Gültekin Kaan is a Turkish German musician and singer born in
Backnang
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Backnang was ceded to W ...
and raised in
Remscheid
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Germany. He merges Western
pop culture
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Albums
* Pop (Gas al ...
with elements of Turkish art and
folk music
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. He performs with his own band under the name Gültekin Kaan & diVan.
Kaan's lyrics in
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
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tell stories based on Turkish history and fables. He puts special focus on visual appearance by taking role of a Turkish
sultan
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with his court of
grand vizier
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s,
pasha
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s,
emir
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s,
belly dancer
Belly dance (Egyptian Arabic: رقص بلدي, translated: Dance of the Country/Folk Dance, romanized: Raks/Raas Baladi) is a dance that originates in Egypt. It features movements of the hips and torso. It has evolved to take many different f ...
s and bodyguards, dressed in Eastern robes.
JazzThing.de: Gültekin Kaan & diVan – ''Sofra'' review
(in German)
Kaan released his first album in 2011 called ''1001 Divan'' on We Play/Sony Music label in Turkey. The follow-up album was in 2012 and titled ''Sofra'' released internationally on Blue Flame/ Rough Trade label.
Band
*Arnulf Ochs - guitar
*Osmo - bass
*Ingo von Wenzlavovicz - drums
*Oral Cakir - darbuka
The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; arz, دربوكة / Romanized: ) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet- ...
Discography
Albums
*2011: ''1001 Divan''
*2012: ''Sofra''
References
External links
Official websiteYouTube
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Turkish rock singers
World music musicians
Turkish songwriters
Anatolian rock musicians