El Khat
“El Khat make joyful clatter…everything is recycled metal, plastic or wood, all coming together in afunereal march that sounds like a huge, disgruntled anima shaking itself into life.”The Financial TimesSkittering drums and brass, a jagged organ, hypnotic Yemeni melodies and one-of-a-kind DIY percussion and string instruments, all meld together in an infectious, heady soundscape: El […]
Noura Mint Seymali
Hailing from a family of griots, Noura Mint Seymali has been the highest emissary of Mauritanian music for over a decade. Carrying her Moorish heritage to contemporary pathways, paved with psychedelic rock, Saharan funk and even “future pop”. She commands a well-oiled quartet singing and playing the ardin, a traditional female harp, joined by her […]
