On a Whirl

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Mercan Dede is a Turkish-born musician who mixes the ancient traditions of Sufi music with state-of-the-art techno beats and production. By mixing the secular and sacred, the old and new, he creates an often mesmerizing fusion of ideas and sensibilities from different cultures. (Think whirling dervishes meets DJ culture.) We get a taste of Dede’s music in advance of his performance at Celebrate Brooklyn. For a slightly different perspective on Middle Eastern music, Billboard columnist Anastasia Tsioulcas reviews the 2004 Fès Festival of World Sacred Music.
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