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El León Pardo and El Khat in session

Verity Sharp shares the fruits of our latest long-distance collaboration session from Colombian gaita and trumpet player El León Pardo and Tel Aviv-based band El Khat.

Verity Sharp shares the fruits of our latest long-distance collaboration session from Colombian gaita and trumpet player El León Pardo and Tel Aviv-based band El Khat.

Hailing from Cartagena, Colombia, El León Pardo’s musical expression combines the sound of Caribbean roots with contemporary production across a broad range of styles. From his debut album exploring the sound of acid cumbia, to his collaborative work with dub producer Cerrero and most recently with producer Hannah Lee for their ambient release, collaboration has always been a key feature in El León Pardo’s career, having performed with some of the most well-known names in the contemporary Colombian scene, including Ondatropica, Edson Velandia, Mitú, and Indus.

El Khat are named after the stimulant leaf chewed socially across parts of the Middle East, including Yemen, where bandleader Eyal el Wahab has his roots. Their latest album Albat Alawi Op.99 is a deep dive into el Wahab's Yemenite origins and their subsequent re-imaginings. El Wahab has always been one for invention, teaching himself the cello and talking his way into the Jerusalem Andalusian Orchestra despite not being able to read music. As a skilled carpenter, el Wahab went on to build his own instruments from recovered and scavenged materials, and form El Khat, inspired by Yemeni traditional music from the 1960s.

Elsewhere in the show we’ll hear mutated club rhythms from Bristol producer Batu and foreboding future soundscapes from Gazelle Twin.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

2 hours

Last on

Fri 29 Apr 2022 23:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Avalanche Kaito

    Sunguru

    • Avalanche Kaito.
    • Glitterbeat Records.

  • El León Pardo & El Khat

    I

    • Late Junction Remote Collaboration Session.

  • Gazelle Twin

    Hole In My Heart

    • The Wastelands.
    • Anti-Ghost Moon Ray.

  • Whatever the Weather

    28°C (Intermittent Sunshine)

    • Whatever The Weather.
    • Ghostly International.

  • Kelly Lee Owens

    Sonic 8

    • LP 8.
    • Smalltown Supersound.

  • Maga Bo

    Axé Para O Bará (feat. Mestre Antonio Carlos de Xang)

    • Amor (É Revolucão).
    • Kaxambu.

  • Julian Sartorius

    Rollgadi

    • Mux.
    • Marionette Label.

  • Rachael Dadd

    Paleontologist (Kate Stables Remix)

    • Flux Alchemy Part One.
    • Memphis Industries.

  • Nancy Mounir

    Ana Bas Saktalak (feat. Fatma Serry)

    • Nozhet El Nofous.
    • Simsara Records.

  • Batu

    Convergence

    • Opal.
    • Timedance.

  • Arslan Shavgurov

    Rising Sun - Damdjig Dance

    • Khalmg Dombr: Kalmyk Instrumental Music.
    • Antonovka Records.

  • Širom

    I Unveil A Peppercorn To See It Vanish

    • The Liquified Throne Of Simplicity.
    • Tak:Til.

  • Andrew Weathers

    AW Heats Up A TV dinner with Guitar and Other Sounds

    • Sciatic Assemblage.
    • Flaming Pines.

  • KMRU & Aho Ssan

    Rebirth

    • Limen.
    • Subtext.

  • Myra Merlford's Fire & Water Quintet

    II

    • For The Love Of Fire & Water.
    • Rogue Art.

  • El León Pardo & El Khat

    II

    • Late Junction Remote Collaboration Session.

  • El León Pardo & El Khat

    III

    • Late Junction Remote Collaboration Session.

  • El León Pardo & El Khat

    IV

    • Late Junction Remote Collaboration Session.

  • Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker

    La Lega (feat. Coro delle Mondine di Bentivoglio)

    • Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d‘amore.
    • Unseen Worlds.

  • Giovanni di Domenico

    Il Treno

    • Polvere di Rabbia.
    • Kohlhaas.

  • Jasmine Morris

    Hel

    • Astrophilia.
    • Nonclassical.

  • JOYFULTALK

    Take it to the Grave

    • Familiar Science.
    • Constellation.

  • Nick Hart

    Lemany

    • Nick Hart Sings Ten English Folk Songs.
    • Roebuck Records.

  • Machinefabriek & Berlinde Deman

    Stuutje 4

    • Luchtwezen.
    • Søvn Records.

  • Victoria Poliova, Choir AVE & Oksana Nikityuk

    Holy God / Sviaty Bozhe

  • Coco Em

    Kilumi (feat. Ndunge Wa Kalele)

    • Kilumi.
    • InFiné.

  • Joe Rainey

    Can Key

    • Niineta.
    • 37d03d.

  • África Negra

    Quá Na Buá Néga Fá

    • Antologia Vol. 1.
    • Les Disques Bongo Joe.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Apr 2022 23:00
    BBC Radio 3

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