Here's something a little different. This mix is a kind of tribute to Mercan Dede's last album 800, released on the 800th birthday of the Sufi poet Rumi. It layers the lush organic instrumentals of that album over a diverse range of deep bass music. For fans of both melodic forward thinking electronic beats and eastern influenced musicianship; this one will definitely benefit from some good speakers. 

From Mercan Dede's biography:
"Mercan Dede believes that when you put digital, electronic sounds together with hand-made, human ones, you can create universal language, capable of uniting old and young, ancient and modern, East and West. This contrast between electronica and classical or folkloric arts cuts to the core of the Sufi philosophy that guides this one-of-a-kind artist. 'Those things are not really separate,' says Dede. 'The essence of Sufism is counterpoint. Everything exists with its opposite. On one side, I am doing electronic music. The other side of that is this really acoustic, traditional music.' "

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Tracklist:
.:01 Blue Mosque Call to Prayer (Recording)
.:02 Sam KDC - Symbol 3.2
.:03 Mercan Dede - Bilinmezin Elçileri
.:04 ASC - Fulcrum
.:05 Mercan Dede - Güneş Doğudan Doğar
.:06 Jaybee and Native - The Search
.:07 Mercan Dede - Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler, Ali Baba ve Kırk Haramilere Karşı
.:08 Infinia - Spaces
.:09 Mercan Dede - Nerdesin
.:10 Kalya Scintilla - Shimmer
.:11 Mercan Dede - Kanatlar Kitabi
.:12 Distance - Skys Alight
.:13 Mercan Dede - Tutsak
.:14 Blue Motion - The Path Unwalked
.:15 Mercan Dede - Denizkızı İlahisi
.:16 Method One - Symbol 5.2
.:17 Mercan Dede - 800
.:18 Circus of Mind - Hyperbolic Platitudes / Gennectikazoink
.:19 Mercan Dede - Mercanistan
.:20 Setspeed - Komu
.:21 Mercan Dede - Yol Geçen Hanı
.:22 Bonobo - Don't Wait
.:23 Mercan Dede - Istanbul
.:24 Rowl - Organic
.:25 Salmonella Dub - Dub Survivor
.:26 Blue Mosque Call to Prayer (Recording)

Mercan Dede 800 Mix

Sufi Dub

Faraualla - Rumelaj

Tuning into new potentials

faran ensemble | orient music | anna rf

Sona Jobarteh - Mamamuso

Özgür Baba, Halime, Serap, Fatih (Yalova)

Oceanvs Orientalis  - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2016
Fazıl Say - Black Earth Op. 08

Oceanvs Orientalis / Fazıl Say - Black Earth ( Burning Man 2016 )

Kerneke

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Altai Kai (Turkic Throat Singing)

Welcoming a new member to the Halaken family, Turkish duo Ikaru breathes new life into one of Mercan Dede's earliest works, 'Dream of Shams' from his ‘Sufi Dreams’ album of 1999. Inspired by Dede’s stewardship of world music and traditional Eastern sounds into the electronic realm, the young trio carry the torch as part of a new generation of Middle Eastern producers, adding their own unique voice. Their reimagination is a fusion of the spirit of the original score, the voice of the electric guitar and the fresh power of synthesizers. 

The story manifests itself as an illumination in the darkest of times, and realizes an intimate and unique understanding of Shams al-Tabrizi's dream. It reveals the connection between two seemingly distant but inherently unified stories: Rûmi and Shams. As one of the most distinguished stories of companionship and love, they unite in the Dance of the Sufî -semâ- as they follow each other in an unstoppable and ecstatic oscillation of light and dark, dream and reality, yin and yang. 

This is an invitation to overcome and accept what we're all living through. In Rûmi's words, "there is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it'.

Follow Ikaru:
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Mercan Dede - Dream Of Shams (Ikaru Rework)[HAL004]

Tuning into new potentials

Elif 🪬