Djamila
Bosnjakinja
"Spend a summer night strolling down Istanbul's Istiklal Caddesi, the pedestrian thoroughfare in the city's old quarter of Beyoglu, and you'll hear something surprising.
Amid the crowds of nocturnal revelers, a young Uzbek-looking girl plays haunting songs from Central Asia on an ancient Turkic flute called a saz.
Nearby, bluesy Greek rembetiko blares from a CD store.
Downhill toward the slums of Tarlabasi you hear the wild Balkan rhythms of a Gypsy wedding, while at 360, an ultratrendy rooftop restaurant, the sound is Sufi electronica cutting-edge beats laced with dervish ritual.
And then there are the clubs Mojo, say, or Babylon where the young and beautiful rise spontaneously from their tables to link arms and perform a complicated Black Sea line dance, the horon.
The wonder is that each and every one of these styles is absolutely native to the city, which for much of its history was the capital of half the known world."
- NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
WELCOME TO TURKIYE!
Amid the crowds of nocturnal revelers, a young Uzbek-looking girl plays haunting songs from Central Asia on an ancient Turkic flute called a saz.
Nearby, bluesy Greek rembetiko blares from a CD store.
Downhill toward the slums of Tarlabasi you hear the wild Balkan rhythms of a Gypsy wedding, while at 360, an ultratrendy rooftop restaurant, the sound is Sufi electronica cutting-edge beats laced with dervish ritual.
And then there are the clubs Mojo, say, or Babylon where the young and beautiful rise spontaneously from their tables to link arms and perform a complicated Black Sea line dance, the horon.
The wonder is that each and every one of these styles is absolutely native to the city, which for much of its history was the capital of half the known world."
- NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
WELCOME TO TURKIYE!
Turkiye is, in my opinion, the center of the universe when it comes to beautiful music. Whether its Balkan, or Anatolian, or Central Asian, or Arabian - it's all Eastern, and it's all amazing...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
GULSEN - SARISINIM (TRADITIONAL, FAST)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaT2BpAttKk
GULSEN - OF OF (MODERN, FAST)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCX7z4-dnJs
GULSEN - CANIN SAGOLSUN (TRADITIONAL, SLOW)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4cuqwvreQLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaT2BpAttKk
GULSEN - OF OF (MODERN, FAST)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCX7z4-dnJs
GULSEN - CANIN SAGOLSUN (TRADITIONAL, SLOW)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4cuqwvreQLM
Tarkan is a hottie.