WFMU: Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from May 3, 2022

Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from May 3, 2022

Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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May 3, 2022: El Khat Interview / Yemenite Jewish Music

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

El Khat (القات)	Ptiha - مفاتحة	Saadia Jefferson	Batov	2019		0:03:57 (Pop-up)
Yemenite Jewish Musicians	Yemenite song (live in Israel, 1966)				https://youtu.be/LDbdKHsRrvk	0:05:37 (Pop-up)
El Khat (القات)	El Khat "El Khat" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		0:06:57 (Pop-up)
Yemenite Jewish Musicians	Yemen: Music of the Yemenite Jews			1992	https://youtu.be/YzpuQjU0F6Q	0:11:45 (Pop-up)
Zion Golan / ציון גולן	Father Shimon / אבא שמעון		Reuveni Brothers	1990	https://youtu.be/Xq-lyHpHpyo	0:16:49 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 1					0:25:21 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Alba "Alba" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		0:46:56 (Pop-up)
Shalom Tzabari / שלום צברי	Altbina / אלטבינה	Singing and dancing in Yemeni	Reuveni Brothers		https://youtu.be/YZGx-lz9W8Y	0:48:22 (Pop-up)
Tsvia Abarbanel	Im Nin'alu / אם ננעלו	Eastern Soul	Fortuna	2018		0:51:24 (Pop-up)
Shlomo Moga’a	Habib Galbi / חביב גלבי				https://youtu.be/BFMgiw5l8g4	0:54:20 (Pop-up)
Miryam Sabari / מרים צברי	Habib Galbi / חביב גלבי				https://youtu.be/tJZlt-8q0Zg	0:57:40 (Pop-up)
The Amranim	Shedemati "Shedemati" by "The Amranim"	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		1:01:30 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Djaja "Djaja" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		1:08:02 (Pop-up)
Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah	Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa (Hey, Who Enters the Sea of Passion?)	Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s from Yemen	Dust to Digital	2012		1:11:24 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Im Nin'alu / אם ננעלו	אם ננעלו			https://youtu.be/nTOrPot0vVY	1:17:07 (Pop-up)
Patchel al-Hamami (Yemen)	Father Shimon - Muslim version				https://youtu.be/ZdMORC2j600	1:22:58 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 2					1:28:23 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Naksah al Ras .2	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		1:48:46 (Pop-up)
Shlomo Thahyani	Da Altair Ma Mitlaha	Yemenite Songs			https://youtu.be/NM54isRdoBs	1:50:58 (Pop-up)
Duo Tsafri	Eshmera Shabat "Eshmera Shabat" by "Duo Tsafri"	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		1:54:04 (Pop-up)
Faisal Alawi	Romco Part 1 "Romco Part 1" by "Faisal Alawi"				https://youtu.be/cLW7vC86uAE	1:58:22 (Pop-up)
Brocha Cohen Ovadia / ברכה כהן עובדיה	AwaDeak / אוודעק ואנה עלייק		מא סבב		https://youtu.be/WVLil-hhZFA	1:59:45 (Pop-up)
Lehakat Tzliley Ha'oud	Neimat Pop Oud	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		2:04:12 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	La Sama "La Sama" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		2:09:58 (Pop-up)
Shalom Tzabari / שלום צברי	Ya Bint شلوم صبري				https://youtu.be/xSRYI-PBrlE	2:13:35 (Pop-up)
Sharif the Druze prodigy / شريف الدرزي ابا شمعون كامله שריף דרוזי	Father Shimon - Druze version				https://youtu.be/j9UYooXlKfI	2:17:07 (Pop-up)
Faisal Alawi	Romco Part 2 "Romco Part 2" by "Faisal Alawi"				https://youtu.be/cLW7vC86uAE	2:18:57 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 3					2:29:22 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Ladema Eini (early version) / לדמע עיני				https://youtu.be/N-8zcbd9tJU	2:39:55 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Ladema Eini	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		2:47:30 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Albat Alawi Op.99	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		2:57:17 (Pop-up)
Lehakat Tzliley Ha'oud	Meafula (Hanale Hitbalbela)	Hafla! - A Rough Guide to Jaffa's 70's Sound	Ha'achim Music	2018		2:58:34 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	🥁 7:00pm WR: Looking forward!
	7:01pm Bas NL: Hello!
	7:01pm listener James from Westwood: Whoo! Evening, David and all!
	7:06pm adamdoesit: Hello again David and observers. Yemenite Jewish music is all new to me, but I know an NYC subway train when I hear one.
	7:07pm RoX: Hi, from Tucson
	7:08pm Observations: Hi RoX - I'm in Tucson!
	7:13pm Doug Schulkind: I’m observating!
	7:18pm drowsy: Feeling observant rn, thanks David!
	7:33pm chris in the redwoods: really enjoying the music and this interview, David. always learning so much on woof moo. thank you!
	7:36pm chris in the redwoods: is there khat to be passed around? i didn't bring my own.
	7:45pm doctorjazz: Hi David and Deviants!
	7:47pm Listener Gregory: I like to watch.
	7:49pm Observations: Thanks for listening!
	7:59pm adamdoesit: Gaining a sense of the cultural background is helping me to hear the music. Thanks, David.
	8:01pm Ike: Hi all. Sounds good!
	8:03pm chris in the redwoods: woah, funky! yessss.
	8:04pm doctorjazz: Funk is an interesting description of this-not much James Brown or Funkadelic to my ears. Cool, though!
	8:12pm chris in the redwoods: added to my BC wishlist for Friday - elkhat-music.bandcamp.com... alas, must run, but will try to catch the rest in archives. thanks, David, for the show. great addition to the stream. :)
	8:13pm Observations: Great, thanks chris in the redwoods!
	8:14pm doctorjazz: Was there different musical sounds produced by Yemenite, Syrian, and Egyptian immigrants to Israel? Curious.
	8:16pm Observations: Excellent question doctorjazz. I think so, but most information is not in English so it's hard to know exactly. but there are regional differences.
	8:16pm doctorjazz: Were there different...pardon my grammar...
	8:18pm Listener Gregory: I’d love to know what the percussion was in that last song (Sea of Passion). It sounded like garbage can lids.
	8:29pm Doug Schulkind: Using a garage can lid? He could play for the Astros.
	🥁 8:40pm WR: Enjoying the interview.
	8:48pm Listener Gregory: My can lid guess may have been spot-on, surprisingly.
	8:49pm Listener Gregory: David, if we don’t know whether a substance is legal in the US, then it probably isn’t.
	9:03pm doctorjazz: I was at a family wedding (a nephew married a girl of Syrian Jewish heritag), this AwaDeak sounds a bit more like what the 20 year olds danced to when the DJ played for them (with the disco dub-swells added).
	9:08pm Listener Gregory: Can’t stay to the end, but very interesting show, David. Thanks!
	9:11pm Observations: Thanks for hanging out Listener Gregory
	9:11pm doctorjazz: This (La Sama) sounds like it could be German Rock.
	9:11pm doctorjazz: The Yemeni vibe is coming through.
	9:12pm doctorjazz: But the drum part is so odd...
	9:13pm doctorjazz: It almost sounds like it could be a free jazz drummer, counter to the rhythm at times.
	9:17pm northguineahills: late, glad I got here!
	9:22pm northguineahills: Raz Mesinai, under his Badawi guise, took music of this tradition and put it through a dub/illbient treatment (all instrumental).
	9:23pm northguineahills: (although there were some Bedouin influences as well)
	9:31pm coelacanth∅: greetings David and all
	9:41pm zzz: late greetings @Observations! thanks for putting this together. i have been obsessed with the El Khat record. really looking forward to listening to this in the archives.
	9:46pm Observations: Me too zzz, thx for listening
	9:47pm zzz: Mizrahi jewish experience and history in israel also very interesting.
	9:53pm northguineahills: Thanks, David, for this treat!
	9:54pm doctorjazz: Thanks for the fun/interesting show, David!
	9:55pm doctorjazz: (wasn't familiar with El Khat before this, glad I got to hear them)
	9:57pm Doug Schulkind: WeWantObservationsofDeviance!
	10:02pm Observations: Yemenite Jewish Music YT Playlistwww.youtube.com...

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Sat. Nov 30th, 7pm - 10pm: Kassa Overall Interview: Connecting Jazz & Hip Hop (More info...)
Grammy nominated Kassa Overall is at the forefront of 21st Century Jazz. As a drummer, bandleader, composer, producer and DJ he seamlessly weaves the threads that connect experimental Jazz and Hip Hop, while remaining true to his musical mentors, e.g. Geri Allen and Billy Hart. While on tour in Tucson, Arizona, Kassa joined host David Mittleman for an exclusive interview that will highlight a 3-hour exploration of his varied discography.

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time

El Khat (القات)	Ptiha - مفاتحة	Saadia Jefferson	Batov	2019		0:03:57 (Pop-up)
Yemenite Jewish Musicians	Yemenite song (live in Israel, 1966)				https://youtu.be/LDbdKHsRrvk	0:05:37 (Pop-up)
El Khat (القات)	El Khat "El Khat" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		0:06:57 (Pop-up)
Yemenite Jewish Musicians	Yemen: Music of the Yemenite Jews			1992	https://youtu.be/YzpuQjU0F6Q	0:11:45 (Pop-up)
Zion Golan / ציון גולן	Father Shimon / אבא שמעון		Reuveni Brothers	1990	https://youtu.be/Xq-lyHpHpyo	0:16:49 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 1					0:25:21 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Alba "Alba" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		0:46:56 (Pop-up)
Shalom Tzabari / שלום צברי	Altbina / אלטבינה	Singing and dancing in Yemeni	Reuveni Brothers		https://youtu.be/YZGx-lz9W8Y	0:48:22 (Pop-up)
Tsvia Abarbanel	Im Nin'alu / אם ננעלו	Eastern Soul	Fortuna	2018		0:51:24 (Pop-up)
Shlomo Moga’a	Habib Galbi / חביב גלבי				https://youtu.be/BFMgiw5l8g4	0:54:20 (Pop-up)
Miryam Sabari / מרים צברי	Habib Galbi / חביב גלבי				https://youtu.be/tJZlt-8q0Zg	0:57:40 (Pop-up)
The Amranim	Shedemati "Shedemati" by "The Amranim"	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		1:01:30 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Djaja "Djaja" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		1:08:02 (Pop-up)
Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah	Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa (Hey, Who Enters the Sea of Passion?)	Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s from Yemen	Dust to Digital	2012		1:11:24 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Im Nin'alu / אם ננעלו	אם ננעלו			https://youtu.be/nTOrPot0vVY	1:17:07 (Pop-up)
Patchel al-Hamami (Yemen)	Father Shimon - Muslim version				https://youtu.be/ZdMORC2j600	1:22:58 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 2					1:28:23 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Naksah al Ras .2	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		1:48:46 (Pop-up)
Shlomo Thahyani	Da Altair Ma Mitlaha	Yemenite Songs			https://youtu.be/NM54isRdoBs	1:50:58 (Pop-up)
Duo Tsafri	Eshmera Shabat "Eshmera Shabat" by "Duo Tsafri"	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		1:54:04 (Pop-up)
Faisal Alawi	Romco Part 1 "Romco Part 1" by "Faisal Alawi"				https://youtu.be/cLW7vC86uAE	1:58:22 (Pop-up)
Brocha Cohen Ovadia / ברכה כהן עובדיה	AwaDeak / אוודעק ואנה עלייק		מא סבב		https://youtu.be/WVLil-hhZFA	1:59:45 (Pop-up)
Lehakat Tzliley Ha'oud	Neimat Pop Oud	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		2:04:12 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	La Sama "La Sama" by "El Khat (القات)"	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		2:09:58 (Pop-up)
Shalom Tzabari / שלום צברי	Ya Bint شلوم صبري				https://youtu.be/xSRYI-PBrlE	2:13:35 (Pop-up)
Sharif the Druze prodigy / شريف الدرزي ابا شمعون كامله שריף דרוזי	Father Shimon - Druze version				https://youtu.be/j9UYooXlKfI	2:17:07 (Pop-up)
Faisal Alawi	Romco Part 2 "Romco Part 2" by "Faisal Alawi"				https://youtu.be/cLW7vC86uAE	2:18:57 (Pop-up)

Eyal El Wahab (El Khat)	Interview Part 3					2:29:22 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Ladema Eini (early version) / לדמע עיני				https://youtu.be/N-8zcbd9tJU	2:39:55 (Pop-up)
Aharon Amram / אהרן עמרם	Ladema Eini	Da'asa - The Haunting Sound of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1974-1982	Fortuna	2017		2:47:30 (Pop-up)

El Khat (القات)	Albat Alawi Op.99	Albat Alawi Op.99	Glitterbeat	2022		2:57:17 (Pop-up)
Lehakat Tzliley Ha'oud	Meafula (Hanale Hitbalbela)	Hafla! - A Rough Guide to Jaffa's 70's Sound	Ha'achim Music	2018		2:58:34 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🥁 7:00pm WR: Looking forward!
	7:01pm Bas NL: Hello!
	7:01pm listener James from Westwood: Whoo! Evening, David and all!
	7:06pm adamdoesit: Hello again David and observers. Yemenite Jewish music is all new to me, but I know an NYC subway train when I hear one.
	7:07pm RoX: Hi, from Tucson
	7:08pm Observations: Hi RoX - I'm in Tucson!
	7:13pm Doug Schulkind: I’m observating!
	7:18pm drowsy: Feeling observant rn, thanks David!
	7:33pm chris in the redwoods: really enjoying the music and this interview, David. always learning so much on woof moo. thank you!
	7:36pm chris in the redwoods: is there khat to be passed around? i didn't bring my own.
	7:45pm doctorjazz: Hi David and Deviants!
	7:47pm Listener Gregory: I like to watch.
	7:49pm Observations: Thanks for listening!
	7:59pm adamdoesit: Gaining a sense of the cultural background is helping me to hear the music. Thanks, David.
	8:01pm Ike: Hi all. Sounds good!
	8:03pm chris in the redwoods: woah, funky! yessss.
	8:04pm doctorjazz: Funk is an interesting description of this-not much James Brown or Funkadelic to my ears. Cool, though!
	8:12pm chris in the redwoods: added to my BC wishlist for Friday - elkhat-music.bandcamp.com... alas, must run, but will try to catch the rest in archives. thanks, David, for the show. great addition to the stream. :)
	8:13pm Observations: Great, thanks chris in the redwoods!
	8:14pm doctorjazz: Was there different musical sounds produced by Yemenite, Syrian, and Egyptian immigrants to Israel? Curious.
	8:16pm Observations: Excellent question doctorjazz. I think so, but most information is not in English so it's hard to know exactly. but there are regional differences.
	8:16pm doctorjazz: Were there different...pardon my grammar...
	8:18pm Listener Gregory: I’d love to know what the percussion was in that last song (Sea of Passion). It sounded like garbage can lids.
	8:29pm Doug Schulkind: Using a garage can lid? He could play for the Astros.
	🥁 8:40pm WR: Enjoying the interview.
	8:48pm Listener Gregory: My can lid guess may have been spot-on, surprisingly.
	8:49pm Listener Gregory: David, if we don’t know whether a substance is legal in the US, then it probably isn’t.
	9:03pm doctorjazz: I was at a family wedding (a nephew married a girl of Syrian Jewish heritag), this AwaDeak sounds a bit more like what the 20 year olds danced to when the DJ played for them (with the disco dub-swells added).
	9:08pm Listener Gregory: Can’t stay to the end, but very interesting show, David. Thanks!
	9:11pm Observations: Thanks for hanging out Listener Gregory
	9:11pm doctorjazz: This (La Sama) sounds like it could be German Rock.
	9:11pm doctorjazz: The Yemeni vibe is coming through.
	9:12pm doctorjazz: But the drum part is so odd...
	9:13pm doctorjazz: It almost sounds like it could be a free jazz drummer, counter to the rhythm at times.
	9:17pm northguineahills: late, glad I got here!
	9:22pm northguineahills: Raz Mesinai, under his Badawi guise, took music of this tradition and put it through a dub/illbient treatment (all instrumental).
	9:23pm northguineahills: (although there were some Bedouin influences as well)
	9:31pm coelacanth∅: greetings David and all
	9:41pm zzz: late greetings @Observations! thanks for putting this together. i have been obsessed with the El Khat record. really looking forward to listening to this in the archives.
	9:46pm Observations: Me too zzz, thx for listening
	9:47pm zzz: Mizrahi jewish experience and history in israel also very interesting.
	9:53pm northguineahills: Thanks, David, for this treat!
	9:54pm doctorjazz: Thanks for the fun/interesting show, David!
	9:55pm doctorjazz: (wasn't familiar with El Khat before this, glad I got to hear them)
	9:57pm Doug Schulkind: WeWantObservationsofDeviance!
	10:02pm Observations: Yemenite Jewish Music YT Playlistwww.youtube.com...

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