The Sound of Istanbul

Lately we watched this tremendously interesting documentary by Fatih Akin with a turkish course in University. This movie follows the traces of several musicians in and around Istanbul. For example the band Baba Zula is making music on a boat driving on the Bosphorus, between the continents of Europe and Asia. There are many more musicians to discover, that partly belong to minorities like Kurds or Roma. The closeness to the artists and their instuments creates a feeling of intimacy and leads to a gripping experience.

"Let it all flow out"

This piece of advice was given to the crowd during a concert by a guitarist of a band called Crystal Pastures a couple of weeks ago in the Bielefelder AJZ. This band does very exciting european roots and polka music. Let it all flow out, all the stress and unpleasant thoughts and feeling that disrupt your personal evolvement should not be there.