{"product_id":"paul-perrim-arati","title":"Paul Pèrrim - Arati","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Pèrrim returns with Arati—a raw, expeditionary palindromic companion to his 2025 debut, Itara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring a rawer, harsher, and more rugged landscape than its predecessor, Arati pushes deeper into the wilderness. The anthropologist-musician continues to guide listeners down paths trodden by a kaleidoscope of cultures, offering a sound that is profoundly singular, primal, and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s surreal compositions weave together an eclectic arsenal of textures: mutant maqams, Africanist sound collages, acid Eastern free-folk improvisations, weird droney guitar, cosmic exotic ambient, and re-wired finger-picking. It is music engineered to forge an immediate, visceral connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArati evokes place and memory—conjuring the scent of Persian leopard dung and Kurdistan saffron, dusty Afghan rugs, or the phantom sound of a camel being milked in the desert while a lone musician plays nearby. It stands proudly as an homage to timeless field recordings and visionary crossover albums reminiscent of the Deben Bhattacharya school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArati is an unrushed journey— and with both albums, Paul Pèrrim establishes himself as a cultural wanderer crafting unorthodox traditional-futuristic soundscapes for contemporary, open-minded listeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Pèrrim: Acoustic and Electric guitars, Weissenborn, Electric lap-steel, Guimbiri, Micromoog, Effects and Field Recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePandelindio: Harmonium and Bansuri on Strofc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawings by Paul Pèrrim. Design by Iván Marrero and David Cobo. Photography by Silvia Fernández.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMastered by Daniel García at La Platanera Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDedicated to Santiago González who taught us what Arati was.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keroxen \/ Discrepant","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":54938584842563,"sku":"RPT-35367","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/SRD_20261016_1759_171734_337_p_KRXN058_019.jpg?v=1792408755","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/paul-perrim-arati","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}