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Oriental and Turkish music: Belly Dancer

The Oriental Music associated with the Belly Dancer

It is seldom that a particular kind of music conjures the same image in the minds of all listeners. To the Western ear, the unfamiliar instrumentation and exotic melodic flavor of what is generally described as Oriental Music has one immediate association... The Belly Dancer. Indeed, the prime purpose of this is ancient musical form has always been to provide the mood and rhythm for dancing - but a distinctly unique and always fascinating kind of dancing. Belly Dancers have found enthusiastic favor and acclaim throughout the Western world and may have had an impact on our society second in effect to that of the Oriental numerical system.

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Duble Oryantal BaBa ZuLa & Mad Professor The very natural cross-breeding of reggae and oriental music takes well in Baba Zula's electronic treatments of traditional Turkish instruments, and with “Belly Double” they have further developed the new genre they have named oriental dub.	Psyche-belly Dance Music BaBa ZuLa & Mad Professor BaBa ZuLa's third album Psychebelly Dance Music released in May 2003 was mixed and mastered by the British musician and producer Mad Professor who previously worked with Massive Attack, The Orb, Lee Perry and alikes.
Crossing the Bridge Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack of Fatih Akin's movie Crossing the Bridge.	Husn-u Klarnet Husnu Senlendirici The clarinet on Husn-u Klarnet is no less than the voice of one of Turkey’s great musicians Husnu Senlendirici, and is at the same time his dear friend and his passion.
Oynamaya Geldik Burhan Ocal Burhan Öçal & The Trakya All Stars feat. Smadj - Oynamaya Geldik takes upbeat Roman melodies and interprets anonymous Thracian and Balkan works to reveal delightful outcomes.	Anatolian Wedding Selim Sesler Selim Sesler's latest project, Anatolian Wedding (Oglan Bizim Kiz Bizim) is a collection of 'Turkus' (Turkish Folk Songs) traditionally played in the lead up to and during a Turkish wedding.

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Husnu Senlendirici Husnu Senlendirici comes from a family of musicians from the Turkish Aegean coastal town of Bergama, where local Roma musicians play for local inhabitants of different ethnic groups.	Brenna MacCrimmon Brenna MacCrimmon has been learning and performing Balkan and Turkish music for over 15 years. She spent five and a half years in Istanbul where she studied Rumeli folk songs and performed Karsilama with Thracian Roman ensemble, Psyche-belly Dance Music and..
Mad Professor Mad Professor a.k.a Neil Fraser began his musical career on the technical side of things as a service engineer for mixing desks and amplifiers. That skill and a good ear for "on key" music became his asset when he began building a 4 track studio at his home in Thornton Heath.	Baba Zula Masters of the Oriental Dub: Baba Zula's specifically unique sound created by melding traditional Turkish musical instruments with electronic elements, has brought a brand new dimension to Turkish Folk Music. Baba Zula's music is basically an amalgamation..