The very natural cross-breeding of
reggae and
oriental music takes well in
Baba Zula's electronic treatments of
traditional Turkish instruments, and with “
Belly Double” they have further developed the new genre they have named
oriental dub.
BaBa ZuLa's third album
Psychebelly Dance Music released in May 2003 was mixed and mastered by the British musician and producer
Mad Professor who previously worked with Massive Attack, The Orb, Lee Perry and alikes.
It took 5 years for
Burhan Ocal and
Pete Namlook to finish
Sultan Orhan.
Ottoman instruments and a
massive amount of percussions had to be edited bit by bit and to be enhanced with the sound of..
Fatih Akin's new documentary film "
Crossing the Bridge - The Sound Of Istanbul" had its theatrical release in Turkey May 27th, in Germany on June 9th.
The clarinet on "
Husn-u Klarnet" is no less than the voice of one of Turkey's great musicians
Husnu Senlendirici, and is at the same time his dear friend and his passion.
Burhan Ocal's
New Dream transports the listener within this ivory tower. It is not about stealing from
Turkish Classical Music, but bringing it new wealth...
Belly dance music, Turkish music, Oriental music
Oriental Music
Duble Oryantal
Psyche-belly Dance Music
Sultan Orhan
Crossing the Bridge
Husn-u Klarnet
New Dream
