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01 // Focus >> Africa
Date: 11th of March 2006 Saturday
Hours: 19:00 - 03:00
Place: Tarih Vakfı Darphane-i Amire Binaları - The Imperial Mint
Topkapı Sarayı 1. Avlusu Aya irini'nin Yanı Sultanahmet - İstanbul
Program:
Workshop: 19.00 - 20.30 A workshop by ethnomusicologist Dr. Feza Tansuğ with the participation of guest musicians on West African and Senegalese musical forms.
Main Performance: 21.30 - 23.30 Cheikh Lô
DJ set: 23.45 - 03.00 DJ Shazam
Visual performance by VJ Nono throughout the night.
DJ set at the Lounge by Shaman WMC resident DJ Gürkan Uçak
Artists
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Cheikh Lô
The Senegalese maverick is a free spirit, whose musical journey over the years has lead him to soak up styles and cultures from all over the globe. With his deep rooted spirituality Cheikh has combined these influences into a sound that is uniquely his own.
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DJ Shazam
DJ Shazam! is taking his audiences on a unique aural trip: ... from ancient Indian temples thru African villages and Brazilian Jungle to the Oriental desert, only to find himself surrounded by one cosmopolitan soundsystem alongside MCs and live musicians, celebrating an urban global Drum´n´Breaks party. Stimulating the understanding among nations and tribes - melodic, blissful, modern and with an infectious groove .
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The Event
Shaman World Music Days 1 Focus>>Africa was held on Saturday, 11th of March, 2006, through a magical night at the majestic atmosphere of the Ottoman Imperial Mint buildings. The event attracted great attention and participation, with more than 800 people at the venue and many media representatives. The audience had reached the limits of musical satisfaction through the spectacular performances of Cheikh Lô and DJ Shazam. It was difficult to find an empty spot during Dr. Feza Tansuğ's West African Music Workshop. The workshop was followed by DJ Gürkan Uçak's set that took the audience back to Shaman World Music Club's nights of relentless joy and dance. Throughout the night the multimedia artist VJ Nono from Amsterdam took the audience to a surreal visual journey with his wonderful visual performance.
Shaman World Music Days 1's main performance was by Cheikh Lô and his band. The performance was a part of the European tour of Cheikh's brand new album "Lamp Fall", which has anchored to the World Music Charts Europe Top Ten List, staying there for 5 months and more to come. Istanbul was Cheikh's last stop after performing at various cities including London, Paris and Barcelona, and his performance at Darphane,I Amire was surely one of the most special of all. Cheikh Lô singed tracks from Lamp Fall and his older hits, rocking the scene both with his great vocals, drumming and brilliant orchestra as well as his brilliant Senegalese dancing skills.
| Cheikh Lô |
Vocals, timbales, guitar |
".a triumph!", - The Times
"impeccable melding of West African, Cuban, Reggae, and Soul. A masterclass." - The Observer |
| Lamine |
Solo guitar |
| Bachir Lô |
Saxophone, flute |
| Jobarteh |
Rhythm Guitar |
| Samba N´Dokh |
Tama, Percussion |
| Arona |
Keyboard |
| Thierno |
Base |
| Badu |
Drums |
DJ Shazam, who took the scene after Cheikh Lô, grabbed the audience and swung them to distant lands and virtual spaces. His performance was accompanied by multimedia artist VJ Nono from Amsterdam, who presented a surreal visual performance, mixing the specially designed visual material and reflecting them to the projectors and screens.
Dr. Feza Tansuğ's workshop titled West African and Senegalese Musical Forms realized with active audience participation and attracted great attention.
DJ Gürkan Uçak took the audience back to the Shaman World Music Club's nights of relentless joy and dance, presenting the best danceable samples of world music.
The Venue
Cheikh Lô and DJ Shazam performed at the magnificent atmosphere of the Grand Hall, with its high ceiling and stone walls reflecting Ottoman industrial architecture.
Through special lightning and visual effects, Darphane-i Amire's great stone walls, arched windows and high wooden ceilings transformed into a moving magical space, as if itself presenting an architectural performance to the audience.
Darphane-i Amire (The Imperial Mint), founded in 1729, is the first of the industrial institutions in İstanbul. Darphane-i Amire is a historical building complex within the Topkapı Palace premises, expanding on an area of 17.000 square meters.
The building, forsaken in 1967, has been left out of attention for many years and has re-opened its gates for culture and art within the structure of Tarih Vakfi starting from the year 1996. Buildings of the Darphane-i Amire which has hosted various art events, comprehensive international exhibitions and meetings since it has been transferred to Tarih Vakfi, is a considerably commensurate building for such an event. Its historical atmosphere, being adequate for such events in the artistic and constructional sense and with its location being at the center of İstanbul, providing easy transportation, Darphane-I Amire is a highly requested, prestigious event space.
The building having hosted various exhibitions and cultural events throughout the year has been recently converted into one of the most significant and popular cultural centers of İstanbul.
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