Gazi Peker's debut album, ‘Kismet’, sounds like a film-soundtrack which crosses borders between countries, cultures and traditions
Gazi Peker is a Kurd from Turkey living in Denmark, and as such the first Kurdish-Turkish artist in the country who produces electronic music.
In early 2008 he released his debut CD entitled ‘Kismet’. The music is in the electronica and ambient genre with an ethnic dimension, produced as a soundtrack album for a screen play by the same name.
‘Kismet’ was a one-man project, but also involved guest musicians such as Sivan Perwer, John Villadsen, Aynur Peker, Sven Pors, and others.
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March 2009: The track ‘Thunder Break’ from Gazi Peker's album ‘Kismet’ is published on the international compilation album "Made In Turkey Vol.4", among renowned Turkish artists such as Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Funda Arar, Ajda Pekken, Eylem, Zeynep Dizdar, Yeni Turku, Husnu Seslendirici, and Kenan Dogulu.
8 December 2008: Two of Gazi Peker's tracks are to be included on the next album from the famous and high-quality German label for compilation albums, Lolas World Records: ‘Thunder Break’ and ‘Gazi Peker Vs. Sivan Perwer - Mihemedo 2008’ www.lolasworldrecords.com www.gkultur.de
Kurdisk eksperimenterende electronica. Danmark. Da jeg hørte denne plade var min første tanke: ‘Hvor har jeg ventet på sådan et album i mange år!’ Tænk at vi skulle helt hen til 2008, før en musiker blandt de mange herboende kurdisk-tyrkiske indvandrere i Danmark satte sig til computeren og producerede noget, der overskred grænser – noget som ikke er traditionerne tro, men giver dem nyt liv indhyllet i et elektronisk lydunivers.
Gazi Peker kom til Danmark i 1980 og startede som sazspiller i et tyrkisk band for 15 år siden. Siden blev han radiovært, tv-redigeringstekniker, skuespiller, DJ, lydkunstner, filmmusik-komponist og medstifter af club-oriental.com. Albummet åbner med et flot nummer, han har lavet i samarbejde med den berømte kurdiske sanger Sivan Perwer, men ellers består det meste af pladen af instrumentalmusik og noget, der af og til grænser til mere at være elektro-lydkunst end electronica. Det veksler mellem at være eksperimenterende, legende og skævt eller stemningsfuldt og filmisk billedskabende. Men aldrig kedeligt. I Gazi Peker har Danmark fået en kunstner, som fortjener international opmærksomhed. Mik Aidt Djembe Magazine, June 2008
Originalt miks af mellemøstlig elektronika og henført weltschmerz i spandevis.
Der er en speciel blå tone på denne plade fra Gazi Peker. Med base på Nørrebro har han udviklet en musik, der kan minde en del om halvfemsernes arabiske elektronika, som det kom til udtryk hos specielt Pat Jabbar og hans projekter, såsom Aicha Qandishas Jarring Effects. Peker har arbejdet med film, og hans stykker har en soundtrackagtig stemning sine steder, og man fornemmer en længsel i musikken, som sine steder bløder med følelse, hvilket jeg finder forfriskende.
Allerede i anslaget Oh Tha... Dearest Kismet, hvor Peker har scoopet med vokal af den kurdiske supersanger Sivan Perwer, er der noget der rører, og sagte kommer numrene efterfølgende.
Når forløbene bliver for meget hjemmestudiemiks, står jeg lidt af, men når der blendes op får de tyrkiske inspirationer, tegner Gazi Peker nogle spor, der er hans egne og i en egen niche.
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Lovende plade, der smager af mere.
Gazi Peker currently is one of Denmark’s busiest DJs in the field of ethnic and lounge music. He plays all over the world at clubs and festivals.
Gazi Peker was born in the Kurdish part of Turkey. He plays the saz instrument, and was front figure in the Turkish band Konya Alti. When he moved to Denmark in the end of the 1980s he became fond of electronica and ambient music.
In 2006 he wrote a film script, entitled ‘Kismet’, and got the idea to produce a soundtrack CD with the same title.
Album title: ‘Kismet’ Artist name: Gazi Peker Genre: cross-over, soundtrack, ambient, jazz, electronica, world Catalogue number: MILDDS003 / GPS01
Bar code (UPC/EAN): 663993500157 ISCR code: DK-JJ6-08-001 (-01 to -16) Price code DK: PK64
Album release DK: 2008 Album release international: 2008
Published by: The artist Distribution DK: Mild Records, www.mildrecords.com Distribution international: Online digital distribution DK: Online digital distribution international: Contact info:info@mildrecords.com
Musicians:
• Sivan Perwer: Voice on 'Oh Tha.. Dearest Kismet'
• Aynur Peker: Voice on 'The Pain Road Tease'
• Tara P. Kramtøft: Voice on 'Tara's Song' (Tara is Gazi's daughter. The recordings with her are from when whe was seven years old)
• John Villadsen: Violen on 'Thunder Break'
• Sven Pors: Clarinet on 'Thunder Break" and 'HeadPhone'
Technical adviser: Jimmy Machon
Design and artwork: Peter Sørum & Lars Pedersen
Mastered by Muammer Tokmak, Marsandiz Stüdyosu, in Istanbul, Turkey
How to get hold of the album
Denmark • The 'Kismet' 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.
