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Confusion is good sometimes. It’s a way to start thinking about whatever you are confused about. This is what Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions do since 2008. They managed to fire the stages all across the world: from New York to Istanbul, from Paris to Sao Paolo, from London to Skopje... Questions they spread all these years where like: are they really turkish? is this really jazz? doesn’t it sound like a rock band? how come a jazz ensemble can really be like a band? How can they be so able to jam with any musician they meet on stage? And so on...
It’s a simple fact Ilhan Ersahin, being one of the rare moguls of New York City underground scene via his club and record label (nublu), is traveling all around the world. It’s possible to see him jamming with Red Hot Chili Peppers in Sao Paolo, featuring Bugge Wesseltoft in Blue Note Tokyo and/or playing a beautiful oriental set with turkish gypsies in an elegant concert hall somewhere in Europe. His newyorker energy is with him all the time.
How about Istanbul Sessions then? It’s a summary of all you read above. Master level musicianship meets a high eclecticism where the cliché of “east-to-west crossover” finds its true sense and power.
A session is a meeting of a deliberative body to conduct its business. In this case, the business is music, and the music is another heavyweight long player from Ilhan Ersahin & crew.
Upon listening to the record for the first time, one word overrides every other emotion and devours the mind: Cinema.
More specifically, “cinematic.” Ersahin’s sax sounds like it was recorded in the fucking Alps. Or in the sweeping sand dunes and Oasis’s of the Middle East. It’s just that W I D E. On “Falling,” Ersahin’s sax is practically 3-dimensional. Double tracked and bathed in a healthy dose of reverb, the saxophone and rhythm of the band evoke a story-like narrative. From the mad-man trills strewn throughout the track, to the soaring, almost stadium anthem chorus. Clearly, it’s all about the (s)axe, and Ilhan Ersahin is YOUR axeman.
History has a tendency to repeat itself, and for the third time ‘round, East meets West once again. And the results are more satisfying than that mammoth inter-racial orgy you’re always fantasizing of. Through Ersahin’s playing, you can hear the ghostly echoes of dead, pre-war jazz greats behind his frenzy-inducing saxophone playing. You can also hear the Siren’s call, the brooding beauty of the shrouded mystery that is the Desert. Devilishly hot and bothered, the dry night air caresses your face, stirring a primal urge that excites as you step out into the glow of the Turkish metropolis. An Istanbul session, awaits.

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Ilhan Ersahin - tenor saxophone 
Alp Ersönmez - bass
Turgut Alp Bekoglu - drums 
Izzet Kizil - percussion
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“highly distinctive new sound that connects the dense modal funk of Miles Davis' Agartha group with middle-eastern melodies and spikes it with a potent shot of dub electronics.”
Jon Newey, JAZZWISE
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"If Radiohead was playing jazz, they would sound like this" -
Erik Truffaz
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“★ ★ ★ ★” - Mondomix
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"Hear this! Jazz has changed form" - Le Monde
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LINKS:
• http://ilhanersahin.net/istanbul-sessions/ 
• facebook.com/istanbulsessions
• soundcloud.com/ilhanersahin
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MANAGEMENT: Reha Öztunalı +90 537 437 54 32

02 Sariyer

Led by drummer / multi-instrumentalist Max Weissenfeldt (The Whitefield Brothers, The Poets of Rhythm, The Polyversal Souls) and Peruvian guitarist Alex Mendoza, this new studio ensemble takes it’s cues from Max’s experience under several different band variations that have explored Late-60’s Funk & Soul, West African Rhythms, Ethiopian Grooves and now, for the first time on record, Afro-Peruvian Cumbia. Alex Mendoza’s quintessentially Peruvian style psychedelic guitar licks lay a sabor never heard before onto Max's typically raw and funky percussion style. It’s another notch in an increasingly diversified portfolio for Max.


Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo - Bu - Ga - Luz

Portishead - Roads (editremix)

Cyril Morin -  Ushna and Jalan ( KAANG Edit )

Guitar 3 Voices 27.01.2017

Nym - Et Moi

Alien,

DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?1tcsax1j844wj6x

Missy Elliot - 4 My People (marenberg edit)

Oi Va Voi's song Yuri remixed by The Dallas Guild in 2007

OI VA VOI - Yuri - The Dallas Guild Remix

Step into the Tuareg tent and sit back in the soft glow of the dancing oil lamps. Take a deep breath and let the incense fumes numb your body and blur your vision. Stand up bare feet on the rugs, and let the bewitching beats guide you.
Release some steam by stepping out into the crisp night and continue your ballet looking up at the cosmos!
It is now time to lay down comfortably and enjoy the night sky in some snug attire, awaiting to surrender to the Sandman's Sprinkle.

This is just a suggestion, you could also be crunching abs, riding Sandrita or washing dishes, for all I care!
A selection for your soul and for all circumstances
Bakawrk!

Nym - Et Moi

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