BaBa ZuLa
BaBa ZuLa is a Turkish musical group.Known for its unique sound created by the amalgamation of natural field recordings coupled with traditional and modern acoustic and electronic instruments, BaBa ZuLa, an adventurous İstanbul-based underground band has brought a brand new dimension to the alternative world music scene.
I love their music since university.One week ago I went to make a interview with them but when we started to talk my interview turned to a chat, and we have talked about their music,insprations and their life. I drank their home made wine....It was a great experieance for me."Our main focus is never just about the music. Theatrics, poetry and dance are a part of it. Dance is really linked with the Oriental culture we are living. The belly dancing can be a very touristic attraction but our dancers aren’t traditional, they combine lots of other elements."It's really reasonable because nobody has a freaky stage show like them."Body language and music is the best way of communication, but unfortunately people prefer chatting with their masks, we think this is the main reason of disagreements, day by day people creat huge walls around them and become selfish..." I loved their determinations about life."In Istanbul nobody goes to theatre, because here everybody acts. People live with their masks so nobody needs to go theatre..."They have always guest musicians in the stage and in their albums,include , Canadian vocalist and regular collaborator Brenna MacCrimmon and Selim Sesler who span the spectrum from traditional Turkish music." We prefer to share our stage with others, this supports our music and inspires us, but in our last album "Kokler" we prefer to be alone except Brenna, she is already in our family." I lived near Abbasaga Parki (this is a big park in Istanbul) for two years, and in Kokler album they have a song which name is "Abbasaga Parki"."I'm living near Abbasaga Parki for years, I love this park because you can escape from chaotic city life in this park, but last year municipality started to change this area, I have collected the people who live near this park and we protested municipality for three months, I'm a musician so this reflected to my music..." BaBa ZuLa is a great band with eastern instrumentation such as electric saz and hand percussion, you should see them in the stage...And you should visit Misket Wine House, you can drink home made wine in there... I want to thank to Pozitif, they arranged this interview for me.
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