Brian Keane / Omar Faruk Tekbilek: Beyond the Sky
Brian Keane / Omar Faruk Tekbilek: Beyond the Sky
表演者: Brian Keane/Hadji Tekbilek/Omar Faruk Tekbilek
专辑类型: CD
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 1992-11-03
唱片数: 1
出版者: Celestial Harmonies
条形码: 0013711304725
专辑简介
阿拉伯风情的newage音乐，神秘、悠远。宁静中蕴藏着激情，狂躁中不失温婉。
the project
The soulful and spirited music of Beyond the Sky transports the listener to exotic regions of the Mediterranean, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa. This collaboration brings back the symbiotic duo of Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek, along with three other remarkable musicians. Together, they navigate a timeless path of mystery, excitement and energy, dense with the imagery of an ancient landscape.
The exceptional interaction of the musicians produce a spontaneous emotion, on both the original pieces they wrote for this recording, and the traditional Middle Eastern melodies they adapted. There is a good deal of improvisation, based on modal and rhythmic cues, updating standard tunes perhaps a thousand years old. Amidst the Middle Eastern harmonies, the listener catches whiffs of Moroccan and even Afro–Cuban styles. Beyond the Sky weaves a Middle Eastern fusion of cultural influences.
the artists
Together again are music producer, composer, synthesist, and virtuoso guitarist Brian Keane, and Middle Eastern master musician and multi–instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek. A man of vast expertise, Tekbilek started early, performing in his native Turkey by age twelve, and studied under some of the greatest Turkish musicians. He now lives in New York, not only playing a wide variety of instruments, but building many himself. Brian also began his professional career at age twelve. His virtuosity on the guitar has made him popular as a soloist, and he has shared the stage with many performers, such as Larry Coryell, Paco de Lucia, and others. With Beyond the Sky, Keane and Tekbilek have created an even more adventurous follow–up to their two critically acclaimed recordings Süleyman the Magnificent (13023) and Fire Dance (13032).
They are joined on this recording by three outstanding musicians. Ara Dinkjian is one of the world's foremost performers on the oud, a guitar–like instrument. The son of a popular Armenian singer, Dinkjian began performing as a boy, and went on to earn a degree from Hartt School of Music in the United States. Arto Tuncboyaciyan is a native Armenian percussionist who also began performing as a child. Joining the project in his debut recording is a bright new talent, Hassan Isikkut, a dazzling performer on the kanun, a Middle Eastern harp–like instrument.
Beyond the Sky is the third and finest of the collaborations between Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek and American guitarist, producer, and composer Brian Keane. This time out, they were inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci's film, The Sheltering Sky, based on Paul Bowles's novel. The arrangements are lusher, the moods are deeper, and Tekbilek's playing is more soulful than ever on this evocative and emotionally charged recording. Even more than Ryuichi Sakamoto's score for The Sheltering Sky does, this music calls up images of the North African desert, the spiraling minarets of Islamic mosques, and the heat of Middle Eastern sensuality.
The two musicians are joined on this album by three other great players. Ara Dinkjian plays the oud and Arto Tuncboyaci is a master of Middle Eastern percussion. Both of these Armenian musicians were members of the group Night Ark. Also climbing aboard this caravan is Hassan Isikkut, a Turkish master of the kanun, a zither instrument. With Keane's subtle synthesizer arrangements, the music is exhilarating in its rhythmic intensity and virtuoso showmanship on a track such as "Imaginary Traveler," and searing and sensual in its spiritual passion on "Kolyami." --John Diliberto
曲目
Keane, Brian
1. Beyond the Sky 00:04:40
2. Imaginary Traveler 00:06:08
Isikkut, Hassan
3. Kolaymi 00:05:16
Tekbilek, Omar Faruk
4. Bridge 00:05:36
Traditional
5. Chargah Sirto 00:02:33
6. Your love is my cure 00:06:58
7. Selemet 00:06:08
8. Nighttime 00:06:03
9. Strange little corner 00:02:18
10. Siseler 00:03:49
Livaneli,
11. Sweet trouble 00:05:40
Keane, Brian / Tekbilek, Omar Faruk
Tekbilek, Omar Faruk - lyricist(s)
12. Al Fatiha 00:03:20