Arabesque music
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| Stylistic origins: | Turkish music, Pop music,Arabic music,Middle Eastern music |
| Cultural origins: | 1970s for most of the Turkey |
| Typical instruments: | Electric baglama, Bass guitar, Drum kit, Keyboard, Synthesizer, Zurna, Traditional Middle East instruments ,Turntablism |
| Mainstream popularity: | Continuous in Turkey,Middle East |
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Arabesque or Arabesk is a genre termed so by Turkish musicologists for a type of sound to come out of Turkey in the 1950s and 1960s. It has counterparts in a Greek form of pop music known as Skiladiko and Arabic pop music.
Arabesk involves a versatile collection of music inspired by Turkish folk music and Middle Eastern music. Due to its predominantly Arab-influenced melodies it is considered to be music of the working class. As a result of its declining popularity in Turkey, more recently it has merged with other genres such as rock music and dance music to achieve a more contemporary sound.
Along with Turkish pop music, hip-hop combined with Turkish Arabesk sounds have arrived in the German music scene, also.[1]
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[edit] Performers
Orhan Gencebay is generally considered the founder of the genre, though he disagrees with the usage of the term. Other well known singers are Müslüm Gürses and Ferdi Tayfur, who have die-hard followers, usually in conflict with each other. In recent years through remixing his tracks into dance friendly club tracks Turkish folk singer Ibrahim Tatlıses has gained popularity amongst the Arabesk scene. However, younger singers such as Emrah and Ozcan Deniz have tried to move away from this genre and into contemporary Turkish pop music.
Traditionally a male dominated genre, its image has changed largely due to an injection of female singers, with most critics attributing to these female singers the "dance" influx of upbeat sound into the genre, that became known as arabesque/fantasy music.[2]
[edit] Other notable performers
- Ebru Gündeş
- Kamuran Akkor
- Seda Sayan
- Sibel Can
[edit] References
- Turkish Music and Artists: Arabesque. Yildirim, Ali © Tarkan DeLuxe 2006. Retrieved on March 21, 2006.
- Bassturk, Muhabbet, Tarkan & Co. The German-Turkish Pop Scene. Bax, Daniel © Qantara.de 2006 (Translation from German: Nancy Joyce). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
- Crossing The Bridge
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bassturk, Muhabbet, Tarkan & Co. The German-Turkish Pop Scene. Bax, Daniel © Qantara.de 2006 (Translation from German: Nancy Joyce). Retrieved on April 21, 2006.
- ^ Turkish Music and Artists: Arabesque. Yildirim, Ali © Tarkan DeLuxe 2006. Retrieved on March 21, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Turkish music
- Last.FM Arabesque Radio Station by DJ Scrawl
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