Disclaimer: We are releasing this album to show our support for our friends and some of the key figures behind Jrpjej's distinctive sound - Diana Kulova and Alan Sheudzhen. Everything is going well for them - they recently welcomed a beautiful daughter. With this release, we want to share in their joy and celebrate the years of collaboration, the countless miles traveled, and the heaps of inappropriate humor (coming from us). Below, we've provided Diana and Alan's contact details - feel free to send them your best wishes.

Back in 2021, when the coronavirus pandemic lseemed like the worst nightmare, casting a shadow over life, Ored Recordings, alongside Jrpjej and Zaur Nagoev, embarked on their inaugural international tour to the Netherlands.

Today, we look back on that period as one of the brightest chapters in the label's and the band's history - a time of voyages, strolls, responsive audience, and the genuine delight of provincial Circassians who ventured on an actual European tour.

Yet, reminiscing about all the meticulous groundwork with documents and logistics, it wasn't the simplest of journeys.

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01 Mezguaş

Quedzoque Tole Tsik'u (Song about Tole Kodzoko) is one of the first songs that we prepared for the "Şefitse" album. It is a gybze or lamentation of a soldier who is dying in a trench. The historical context of the song varies depending on its version. Folklorist Madina Pashtova encountered it in Turkey as a song from the time of the First World War. Often, it goes by a different but similar name - Altedokwe Dolet Tsik’u (Davlet Altudokov's song). Our friends from the Circassian diaspora in Syria say that it is popular there, particularly as Quedzoque Tole.

In the village of Lesken, in Kabardino-Balkaria, we came across it as a song from the Second World War. The version performed by Jrpjej was originally recorded in Syria. We also believe that this text is about a soldier from the Second World War. This is indirectly indicated by the Russian words "samoliot" (airplane) and "kirushke" (mug) in the text and the Russian names "Alyosha" and "Lyuda," which appeared in the Circassian environment during Soviet times.

In traditional Adyghe music, the melody, tune, and even key lines of one song sometimes merge into another. Dance melodies are derived from the epic of Nart Sosruko, and the motifs of an 18th-century song "Kabardian Night Attack" are used to compose songs from the Second World War. It seems that Tole Tsik'u is a similar case.

Jrpjej - Quedzoque Tole Ts​ı​k​’​u (Single) - 01 Quedzoque Tole Ts​ı​k​’​u (Single Version)

Guabzheguesch

Umyletezh

Ukemyklue si dezh

Synypkhuozesh

Si pse

Si guhel shekhu

Psem i nykue

Pschere

Kheue, kheue

Gaschlem i uered

Черим Нехушев Уэркъ Пшъашъа [Instrumental]

Nalmes Zığelhat-Зыгъэлъат HQ-2024

Мазэ Пшыналъэ Гуп - Медальон - Адыгэ Уэредыж

Шэрэтӏым

Mert, bürgerlich Mert Aksoylu, wurde am 4. November 2005 in Hamburg, Deutschland, geboren. Er ist ein Akkordeonist mit türkischen Wurzeln aus Nigde und ist auch unter dem Namen PişinawaMert bekannt.

Merts musikalische Karriere begann im Jahr 2016, als er seinen Künstlerkanal auf YouTube gründete und Musikvideos veröffentlichte. Anfänglich konzentrierte sich Mert auf Akkordeon-Musikvideos aus dem Kaukasus und teilte Werke von Künstlern wie Cherim Nakhushev, Betal Ivanov und Blan Jalouqa. Sein einzigartiger Stil und seine kreative Herangehensweise brachten ihm Anerkennung und eine wachsende Fangemeinde.

Mert ist auch auf Spotify unter dem Namen PişinawaMert vertreten, wodurch seine Musik einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich wird.

Şeşen (2021)
Guehgu Zhyzheh (2021)
Laperise (Remix) (2021)

New tracks tagged #Adige