Crossing ContinentsEast2WestThe latest compilation in the East 2 West series features original releases from familiar artists as well as tracks by musicians new to the Doublemoon galaxy. Musical styles from Anatolia meet Balkan beats, rap, reggae, dub and electronica on the album.
Collaborations by Shantel and Baba Zula, Sultan Tunç and Selda Bağcan as well as many others by Turkish and foreign master musicians are the highlight of the album. Mad Professor attracts attention for his interpretation of Baba Zula's song "Free Spirit", and East 2 West alumni İlhan Erşahin and Burhan Öçal return to the series with fresh and previously unreleased material …
Step aboard the Doublemoon ship and set sail from Turkey to stop over in a village on the coast of neighboring Greece to discover the sounds of Savvas Pavlidis on the track Underworld , before landing in London to hear the Forty Thieves join the East 2 West series for the first time. "Crossing Continents" is an album where the enchantingly strange and eerily familiar sounds of Istanbul are sent out into the Universe, proving that the world turns to bring us closer and closer together. |
