Metin and Kemal Kahraman released new album
Metin and Kemal Kahraman released new album
Dersim born artists Metin and Kemal Kahraman have released their new album ‘Saé moru/ Basilisk’. As all of the latest works by the two brothers this album too come with an interesting and explicative booklet.
The two brothers have acquire fame and respect worldwide thanks to their research work in Dersim.
The latest work of Kahraman brothers consists of new compositions inspired by the legend of Þhamaran.
The album consists of eight instrumental and four verbal works and musicians Serdar Keskin, Ahmet Tirgil, Umut Kahraman, Mavis Güneser and Mübin Dünen who appear in the album with their instruments. The album also hosts notable soloist artists Erkan Ogur, Okay Temiz, Henning Schmiedt, Ulli Bartel, Ertan Tek and Istanbul Sayat Nova Choir who gave a perceivable contribution to the work.
The Þhamaran myth was told to Metin and Kemal Kahraman by a 100-year old man from Dersim. They then worked on the myth composing instrumental pieces while allowing the story to be told. Þhamaran is Kurdish mytology, the Kurdish counterpart for mermaid. She has body of a woman and a snake. Mermaids are nasty characters, but Þahmaran is the opposite. She wants peace. Anatolia is a cradle of cultures and languages that have been handed down orally over thousands of years. Metin and Kemal Kahraman have spent years on collecting and researching this plentitude of songs, prayers and folk tales that can be traced back to the Epic of Gilgamesh.
The diverse cultures of Mesopotamia refer to the topic of the “Queen of Snakes” in many forms. Read as a symbol of immortality, infinity and wisdom, it has been integrated into a variety of traditions and beliefs. Turks, Kurds, Zazas, Arabs, Armenians, Greeks and Roma all know this character from their own folk lore. However, the “Queen of Snakes” has also become a part of modern Western literature.
Metin and Kemal Kahraman will soon release the album of the original music they composed for the Zazaish-Turkish film ‘Son’ which was directed by Atilla Cengiz and won recognition with the premiere at Istanbul Film Festival.
The two bi- or trilingually (Zaza/Kurdish and Turkish) raised brothers were born in Dersim (East Turkey / Western Kurdistan) and contributed to the formation of the now legendary protest folk collective Grup Yorum in 1985. Since 1993, they have been exploring the boundaries of ethnomusic and jazz on their own. Their work is based on years of ethno-musicological research in Anatolia and reflects the plurality of regional languages and cultures.
The two brothers have acquire fame and respect worldwide thanks to their research work in Dersim.
The latest work of Kahraman brothers consists of new compositions inspired by the legend of Þhamaran.
The album consists of eight instrumental and four verbal works and musicians Serdar Keskin, Ahmet Tirgil, Umut Kahraman, Mavis Güneser and Mübin Dünen who appear in the album with their instruments. The album also hosts notable soloist artists Erkan Ogur, Okay Temiz, Henning Schmiedt, Ulli Bartel, Ertan Tek and Istanbul Sayat Nova Choir who gave a perceivable contribution to the work.
The Þhamaran myth was told to Metin and Kemal Kahraman by a 100-year old man from Dersim. They then worked on the myth composing instrumental pieces while allowing the story to be told. Þhamaran is Kurdish mytology, the Kurdish counterpart for mermaid. She has body of a woman and a snake. Mermaids are nasty characters, but Þahmaran is the opposite. She wants peace. Anatolia is a cradle of cultures and languages that have been handed down orally over thousands of years. Metin and Kemal Kahraman have spent years on collecting and researching this plentitude of songs, prayers and folk tales that can be traced back to the Epic of Gilgamesh.
The diverse cultures of Mesopotamia refer to the topic of the “Queen of Snakes” in many forms. Read as a symbol of immortality, infinity and wisdom, it has been integrated into a variety of traditions and beliefs. Turks, Kurds, Zazas, Arabs, Armenians, Greeks and Roma all know this character from their own folk lore. However, the “Queen of Snakes” has also become a part of modern Western literature.
Metin and Kemal Kahraman will soon release the album of the original music they composed for the Zazaish-Turkish film ‘Son’ which was directed by Atilla Cengiz and won recognition with the premiere at Istanbul Film Festival.
The two bi- or trilingually (Zaza/Kurdish and Turkish) raised brothers were born in Dersim (East Turkey / Western Kurdistan) and contributed to the formation of the now legendary protest folk collective Grup Yorum in 1985. Since 1993, they have been exploring the boundaries of ethnomusic and jazz on their own. Their work is based on years of ethno-musicological research in Anatolia and reflects the plurality of regional languages and cultures.
