ARIFA live at WOMEX 2011 Copenhagen

ARIFA life at Womex 2011 Copenhagen

Mehmet Polat (Turkey) ud & vocals
Osama Abdulrasol (Babylon) kanun
Alex Simu (Romania) sax, clarinet & live laptop,
Sjahin During (Turkey/Holland) Afro Anatolian percussion.

www.arifamusic.com


buy it on iTune: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beyond-babylon/id402289907?ign-mpt=uo%3D4%2522

press:

"Indescribable brilliance and uniqueness" stands for this unconventional quartet founded in
Amsterdam 2010. National Dutch Newspaper "Volkskrant" crowned both Arifa's Bimhuis debut concert and debut CD "Beyond Babylon" with 5 stars.

Prestigious Dutch magazine Mixed World Music awarding the disc in the world music genre as "Best World music album of 2010 in the Netherlands".

The 4 members are arriving from Babylon, Istanbul, Bucharest and Amsterdam to take the audience on a truthful and adventurous musical journey. Original compositions and ancient melodies from Arabic, Anatolian and Balkan worlds, combined with live electronics and contemporary improvised music". Volkskrant 2010

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