Rajasthani folk group Barmer Boys came to the Folk House, Bristol in early September. Their electrifying vocals stunned the audience who were transported to the desert and villages of Rajasthan. Everything about the performance was top notch. The showmanship, the charisma, the vocals, the tapestry of how they weaved the instrumental sounds together!
It was magical and clear to see that these boys are born to do what they do!
We had the opportunity to interview the Barmer Boys backstage before their Bristol gig. We also got the chance to speak to their agent Ankur Malhotra. This has to be one of the most fun and delightful interviews I have ever done. The Barmer Boys have a fantastic sense of humour, a genuine desire to perform with their hearts… and great taste in food!
So, who are the Barmer Boys?
The group consists of Mangey Khan on the lead vocals...
It was magical and clear to see that these boys are born to do what they do!
We had the opportunity to interview the Barmer Boys backstage before their Bristol gig. We also got the chance to speak to their agent Ankur Malhotra. This has to be one of the most fun and delightful interviews I have ever done. The Barmer Boys have a fantastic sense of humour, a genuine desire to perform with their hearts… and great taste in food!
So, who are the Barmer Boys?
The group consists of Mangey Khan on the lead vocals...
- 9/19/2016
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
A planned trip to Cannes by Turkish Minister of Culure and Tourism Mr Omer Gelik has now been cancelled.
The “Centenary of Turkish Cinema” celebrations planned in Cannes this week have been severely curtailed in response to the Turkish mine disaster in which over 280 people lost their lives.
A planned trip to the festival by the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr Omer Gelik has now been cancelled.
Gelik had been expected to head a 37 -strong delegation of leading Turkish politicians and bureaucrats. He was due to attend the festival screening of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s competition contender, Winter Sleep [pictured].
“Regarding the Centenary of Turkish Cinema, our Ministry wanted to have a huge event (in Cannes) and we were preparing for this for quite a long time,” said Dr Ahmet Boyacıoğlu (General Secretary of Festival On Wheels who oversees the Turkish stand in Cannes).
The original celebration plans included two concerts, one on May...
The “Centenary of Turkish Cinema” celebrations planned in Cannes this week have been severely curtailed in response to the Turkish mine disaster in which over 280 people lost their lives.
A planned trip to the festival by the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr Omer Gelik has now been cancelled.
Gelik had been expected to head a 37 -strong delegation of leading Turkish politicians and bureaucrats. He was due to attend the festival screening of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s competition contender, Winter Sleep [pictured].
“Regarding the Centenary of Turkish Cinema, our Ministry wanted to have a huge event (in Cannes) and we were preparing for this for quite a long time,” said Dr Ahmet Boyacıoğlu (General Secretary of Festival On Wheels who oversees the Turkish stand in Cannes).
The original celebration plans included two concerts, one on May...
- 5/16/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Crossing the Bridge -- The Sound of Istanbul
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet is the refuted refrain of this musical exploration, namely the symbiosis of musical sounds in Istanbul, from eastern Anatolian to Western hip-hop.
Scripted and directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On), this musical documentary likely will find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.
Filmmaker Akin centers his musical exploration Crossing the Bridge around Alexander Hacke, a member of the German avant-garde group Einsturzende Neubauten. Ensconcing himself in Istanbul's Grand Hotel de Londres with a computer, Hacke embarks on recording the musical diversity of Istanbul, the Turkish city that is thought of as bridging the East and the West.
Quite sagely, but almost disastrously, Hacke's musicological trip begins with a neo-psychedelic band, Baba Zula, whose influences run from Pink Floyd to Oriental strains. Unfortunately, the Baba Zula wawa is faux: It's a noxious mix of "flower power" with Arabian Nights kitsch -- marginally appealing to Europeans and anathema to Turks. It's the worst kind of jam session, namely jamming together the asynchronous sounds of two vastly different traditions to create, well, an atonal mess.
It's not until nearly the midpoint of this comprehensive film that Bridge finds its thematic voice and, ironically, when it contradicts itself with an emphasis on the musical purities of the separate traditions. Only when the multicultural conceit of vastly different musical traditions blending to produce a transcendent sound is muted does the film finally jell.
A musical high point, and the moment when the nonsensical notion of eliminating all differences within a multiethnic society is neatly decimated, is the rousing performance of Kurdish singer Aynur. Her glorious vocal lamentations of her oppressed people reverberates with a proud melancholy -- much richer and far more glorious than the forced mix of the modern musical movements.
Crossing the Bridge Bavaria Film International Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Sandra Harzer-Kux, Christian Kux Screenwriter-director: Fatih Akin
Line producer: Tina Mersmann
Director of photography: Herve Dieu Editor: Andrew Bird
Sound: Johannes Grehl: Music and sound: Alexander Hacke Music Consultant: Klaus Maeck
Cast: Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkih Koray, Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Orhan Gencebay
Running time -- 90 minutes...
Scripted and directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On), this musical documentary likely will find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.
Filmmaker Akin centers his musical exploration Crossing the Bridge around Alexander Hacke, a member of the German avant-garde group Einsturzende Neubauten. Ensconcing himself in Istanbul's Grand Hotel de Londres with a computer, Hacke embarks on recording the musical diversity of Istanbul, the Turkish city that is thought of as bridging the East and the West.
Quite sagely, but almost disastrously, Hacke's musicological trip begins with a neo-psychedelic band, Baba Zula, whose influences run from Pink Floyd to Oriental strains. Unfortunately, the Baba Zula wawa is faux: It's a noxious mix of "flower power" with Arabian Nights kitsch -- marginally appealing to Europeans and anathema to Turks. It's the worst kind of jam session, namely jamming together the asynchronous sounds of two vastly different traditions to create, well, an atonal mess.
It's not until nearly the midpoint of this comprehensive film that Bridge finds its thematic voice and, ironically, when it contradicts itself with an emphasis on the musical purities of the separate traditions. Only when the multicultural conceit of vastly different musical traditions blending to produce a transcendent sound is muted does the film finally jell.
A musical high point, and the moment when the nonsensical notion of eliminating all differences within a multiethnic society is neatly decimated, is the rousing performance of Kurdish singer Aynur. Her glorious vocal lamentations of her oppressed people reverberates with a proud melancholy -- much richer and far more glorious than the forced mix of the modern musical movements.
Crossing the Bridge Bavaria Film International Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Sandra Harzer-Kux, Christian Kux Screenwriter-director: Fatih Akin
Line producer: Tina Mersmann
Director of photography: Herve Dieu Editor: Andrew Bird
Sound: Johannes Grehl: Music and sound: Alexander Hacke Music Consultant: Klaus Maeck
Cast: Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkih Koray, Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Orhan Gencebay
Running time -- 90 minutes...
- 5/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crossing the Bridge -- The Sound of Istanbul
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet is the refuted refrain of this musical exploration, namely the symbiosis of musical sounds in Istanbul, from eastern Anatolian to Western hip-hop.
Scripted and directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On), this musical document will likely find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry, will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.
Filmmaker Akin centers his musical exploration around Alexander Hacke, a member of the German avant-garde group Einsturzende Neubauten. Ensconcing himself in Istanbul's Grand Hotel de Londres with a computer, Hacke embarks on recording the musical diversity of Istanbul, the Turkish city which is thought of as bridging the East and the West.
Quite sagely, but almost disastrously, Hacke's musicological trip begins with a neo-psychedelic band, Baba Zula, whose influences run from Pink Floyd to Oriental strains: Unfortunately, the Baba Zula wawa is faux: It's a noxious mix of "flower power" with Arabian Nights kitsch -- marginally appealing to Europeans and anathema to Turks. It's the worst kind of jam session, namely jamming together the asynchronous sounds of two vastly different traditions, to create, well, an atonal mess.
It's not until nearly the midpoint of this comprehensive document, that Crossing the Bridge finds its thematic voice, and, then, ironically when it contradicts itself with an emphasis on the musical purities of the separate traditions. Only when the multi-cultural conceit of vastly different musical traditions blending to produce a transcendent sound is muted does Crossing the Bridge finally jell.
A musical highpoint, and the moment when the nonsensical notion of eliminating all differences within a multiethnic society is neatly decimated, is the rousing performance of Kurdish singer Aynur. Her glorious vocal lamentations of her oppressed people reverberates with a proud melancholy -- much richer and far more glorious than the forced mix of the modern musical movements.
Crossing the Bridge Bavaria Film International Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Sandra Harzer-Kux, Christian Kux Screenwriter-director: Fatih Akin
Line producer: Tina Mersmann
Director of photography: Herve Dieu Editor: Andrew Bird
Sound: Johannes Grehl: Music and sound: Alexander Hacke Music Consultant: Klaus Maeck
Cast: Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkih Koray, Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Orhan Gencebay
Running time -- 90 minutes...
Scripted and directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On), this musical document will likely find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry, will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.
Filmmaker Akin centers his musical exploration around Alexander Hacke, a member of the German avant-garde group Einsturzende Neubauten. Ensconcing himself in Istanbul's Grand Hotel de Londres with a computer, Hacke embarks on recording the musical diversity of Istanbul, the Turkish city which is thought of as bridging the East and the West.
Quite sagely, but almost disastrously, Hacke's musicological trip begins with a neo-psychedelic band, Baba Zula, whose influences run from Pink Floyd to Oriental strains: Unfortunately, the Baba Zula wawa is faux: It's a noxious mix of "flower power" with Arabian Nights kitsch -- marginally appealing to Europeans and anathema to Turks. It's the worst kind of jam session, namely jamming together the asynchronous sounds of two vastly different traditions, to create, well, an atonal mess.
It's not until nearly the midpoint of this comprehensive document, that Crossing the Bridge finds its thematic voice, and, then, ironically when it contradicts itself with an emphasis on the musical purities of the separate traditions. Only when the multi-cultural conceit of vastly different musical traditions blending to produce a transcendent sound is muted does Crossing the Bridge finally jell.
A musical highpoint, and the moment when the nonsensical notion of eliminating all differences within a multiethnic society is neatly decimated, is the rousing performance of Kurdish singer Aynur. Her glorious vocal lamentations of her oppressed people reverberates with a proud melancholy -- much richer and far more glorious than the forced mix of the modern musical movements.
Crossing the Bridge Bavaria Film International Producers: Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck, Andreas Thiel, Sandra Harzer-Kux, Christian Kux Screenwriter-director: Fatih Akin
Line producer: Tina Mersmann
Director of photography: Herve Dieu Editor: Andrew Bird
Sound: Johannes Grehl: Music and sound: Alexander Hacke Music Consultant: Klaus Maeck
Cast: Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkih Koray, Ceza, Sezen Aksu, Orhan Gencebay
Running time -- 90 minutes...
- 5/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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