A love song from a Sephardic neighborhood in Istanbul, written in a Balkan dance rhythm of 3+2/8. The conception of this track is to keep the pulse going with my thumb, kind of like an odd-meter Bossa Nova, while improvising a melody in an Oriental oud/Bouzouki filigree.
from Tim Spark's liner notes:
A love song from a Sephardic neighborhood in Istanbul, written in a Balkan dance rhythm of 3+2/8. The conception of this track is to keep the pulse going with my thumb, kind of like an odd-meter Bossa Nova, while improvising a melody in an Oriental oud/Bouzouki filigree.
pauldavidclub 5 months ago