UNITED ONE. RECORDS SALSABIL

Salsabil - The Spirit Of The Moment - U1CD-2024-2 The music on this album shows the diverse moods of different musical traditions: Arab-Andalousian, Afro-Arabic, contemporary and classical Arabic and Turkish music, as well as Sufi-music from Turkey. The music is performed exclusively with traditional acoustic instruments. Salsabil was founded in 1995 by the Turkish singer Meral and the percussionist Matthias Bautz, with the ambition to play traditional music but also to develop new forms. They point out that the music traditions of the Middle East are alive, most of the tracks are extemporary compositions and all pieces are moment-recordings, recorded with only one take. The musicians stem from Egypt and Turkey and are well-known in the Oriental music scene. Matthias Bautz the only European in the group and since his youth mentally connected with the Orient, accompanied many famous musicians and is guest-musician at the State Broadcast of Turkey TRT Istanbul. The music was recorded between 1997 and 1999 in Berlin.