 'Sufisticated'
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Sufi lounge music
Fuat Talay's debut album, ‘Sufisticated’, presents a well-balanced mix between traditional Turkish-Oriental melodies and modern, electronica beats wrapped in an ambient soundscape
Latest news
November 2008: Fuat Talay and Mashti's album ‘Sufisticated’ was nominated – and was on the shortlist of five nominees – for the Danish World Awards 2008.
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Reviews and articles
A PASSIONATE HYBRID
Review in the Danish magazine Frivilligbladet 03:2008
By Sussi Steenberg Kristensen
"Bag navnene Fuat Talay og Mashtis gemmer der sig to mænd med forskellig musikalsk og national baggrund, men med en tydelig fælles lidenskab for lyde og samspil.
Fuat, der af politiske grunde ikke kan bo i sit fædreland Tyrkiet, udgør den traditionelle tyrkiske halvdel af duoen, mens Mashtis med det borgerlige navn Mads Norheim arbejder i krydsfeltet mellem elektronisk og akustisk og traditionel musik. Et krydsfelt, som 'Sufisticated' befinder sig lige midt i.
De to har fået hjælp af en stribe musikere og sangere, der alle bidrager til at skabe denne hybrid af nyt og gammelt, hvisken og råb og øst og vest.
Fuat synger på de fleste af sangene med en stemme, der er så rummelig, stærk og sårbar, at den kan fortælle historier på et sprog, man ikke forstår, blot ved hjælp af sit udtryk og diktion. 'Sufisticated' er en lang fortælling om kærlighed og længsel, håb og savn, og møder mellem kulturer, mennesker og lyde.
Kamp eller samspil?
Mange af de brugte instrumenter har ikke blot en musisk-æstetisk værdi, men er så sandelig også en oplevelse for øjet. Jeg vil klart anbefale, at man kigger på billeder af de anvendte slagtøjs-, blæse- og strengeinstrumenter, mens man lytter til 'Sufisticated', så man kan opnå en helhedsoplevelse på trods af, at man måske ikke forstår teksterne."
THE MUSIC NO ONE MUST HEAR
Article in the Danish newspaper MetroXpress
By Line Felholt
"I Danmark kan de spille deres musik, som de vil. I deres hjemlande er det en anden snak. I aften kan du høre musikken, der udløser tortur, fængsel og undertrykkelse..."
Read the article in metroxpress.dk (in Danish language)
About Fuat Talay
Fuat Talay has played and sung Anatolian folk music since the age of 10. JHe has been touring around the world. In the later years he has played baglama (saz) with artists such as the Kurdish singer Sivan Perwer, the diva of Turkish folk music Sebahar Akkiraz, and the Danish-Iraqi singer Aida Nadeem's band Arabtronic.
In cooperation with Efkar Ensemble in Sweden, he released the album ' Back to Anatolia' with the record company Caprice Records. Furthermore he has participated as organiser and has played saz on numerous albums.
Political unrest along with the lack of fredom of speech in Turkey forced him to abandon his native country, which he still cannot return to.
Video
See a video interview with Fuat Talay and excerpt from a performance with Fuat Talay and Mashti on freemuse.org
Links
• Read a profile of Fuat Talay (in Danish language) on bazart.dk
• Read an article about Fuat Talay's experiences in Turkey on freemuse.org in both English and Danish language.
• Fuat Talay's profile on myspace.com/fuattalay
• Fuat Talay's profile on facebook.com
About Mashti
Mashti (real name: Mads Nordheim) is a Norwegian composer, producer and DJ, based and workning out of Copenhagen in Denmark. Over the last decades he has been workning with electronic music and combinding the electronic style with the acustic and old traditional music from different parts of the world such as India, Iran and Turkey.
Listen to the music
Listen to Fuat Talay's songs on MySpace.com
Photos
See photos collected on myspace.com
High resolution photos, free for use in articles that are related to Fuat Talay, can be optained by contacting info@mildrecords.com
Album info
 Album title: ‘Sufisticated’
Artist name: Fuat Talay
Genre: cross-over, soundtrack, ambient, jazz, folk, traditional, world
Catalogue number: MILDDS002
Bar code (UPC/EAN):
ISCR code DK:
Price code DK: PK64
Album release DK: April 2008
Album release international:
Published by: The artist
Distribution DK: Mild Records, www.mildrecords.com
Distribution international:
Online digital distribution DK:
Online digital distribution international:
Track info
Duration:
1. Pirimi Gördüm (5:33)
2. Ask (7:23)
3. Bir Güzelin Asigiyam (4:35)
4. Bitliste Bes Minare (5:37)
5. Sufisticated (4:37)
6. Özlem (5:18)
7. Beni Aglatirsan (4:47)
8. Umut (5:35)
9. Larki He (5:54)
Album total duration: 50 minutes.
Credits
1. Pirimi Gördüm
2. Ask
3. Bir Güzelin Asigiyam
4. Bitliste Bes Minare
5. Sufisticated
6. Özlem
7. Beni Aglatirsan
8. Umut
9. Larki He
Musicians
Fuat Talay: Baglama (saz) and vocals
Mashti: Keyboards and computer, production
Cahit Ece: Flute and wind instruments – kaval and balaban
Ole Theill: tablas
Ali Zekeriya: kemane – a kind of violin
How to get hold of the album
In Denmark
• The 'Sufisticated' CD-album can be obtained by sending an e-mail with name and address to info@mildrecords.com paying DKK 149.00 + 25.00 = DKK 174.00 to bank account 1199-0012179057 in Danske Bank (giro account giro account 1-217-9057 if you go to the post office) for postage within Denmark.
If you represent a library, a shop or a store, then contact us to hear about our discounts.
Netbanking
Account number: 1199-0012179057
Outside Denmark
the figure is 28 euro, including postage. Read more about international payments here.
 Contact
E-mail: info@mildrecords.com
Snail mail address:
Mild Records
Kongelundsvej 98 E
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
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