Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Kolaymi!

A masterpiece from the Album "Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - Beyond The Sky" (1992) resp. "Dance Into Eternity" (2000). Listen & Enjoy it.

Omar Faruk Tekbilek had been studying Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, with the thought of becoming a Sufi cleric. At 15, he quit school to become a professional musician. "But I never quit studying, though," he maintains. "In fact, I am still studying; it's endless. Music for me is not something to show off. It's my life. It's the shortest path to God. Playing is prayer for me." He went to Istanbul and at the age of 17 met the Mevlevi Dervishes, the ancient Sufi order of Turkey. He did not join the order, but felt profoundly influenced by their mystical approach to sound and to the spirit. Another, almost equally mystical influence would soon appear, from an unlikely source. The young Tekbilek became friend with flute and saxophone player named Ismet Siral, who had some unusual ideas about music theory. "He would say things like, let's play for birds, let's play for pictures." OFT says about Burhan Tonguch, his rhythm teacher: "He put the idea in my mind that everything is a rhythmic instrument. And everyone is a percussionist. Without the strike, there is no sound."

Despite, or perhaps because of, this unconventional outlook, Faruk's skills were much in demand in the studios of Istanbul, and in 1971, at the age of 20, made his first brief tour of the United States with a Turkish classical/folk ensemble. The Tree of Patience was about to put out an unexpected limb. "I try to play a song the way it's supposed to be," Faruk explains. "If I play an Arabic song, I use an Arabic style; if I play a Turkish song, I use a Turkish style."

Faruk feels a strong affinity for Arabic music, which differs in several important ways from the Turkish tradition. As a child he spent a lot of time listening to Radio Kairo and became acquainted with the giant musicians of that time like Umm Kulthum, Abdul Wahab, Abdl Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atraš, Fairuz, Sabah Fakhri. Because he was playing the flute he was inspired by the melodies and the sound of ney (nay). He was also inspired by Sheikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recitations of the holy Qur'an whom his father was listening a lot.

Faruk pauses, considers, and then admits, "Sometimes I can't keep myself from making a bridge between them. I just try to listen to the song; it will tell me what it wants to be." The process of creating his own songs is similar: "There is no set formula or method", he says. "Each song comes out in a different way."

Btw: The grandfather of Faruk's mother is originated from Egypt, so if you want Faruk is "Egyptian in 3rd generation". But much more he is Turkish. ;-)

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[shwkat100]

Realy Nice One Omar Farouk Is Perfect Musican ..But Wat The Meaning Of Kolaymi !.......My Favority One is Comon Spirit & Magic Of Evining

[tiad]

@shwkat100: "Kolaymi" is a question in Turkish: "Is it easy?".

[destractionforces]

So many Teens these days are forgetting the foundation of music, what our Great Great Grandparents called music. All we ever listen to is Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber, Paramore, Lil' Wayne, Chris Brown, Riahanna, etc. thats not music, even though they make slow songs with some meaning they never focus on one subject to appeal to the fans, I'm ashamed to see such great music go to waste and rot in the corner while other's take over the lead its just awful. Thumbs up if you agree with me..

[7lwanyi]

what a music

[Ismoilov88]

Oceans of love from New York ♥

[ezaliabudaqqa]

its very nice music thank you

[mimo19ess]

Respect from Algeria !!!

[mutlu1Tanem]

In The Heavens , I see your eyes.

In Your Eyes, I see the heavens. Why look for another Moon?

Or another Sun? What I see will always be enough for Me♥

[ipah2575]

wow...

[unsaltr]

Ofcourse Perfect because Turk:)

[SwampGator94]

Egypt loves you, Omar!

this makes me so proud to be a middle easterner :) so beautiful music and culture

[MrMegahut]

Super like

[HaloFSky]

@destractionforces How can you be so straightforward in your opinion and ask for thumbs up so you can justify your thoughts? You disapprove of these singers as if they had no worth of being in the music industry. I prefer these songs like this one on the corner because mainstream always wasn't a good thing for art and obscure music is better but not always. I mean I don't like Bieber's music but I don't disapprove it either because it is favored by others. How can you criticize what others like?