Name: Beyond the Sky
Brand: Celestial Harmonies
SKU: 42377
Price: 14.23 GBP
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Brian Keane (6- & 12-string steel guitars, nylon guitar, slide guitar, synthesizer, bass, percussion); Omar Faruk Tekbilek (bagiama, ney, kaval, zurna, darbuka, bandir, synthesizer); Ara Dinkjian (oud); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (darburka, tambourine, bandir, percussion); Hassan Isikkut (kanun).
Recorded at Pulse Wave Underground Studio, Trumbull, Connecticut in Sepetember 1991 and January 1992.
Personnel: Brian Keane (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, synthesizer, percussion, sound effects); Omar Faruk Tekbilek (vocals, guitar, lute, flute, piccolo, reeds, synthesizer, drums, tambourine); Hassan Isikkut (harp); Ara Dinkjian (oud); John Mozzi (synthesizer); Arto Tuncboyaciyan (drums, tambourine, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Brian Keane .
Recording information: Pulse Wave Underground Studio, Trumbull, CT (09/1991-01/1992).
Editor: Ron Bach.
Photographers: Eckart Rahn; Jim Herity.
American composer and guitarist Brian Keane and Turkish instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek continue their deliciously exotic collaboration with this album, which is titled in loose homage to Paul Bowles's novel and Bernard Bertolucci's film THE SHELTERING SKY. Seductive and mysterious, this offering finds Faruk conjuring desolate desert magic on an array of exotic flutes, lutes, guitars, synthesizers, and percussion while Keane backs him up and points the way.
The fully orchestrated "Kolaymi" recalls Ennio Morricone or the swooning delirium of Hong Kong pop ballads, while offbeat percussion and a soulful flute take center stage for the affecting "Bridge." Faruk's Sufi background is noticeable in the compelling rhythms of "Imaginary Traveler," which is suitable for furious, dervish-like whirling. Though the music is already deeply rooted in the rich historical past of Turkey and Egypt, Keane also brings engagingly Westernized production values, with the results capable of propelling a listener deep into the foreign deserts and marketplaces of the cinematic imagination. As with the pair's previous effort, FIRE DANCE, what is on display here is collaboration unrivaled at mixing deeply felt reverence for Middle Eastern pasts with New Age lushness and modern jazz excitement.

Album: Beyond the Sky
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Beyond the Sky
2)	Imaginary Traveler
3)	Kolaymi
4)	Bridge
5)	Chargah Sirto
6)	Your Love Is My Cure
7)	Selemet
8)	Nighttime
9)	Strange Little Corner
10)	Siseler
11)	Sweet Trouble
12)	Al Fatiha

Album: Beyond the Sky
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Beyond the Sky
2)	Imaginary Traveler
3)	Kolaymi
4)	Bridge
5)	Chargah Sirto
6)	Your Love Is My Cure
7)	Selemet
8)	Nighttime
9)	Strange Little Corner
10)	Siseler
11)	Sweet Trouble
12)	Al Fatiha