brains were blown.

i should have photos and a couple of videos (including most of a mind-warping "Kal El Lazi Kad Ham"!) up in the next day or two.

Great, great album!

Kal El Lazi Kad Ham:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ERkce2I44o

pre-show photo

thank you!!

what album is kal el lazi kad ham from. i know that i know it, i just fact seem to place it

_Grotto of Miracles_, and i think it's also on a 7"

edit - yep, the Eye Mohini 7" in a different, and longer, version.

good review by chemical imbalance/yeti founder mike mcg:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/...reak-of-araby/

a couple of fantastic shows from the last few days...first up was Sir Richard Bishop, on the road to support his excellent new record and playing w/ a band as opposed to the solo route he's done for the last few years. had a chance to catch up w/ him before the show over a beer.


Review of the show




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I love the last song off this album, great harmonics and pulsing rhthyms.

The more I listen to this, the more it reminds me of the Marc Ribot and Los Cubanos Prostizos record, but middle eastern in origin.

the Ribot angle struck me during the show as well, and i made reference to Ribot in my review.

This album is AMAZING. Probably my favorite 09 release so far. I've been listening to this brilliant compilation plus a lot of rembetiko, so it fits perfectly.

Looking forward to seeing this with Paul Metzger opening!

Sir Richard Bishop’s new album —Oneiric Formulary— due out in April 2020

Sir Richard Bishop - Celerity

We saw one of the early shows of the Freaks Of Araby tour, at Brookdale Lodge in the mountains above Santa Cruz, CA. Bought a bunch of SRB LPs from the man himself.

Got into Omar Khorshid soon after, dl’ed a bunch of his albums from a fan site, bought the compilation and live album on Sublime Frequencies.

This is a great channel for Turkish microtonal guitar: https://www.youtube.com/user/TolgahanCogulu