Mercan Dede - Su
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Artist: Mercan DedeEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Music Label: La Escondida
Soundtracks:
- AB-I Rû
- AB-I Lâ'l
- AB-I Zen
- AB-I Tarab
- AB-I Beka
- AB-I Hayat
- AB-I Cesm (Kerbela)
- AB-I Nâr
- AB-I Beste
- SB-I Nâfi
- AB-I Hazân
- AB-I Verd
Music reviews of Su
Music Review: Waters of Passion, Ecstasy and Calm
Rating: 5 Stars
Part of a planned series focusing on the elements, this CD was inspired by Mercan Dede's meditations on the shores of the Bosphorus and it shows. 'Su' is the Turkish word for water, and indeed every song on this CD is named for a different kind of water. Sometimes it's the water of ecstasy, as on 'Ab-i Tarab' which is accompanied by the clarinet, while others times it's more seren, as on 'Ab-i Verd' and 'Ab-i Zen'. 'Ab-i Hayat' is uplifting and lively, while 'Ab-i Beste' is mysterious and haunting. The twelve tracks on this CD showcase a wide range of moods and feelings, but all show a marvelous blend of modern electronica with Turkish instrumentation, percussion and sensibilities. This makes the CD both exotic and enticing to western listeners, even those who aren't familiar with Middle Eastern music. A couple songs drift even further east, showing Indian influences. 'Ab-i La'l' features the Indian sitar, while Tamil singer Susheela Raman lends her voice to 'Ab-i Beka'. In my opinion, this CD represents Mercan Dede's most powerful work to date, and I enjoyed it greatly. When I have more money, I intend to buy more of his CDs, but until then, this is a great example of the new generation of Middle Eastern musicians. I strongly recommend this CD to anyone interested in Turkish electronica, and fans of music in general, since you don't have to speak Turkish to appreciate the beauty of this music.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Turkey has recently emerged as a world-renowned musical hot-bed. Ancient styles from the region are robust and varied but new sounds from the clubs of Istanbul are considered especially seductive. Mercan Dede, who now resides in Montreal, is a cutting-edge Sufi Dervish, a Turkish-born composer, DJ and producer with spiked hair and several identities. The album's title translates to "water" and it consists of meditations inspired by the Bosphorous Straits. Realized by give-and-take between traditional strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion along with airy, droning electronica, the music flows in ripples, evoking tidal ebbs, surges and cresting, hissing waves, redolent of hot, entranced noondays and cricket-serenaded moon-rises. Indian chanteuse Susheela Raman, Trans-Global Underground sitarist Sheema Mukherjee, Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef, electric violinist Hugh Marsh, and Turkish rapper Ceza merge and separate, but this is business-as-usual in a place that has stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia since time out of mind. --Christina Roden
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