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INTAKT RECORDS

KUMUSKA

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Details

Artist
SHARP / TURKOZ
Format
CD
Label
INTAKT RECORDS
Released
Oct 18, 2019
Catalog #
ITK328.2
UPC
7640120193287

About

Saadet Turkoz's influences spread far and wide. Born in 1961, the singer grew up on the Bosporus where Europe and Asia meet. Her ancestors were nomads who migrated from Semey in Kazakhstan to East Turkestan from where they fled via India and Pakistan to Istanbul. But Istanbul, international city, modern metropolis and history-laden cultural crucible, is not the only place to have influenced her. In her singing she originally drew on the folklore of her culture, carefully collecting it's traditional songs via oral history, but soon opened herself up to other styles. She was influenced by the musical traditions of India, the Arab world and Central Asia and later came to blues and ever freer jazz. However, new music became increasingly important to her and she began to feel at home and understood in Zurich's eclectic free music scene. Turkoz recorded her album "Kumuska" with the American composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp (b. 1951), the great artist of the world of electric, metallic, raw sounds as well as complex and groovy rhythms. By now they are trusted partners, having known each other since the 1990's and first recorded together on the album Marmara Sea. Jazz critic Manfred Papst writes in the liner notes: "Saadet Turkoz is a charismatic shaman certainly, but not the pompous kind. She has a sense of humour, and even when her head is in the clouds, her feet are on the ground. The words and sounds illuminate daily life. "

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 NYC 03:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    NYC
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  2. 2 Kumuska 04:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kumuska
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  3. 3 Avdaruv 07:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Avdaruv
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  4. 4 Koshkel 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    Koshkel
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  5. 5 Sakav 05:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sakav
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  6. 6 Üyüm 05:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Üyüm
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  7. 7 Kamir 08:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Kamir
    Duration
    08:58
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  8. 8 Kök 03:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Kök
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp
  9. 9 Bala 04:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    Bala
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Elliott Sharp
    Performer
    Saadet Turkoz, Elliott Sharp