Kanun Music

Tahir Aydoğdu Was born in Istanbul in 1959 and in 1983 he graduated from the Physİcs Department of the Middle East Technical University (O.D.T.Ü). During this period he was involved with the Hacettepe University Music Society, the Ankara Turkish Music Society, the Ministry of Youth and Sports music program and the O.D.T.Ü. Turkish Music Chorus. He recieved his fırst musical training from his father, Gültekin Aydoğdu.

Ibn Battuta, dubbed the traveler of Islam, was a Moroccan scholar who at the age of 21 began a series of travels that eventually covered all of the Muslim world and several lands beyond. He traversed the Middle East, making the pilgrimage to Mecca and seeing the other great capitals of the region; traveled to what was then El Andalus in Spain and along the Mediterranean coast; recorded the glories of the Byzantine empire in its later stages; traveled to India, where he was appointed the Sultan's ambassador to China and described that culture as well…

Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Dance For Peace (Sufi Selections)
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC (tracks): 428 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Z.E.T. Muzik # CLZ-CD 201106 | Country/Year: Turkey 2011
Genre: World Music | Style: Oriental, Sufi

…Omar Faruk’s music is rooted in tradition, but has been influenced by contemporary sounds. He views his approach as “cosmic” and his commitment to music runs deep. The four corners of his creativity emanates mysticism, folklore, romance, and imagination. Like Omar Faruk himself, his music symbolizes diversity-in-unity.

‘Fertile Paradoxes’ is the new studio album from two Tunisian brothers, Amine & Hamza M'raihi. Both are masters of the oud and kanun respectively, the two major instruments of Arabic classical music. ‘Fertile Paradoxes’ is steeped in global rhythms spanning from their homeland in Tunisia to Switzerland where Amine and Hamza currently reside, tour and record. ‘Fertile Paradoxes’ is a classy exploration into time-honoured traditions with new dimensions, across eight tracks of carefully selected dynamic collaborations. The album runs close to seventy minutes of airplay; the shortest track is ‘Letter to God’ at 7:31 and the longest being ‘Spleen’ at 10.49.