CALISGAN & HEUSER - "Asya" (1997)
Acoustic Music Records 319.1127.2
KAZIM CALISGAN
Turkish stringed instruments (saz - baglama - cura - cümbüs),
percussion (darbuka - bendir - talking drum - tambourine - gongs),
vocals
ANDREAS HEUSER
10-string classical guitar, steelstring guitar, requinto,
electric 5-string violin, percussion
photo Asya cd cover
01 - YOL HAVASI 6:08
02 - MEKADON 4:09
03 - PIR SULTAN DOSTA 5:01
04 - CAY HAVASI 6:10
05 - CAYDA CIRA 4:08
06 - VALLEY OF VARDAR 5:10
07 - REST AND RUSH 3:09
08 - ASYA 4:11
09 - OVER THE MOUNTAINS 3:34
10 - BLUE TOMATOES 5:33
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„...A tour d`horizon of a most beautiful kind, european polyphony and middle eastern homophony in an unheard of unity.“ was what the German Magazine „Akustik Gitarre“ said about „Asya“, the debut CD as a duo of Kazim Calisgan and Andreas Heuser.
A musical journey through the melodic and rhythmical diversity of Turkey and the Middle East, augmented by jazz and classical elements. Diverse and colourfully instrumented and played expressively, “Asya“ is a musical dialogue between two cultures, an even minded meeting of Orient and Occident.
sound-samples: Mekadon Rest and Rush Over the Mountains
"ASYA" REVIEWS (GERMAN) CD available at Acoustic Music