XXX -> RE: Oyku & Berk Gurman tango subtitled (Jan. 11 2010 8:38:22)
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I knew that you were into persian, but you never mentioned doing turkish stuff, Ricardo? Anyways, yes this song is "old", like from the end of 2007. But really its not their only strong number, they have two albums out. Just my thoughts on them, NOT trying to defend anything: The girl can sing bulerias, with her own voice and style. For me she has the necessary soniquete in doing this. The way she sings is not (always) turkish, and "purists" would say this has nothing to do with turkish singing! A friend of mine said: "Its neither turkish, nor flamenco". But nevermind him, he is a JM fan that doesnt like Paco, LoL! No really, i have nothing against him or anybody that says this. Each his own. I like her intonation A LOT, but i think that is the same think you dislike with her? In case of this tangos ("Evlerinin önü...") the melody is taken from a turkish folk song, its based on phrygian orignially too. That and the reason that they can pull it off in a "flamenco-way" (compas) makes it fit so well. If they werent the high-class musicians they are in BOTH (!) fields, this fusion would just sound as crappy as many others i heard. Im sorry, but this is, so far, the most authentic fusion i have heard. As i mentioned their albums, I uploaded many samples in the audio section long time ago. The second album contains more flamenco palos than the first, for example the mentioned buleria, and i like it more than the first. It was impossible to get outside Turkey, but now it looks achievable from here. If Turkey wasnt so poor there would be more flamencos. Its just hard to get good guitars, concerts, flamenco material in general and tuition there (its changing because of internet though). Also trips to Spain are harder affordable. Folk music is something which is very alive in Turkey (although decreasing) and that mostly explains their success there. I see a connection between all folk musics, although flamenco is NOT ONLY folk imo, see also my last discussion with Pimientito.
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