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Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek: Yarın Yoksa review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month
Fuzzy, hypnotic beats, soulful saz-funk and emotive balladry mark Yıldırım’s powerfully imaginative new music, produced by Leon Michels
Early pioneers Moğollar and Erkin Koray electrified the lute-like saz, while newer acts such as Baba Zula and Altın Gün have added synths, dub echo and heavy fuzz to the mix. The last instalment of composer and sitarist Anoushka Shankar ’s instrumental trilogy, Chapter III: We Return to Light(Leiter), is beautifully lyrical, interweaving sitar with Alam Khan’s sarod to produce the enveloping melodies of tracks like Daybreak and Hiraeth. Chopping multilingual vocal lines with thundering bass and synth buzz, the group veer from yearning ululations on Emanuel to eerie dancefloor spirituality on the rhythmic Tokumisa Nzambe.
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