Rough-hewn and exhilarating, EL Khat's second album "Aalbat Alawi Op.99" is a deep dive into leader Eyal el Wahab's Yemenite roots and their inspired re-imaginings. A careening orchestra of percussion, horns, strings, electricity and el Wahab's own DIY instruments.

Mesmerizing retro-futurist sounds.

"… the songs on Albat Alawi Op 99 are [band leader Eyal el Wahab’s] own compositions and he has created a denser, rougher sound to carry them. The result is like a whirlwind in a workshop: a barrage of freaked percussion, whomping bass and choral voices set off by banks of detuned brass.” -- The Wire

“Band theme song El Khat has searing desert guitar and Leilat Al Henna’s mournful vocals, as violin and ghostly organ conjure
a distant, unknown homeland.” -- Mojo

"Joyously mixing authentically Arabic musical tropes with ethnomusicological forgeries. Vigorous psychedelic stomps...an exciting new discovery." -- Uncut

1. Maafan
2. Djaja
3. La Sama
4. Muftaha
5. Ala Al Ma
6. Alba
7. El Khat
8. Naksah Al Ras .1
9. Naksah Al Ras .2
10. Leilat Al Henna
11. Said Min A'sawad
12. Albat Alawi Op. 99