Recorded live with no overdubs at the historic Bustrous Palace in Beirut — a building that has endured the Lebanese Civil War, multiple military campaigns, and the devastating 2020 Beirut harbor explosion — TAQATO3 captures an extraordinary moment of spontaneous connection between three accomplished improvisers. Violinist Mike Khoury, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Sharif Sehnaoui, and bassist Raed Yassin came together during the Irtijal Festival in 2018, with Khoury noting that "the three of us had an instant connection with a common understood language that predated all of us."
TAQATO3 stands as a testament to the power of organic, in-the-moment music-making, executed, as one description puts it, "at the very precipice of improvisation" while capturing both the spirit of its remarkable setting and the essence of the moment. Each musician brings a distinguished body of work to the session — Sehnaoui as a co-founder of the 25-year-running Irtijal festival, Yassin as a celebrated bassist and visual artist, and Khoury as a prolific collaborator and label operator — lending this release a depth that rewards careful listening from start to finish.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company
- Genre: Electronic
- Release Date: 04/03/2026
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TRACKS
1. 3IBAR
2. ARD
3. LIQAA
4. 3AMAR
5. SHADDEH
6. OFOK
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