photo: zweibphotographie
(Ibn Taymiya 1263 - 1328)
The ensemble „Nefes in Motion“ based in the Ruhr-area in Germany is bridging the gap between Europe and Asia, between tradition and contemporary. Sufi Music meets cutting edge jazz. On one side one finds traditional compositions which have accompanied Sufi Dancing for hundreds of years, the „ney“ or oriental flute, being the main instrument in Sufi Music, plus oriental percussion and rhythms. On the other side one finds that this core material has been thoroughly modernized by using jazz based harmonies and jazz influenced improvisations, and using those as „guidelines“ their own original compositions. Electric guitar and electrified violin and the use of electronic sound effects create vast open sound scapes aided by beats provided by electronic percussion, Jens Pollheide on bass and flute and Marcin Langer on flute and saxophone.
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Occasionally Nefes in Motions performances are extended by dance and/or video.
Sound samples on www.myspace.com/nefesinmotion
Talip Elmasulu, photo: Christoph Giese