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Aynur
Keçe Kurdan (Kalan)
$16.99
Spanish edition, notes in Turkish and Spanish
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Keçe Kurdan
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Aynur seems set to become Turkey's first Kurdish singing star with a mainly Kurdish repertoire. In style and approach - she puts on a great show and cheerfully adds eclectic elements to her music - she bears closer comparison with Greek artists like Savina Yannatou than with Turkish singers such as Sezen Aksu, although Aynur is of course indebted to Aksu's work in popularising the music of Turkey's minorities.
Keçe Kurdan consists of both traditional and original pieces composed by Aynur and others. Although various folk instruments are used, the arrangement and production are modern and recall the work of Kardes Türkuler in the manner in which traditional tunes, instruments and aesthetics are merged with elements of rock and even jazz. The sound is strong, quite bassy and infectiously percussive, all of which provide the perfect backdrop for Aynur's robust yet flexible voice. For me the mix is most effective when, as on the title track, the modern instruments and production work closest with powerful traditional elements such as zurna, voice and percussion. There is an implicit energy, sometimes anger, at the heart of some Kurdish folk music that somehow makes it especially amenable to Aynur's approach. This production is aimed at a wider audience than is usually the case for folk music and both Aynur and Kalan deserve whatever commercial success the project brings them. The significance of the emergence of a Kurdish star at the heart of the Turkish music industry will not be lost on anyone with an interest in Turkish music. - Chris Williams, fRoots |
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