Brian Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Beyond The Sky

Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 23 Sep 2011 06:08:07 | Comments : 1 |

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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."

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Track Listing
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[01]. Beyond The Sky
[02]. Imaginary Traveler
[03]. Kolaymi
[04]. Bridge
[05]. Chargah Sirto
[06]. Your Love Is My Cure
[07]. Selement
[08]. Nighttime
[09]. Strange Little Corner
[10]. Siseler
[11]. Sweet Trouble
[12]. Al Fatiha