Arati

Paul Pèrrim returns with Arati—a raw, expeditionary palindromic companion to his 2025 debut, Itara. Exploring 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. The 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.