Name: Ya Raiyat
Brand: El Khat

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BTR031CL

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Colour

yellow

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5024545927474

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1 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / yellow

Artist

El Khat

Genre GB

Rest of World

Label GB

Batov Records

<i>Ya Raiyat</i> is the product of a traditional Yemeni folk song, dismantled and reformed by El Khat and Yemeni inventor, carpenter and music producer Eyal El Wahab. 

Recorded in Eyal’s backstreet studio in Tel Aviv filled with mics, speakers and a lot of junk much of which has been repurposed and turned into instruments of every persuasion. 

Sung in Yemeni Arabic, it features a series of handmade instruments including the self-named ‘Kearat’, a large steel bowl with a piece of wood, some nails and screws and 6 strings sounding like a Banjo-Bass as well as a fuel plastic container and olive oil containers. There’s a Pancello as well, which is played with a bow like a cello made out of a saucepan, broken shelf and rope. Khat is the natural plant chewed in Yemen and across the Arabic world. 

Ya Raiyat

Music GB