Rewi means traveller in Kurdish.
The music describes the migration situation that occurs after wars.
The fear, loss, resistance, hope and searching for peace.
Music by Ferhad Feyssal & Hozan Peyal
Musicians 
Classic Guitar: FerhadFeyssal 
Buzuki: Hozan Peyal 
Percussions: Tarik Aslan 
Electro Guitar: Onur Özçelik

Rewi

Lead single "Axir Zemana" from Danûk's upcoming album Morîk, out on May 19, 2023 via Omni Sound. 

All Bandcamp digital and physical pre-sale proceeds will be donated to DOZ e. V. to fundraise for victims of the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquakes.

Morîk Pre-Sale: https://omnisoundlabel.bandcamp.com/album/mor-k

Danûk, a group of exiled Middle Eastern musicians come together on Morîk to reignite a shared consciousness of the value of homeland through the rediscovery of centuries-old sounds. Danûk manifests archived phonograph recordings of Kurdish folklore and wedding songs that have been preserved in wax cylinders and discs for more than a hundred years in The Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv and The Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, into phenomenal auditory icons of profound cultural heritage and identity. The album was produced by Michael League (Snarky Puppy) with the support of the British Arts Council, in 5-time Grammy Award-winning League's Studio 20.  Morîk will be out on Omni Sound on May 19, 2023


Morîk, the band’s debut album, is a flawless, rhythmic homage that resurrects a treasured past at the axis of the present and future. Made by Austrian and German explorers at the start of the 20th century, sounds of a Syrian priest singing in Jerusalem (“Axir Zemana” , “Lo Lo Li Mino”) Kurdish shepherds’ songs, and locals singing Kurdish folklore in Sendshirli excavated sites (present-day Turkey) (“Xelîlo Lawo”,  “Lê  Lê  Mi Go”), are recomposed, giving new life to the aural aesthetics of a multicultural time and place. Four songs adapted from the wax cylinder and disc recordings and five traditional Kurdish folklore and wedding songs (“De Çêkin”, “Finciko”, “Şewqo”, “Girê Sîra”, “Lo Şivano”) transmit an aural experience of inflexible symbolism. Morîk, meaning pearl, resonates with the band’s discovery of light and meaning from what might have been forgotten.

Credits: 

Producer: Michael League

Recording engineer: Michael League

Mixing: Michael League

Mastering: Grant Livesay

Composer: Anonymous

Arrangement: Michael League & Danûk

Cover Art: Zeycan Alkış

Graphic Design: Ulaş Eryavuz

Archival Music Research by Maria del Mar Marais

Video: Selin Ünsel

Recording Musicians:

Ferhad Feyssal: Vocals

Hozan Peyal: Buzuki, Electric Saz

Tarik Aslan: Def, Bendir, Dahol, Darbuka, Raq, Bombo Legüero, Vocals

Yazan Ibrahim: Flamenco Guitar, Electric Guitar

Ronas Sheikhmous: Bilur, Mey, Zurna

Michael League: Acoustic bass guitar, Def


2023 Omni Sound LLC, All rights reserved 

www.omnisound.co

Danûk - Axir Zemana

Second single "De Çekin" from Danûk's upcoming album Morîk, out on May 19, 2023 via Omni Sound. 

All Bandcamp digital and physical pre-sale proceeds will be donated to DOZ e. V. to fundraise for victims of the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquakes.

Morîk Pre-Sale: https://omnisoundlabel.bandcamp.com/a...

De Çêkin
Let’s make, let’s make, my madness, 
Let’s make the arbor, my poor thing. 
Let’s make, let’s make, my madness, let’s make the arbor.
Dress the arbor for my love with rose petals
Dress arbor for my delicate one with rose leaves.
Bring my pretty rose from Amêdiyê
Bring my young rose from Amêdiyê
I will sacrifice the craziest one for my beloved
I will sacrifice anyone for my beloved.

Build the arbor with spring roses, my poor thing Build the arbor with spring roses.

Cover the arbor with the wishes of the beloved and friends. 
Cover the arbor for my delicate one with pomegranate flowers.
My madness, I will kiss your earlobes, my poor thing
My madness, I will kiss your earlobes.

Make the arbor, my madness, from Badînan roses, my poor thing
Make the arbor, my madness, from Badînan roses
Bring the dress of my gorgeous love from Amêdiyê, my poor thing
Bring the dress of my gorgeous love from Amêdiyê
I will kiss my love with beauty and softness, my poor thing, 
I will kiss my love with beauty and softness.

Danûk, a group of exiled Middle Eastern musicians come together on Morîk to reignite a shared consciousness of the value of homeland through the rediscovery of centuries-old sounds. Danûk manifests archived phonograph recordings of Kurdish folklore and wedding songs that have been preserved in wax cylinders and discs for more than a hundred years in The Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv and The Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, into phenomenal auditory icons of profound cultural heritage and identity. The album was produced by Michael League (Snarky Puppy) with the support of the British Arts Council, in 5-time Grammy Award-winning League's Studio 20. 

 Morîk will be out on Omni Sound on May 19, 2023 Morîk, the band’s debut album, is a flawless, rhythmic homage that resurrects a treasured past at the axis of the present and future. Made by Austrian and German explorers at the start of the 20th century, sounds of a Syrian priest singing in Jerusalem (“Axir Zemana” , “Lo Lo Li Mino”) Kurdish shepherds’ songs, and locals singing Kurdish folklore in Sendshirli excavated sites (present-day Turkey) (“Xelîlo Lawo”, “Lê Lê Mi Go”), are recomposed, giving new life to the aural aesthetics of a multicultural time and place. Four songs adapted from the wax cylinder and disc recordings and five traditional Kurdish folklore and wedding songs (“De Çêkin”, “Finciko”, “Şewqo”, “Girê Sîra”, “Lo Şivano”) transmit an aural experience of inflexible symbolism. Morîk, meaning pearl, resonates with the band’s discovery of light and meaning from what might have been forgotten. 

Credits:
Producer: Michael League 
Recording engineer: Michael League 
Mixing: Michael League Mastering: Grant Livesay 
Composer: Anonymous Arrangement: Michael League & Danûk 
Cover Art: Zeycan Alkış 
Graphic Design: Ulaş Eryavuz 
Archival Music Research by Maria del Mar Marais 
Video: Selin Ünsel 

Recording Musicians: 
Ferhad Feyssal: Vocals 
Hozan Peyal: Buzuki, Electric Saz 
Tarik Aslan: Def, Bendir, Dahol, Darbuka, Raq, Bombo Legüero, Vocals 
Yazan Ibrahim: Flamenco Guitar, Electric Guitar 
Ronas Sheikhmous: Bilur, Mey, Zurna 
Michael League: Acoustic bass guitar, Def 

2023 Omni Sound LLC, All rights reserved 
www.omnisound.co

Danûk - De Çêkin

Happy Release Day! Danûk’s debut album, Omni Sound's 2nd release "Morîk" is out today! A group of musicians brought together by their common love for traditional Kurdish music founded in exile in Istanbul in 2015, Danûk are inspired by music discovered in phonogram archives in Berlin and Vienna of folk and wedding songs of Kurdish culture; they bring these ancient sounds recorded in obsolete format into the present day. The themes of exile and home are woven throughout the album, reflecting the experience of displacement and the search for cultural identity in a world divided by political borders. By reclaiming access to century-old recordings stored in museum archives in Europe, Danûk is empowering themselves and their culture by preserving and disseminating the pearls of their musical heritage. 

"Produced by Michael League (Snarky Puppy), Danûk's music is a search for their origins and for their belonging to a history greater than their own - looking back, not forgetting the foundations of a threatened culture, trying to ensure that the future is not synonymous with obliteration." - Festival Material 

Head over to our link in our bio to stream and purchase Morîk! 


Credits: 

Producer: Michael League

Recording engineer: Michael League

Mixing: Michael League

Mastering: Grant Livesay 

Composer: Anonymous

Arrangement: Michael League & Danûk

Cover Art: Zeycan Alkış (@zeycanalkis)

Graphic Design: Ulaş Eryavuz (@ulase)

Archival Music Research by Maria del Mar Marais

Danûk - Xelîlo Law

Danûk - Finciko

Danûk - Şewqo

Danûk - Lo Lo Limino

Danûk - Girê Sîra

Danûk - Lê Lê Migo

Danûk - Lo Şivano

Zingil a song made by ciwan haco and recomposed by Danûk

Danûk - Zingil

Old traditional kurdish song recomposed by Danûk

Danûk - Çoxê Mino

Song By Seîd Yûsiv 
rearranged by Danuk

Danûk - Mala We Li Cem Mala Me Ye/ Said Yusuf

Danûk -Mîr Mistefa Beg/ez xelefim

Dıstrem

DANUK MIXABIN

We are a group of young musicians who share their love for Kurdish folk music. With the concept of “music everywhere” we want to spread our music and culture across all borders. We remix our childhood songs to send the message of happiness and peace.

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