Kudsi Erguner: ney and artistic direction, Tristan Driessens: ‘ûd, Rıdvan Aydınlı, vocals and ney, Abdurrahman Duzcan, vocals, Burak Savaş, vocals and violin, Hakan Erkaraman: vocals, Muhittin Kemal Temel: kanun, Ruben Tenenbaum, violin, Damla Aydın: cello, Robbe Kieckens: percussion (kudum, bendir), Simon Leleux: percussion (kudüm, bendir and halile).
AWARDS
Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, November 2021
PRESS
“A beautiful release and a valuable document.” New Folk Sounds (NL), Marius Roeting.
DESCRIPTION
Lâmekân Ensemble, directed by Belgian musicologist and oud player Tristan Driessens, has been a breath of fresh air for the music of the Ottoman Empire since more than a decade now. After releasing three albums and giving concert at major venues in Europe, the Middle-East and Central Asia, the sextet is back with a new album released on the Belgian label Seyir Muzik. For Fragments des Cérémonies Soufies – L’Invitation à l’Extase, the ensemble invited ney master, director and Unesco artist Kudsi Erguner to create a project focusing on the renewal of the Ceremonial music of the whirling dervishes. The result is an album celebrating Sufi music and poetry in their purest form, rearranged in a new way in order to offer a unique listening experience to Sufi music lovers.
To the spiritual Sufis of Konya, the sound of the ney flute symbolizes the soul separated from the Divine. This reed flute therefore plays a crucial role in their music; it brings both listener and performer closer to liberating ecstasy.
