#2557: Cross-cultural Music

There's new music from Turkey and elsewhere on this New Sounds program. We’ll dip liberally into the soundtrack from the film, “Crossing The Bridge,” in which the musician and composer, Alexander Hacke (of the German avantgarde band Einstürzende Neubauten), sets out with his mobile recording studio on the streets of Istanbul to capture a cross-section of Turkish music. Some of the artists documented include fusion DJs Orient Expressions, the "Elvis of Arabesque" Orhan Gencebay, and digital dervish Mercan Dede, among others. Dede takes electronic groove and beats from the DJ booth and melds them to traditional instruments like the darbouka, santur, and ney. Listen to some of his most recent record, “Su.” Plus, music by the groove-based experimental collective known as Club D’Elf. This band usually includes an oud, in addition to bass, drums, turntables, slide guitar, and keyboards. And there's so much more.

PROGRAM # 2557, Cross-cultural Music (First aired on Thurs., 6/8/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Various artists: Orhan Gencebay	Crossing The Bridge (soundtrack)	Hatasiz Kul Olmaz [5:00]	Info about the movie is at www.crossingthebridge.de The Soundtrack is available here: exoticmusicshop.com
Orient Expressions		Istanbul 1:26 a.m. [6:00]
Mercan Dede		Ab-i Hayat [3:30]
Selim Sesler		Selim Sesler
Fake Orchestra	Fake World	Turška / Mostarski Dučani / Remember Bng [7:00]	Goga #129 www.zalozba-goga.si OR in English: www.cdroots.com/sk-fakeworld.html
Club D’Elf	As Above	Intro / Bass Beatbox [7:30]	Grapeshot Media #1003 www.clubdelf.com *
Various artists: Baba Zula	Crossing The Bridge	Cecom [4:30]	See above.
Ravish Momin’s Trio Tarana	Five Nights	Peace For Kabul [7:00]	Not Two #MW-770 www.nottwo.com