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Orient Expressions has to date been featured on various compilations with such tracks as Istanbul 1:26 AM and the Kurdish tune Dera Sor (sung by Aynur Doğan). The Alevi influence is much in evidence with a good number of the tracks featuring female vocalists in both Turkish and Kurdish. Among the tunes is Duaz Imam, performed by the internationally renowned folk artist Sabahat Akkiraz. It is expected that this album will excite interest both in Turkey and abroad with its new approach to an Anatolian-electro endeavour.
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[edit] About
Orient Expressions is not about just sampling it in, as all the tracks, with the various vocalists and instrumentation, are recorded in vitro. Based in Istanbul this triumvirate seeks to accelerate its creative immersion in the sounds of the City and Turkey and will be addressing the creative flow of this relatively under-explored electro synthesis.
[edit] Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | 01:25 |
| 2 | Ehmedo | 05:40 |
| 3 | İstanbul 1:26 AM | 06:38 |
| 4 | Duaz İmam | 04:41 |
| 5 | Dera Sor | 06:53 |
| 6 | Kerkük Divanı | 05:36 |
| 7 | Interlude | 02:22 |
| 8 | Dünya | 04:15 |
| 9 | Beats Of Pera | 06:42 |
| 10 | Lodos | 06:51 |
| 11 | S.O.S. | 06:15 |
| 12 | Taken Live | 06:15 |
| 13 | Outro | 00:48 |
[edit] Credits
Orient Expressions:
DJ Yakuza: General Conjurer, switchman, texturizer and always ‘right’ at the end.
Richard Hamer: woodwinds bellow, melodic/harmonic, contour keeper and nuts and bolts operator,
Cem Yıldız: Melodizer and troubadour of the dawn of new tradition, string cartographer, voracious studio-take consumer and Shepard of the endless solo With;
Murat Uncuoğlu: Sound polisher, beat- approver/Chooser, This-works-when-we’ve-tried-everything-guy, chocolate-powered keeper of the sound
Guest Performances By; Sabahat Akkiraz (“Duaz İmam”), Aynur Doğan (“Ehmedo”, “Dera Sor”), Adile Yadırgı (“Kerkük Divanı”), Dilek Yıldız (“Beats Of Pera”), Saadet Sezgi Olgaç (“S.O.S.”), Jamshit Adibi (“Lodos”
Producer- Orient Expressions
Executive Producer- Mehmet C. Garan
Recorded At; Miracleworkz ‘Home Sweet Home’ Studios & Orient Expressions Tünel Studios by
Orient Expressions & Murat Uncuoğlu, June 2003
Mixed At; Miracleworkz ‘Home Sweet Home’ Studios by Murat Uncuoğlu, October 2003
Mastered At; Calyx Studios, Berlin by Bo Kondren, December 2003
Graphic Design By; Altuğ Yıldız
Photographs By; Gökay Sarıöz
