Auf der Anderen Seite/The Edge of Heaven

by Auf Der Anderen Seite / Edge Of

Overview

Serving as a simultaneous soundtrack and compilation, Auf der Anderen Seite matches its topicality -- the German-Turkish co-production has its partial roots in the Turkish minority community that thrives in modern-day Germany -- with music that reflects the combination of past and the future at play. Coordinated by Shantel, who creates a number of shorter instrumentals throughout the disc (highlights including the spacy techno rampage of "Six Bars Later," all the more effective for being so brief), its wide range can be a bit herky-jerky as a listen, but with numerous highlights nonetheless. It begins and ends with two interpretations of an excellent song, "Ben Seni Sevdugumi," balancing out a modern-sounding, lower-key interpretation by Kazim Kayuncu and Sevval Sam with a older-sounding concluding take by Mackali Hasan Tunc, and with this as a model the disc explores from there. The contrasts avoid what has almost been a cliche of "traditional sounds/modern beats" around the world in favor of a variety of fusions, some taking on fresher takes of older styles straight up, such as Selim Sesler's energetic "Kasap Havasi," which a band such as Gogol Bordello could regard as a kindred effort. Meantime the Top 40-ready beats and slink of "I'll Smash Glasses" show that this is a 21st century collection, not a re-created 19th century one. Elsewhere there's reggae-tinged lopes via the Rootsman's "Ta Travudia," female chorales on "Heyamo," and Shantel's own superior take on the Afro Celt Sound System's styles with "Pietons -- Bucovina Dub." ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	11/27/2007
Label:	Essay Recordings
UPC:	0881390201624

Tracks

1. Ben Seni Sevdugumi  - Kazim Koyuncu  -  Sevval Sam
2. Blacksea Trip  -  Shantel
3. Kasap Havasi  - Selim Sesler
4. Koupes - I'll Smash Glasses  -  Shantel  -  Traditional
5. Son Hatira  - Nese Karabocek
6. Ta Travudia  -  Rootsman  -  Rootsman
7. Ayten & Airport  -  Shantel
8. Heyamo  - Birol Topaloglu
9. Inel Inel de Aur  -  DJ Click  - Rona Hartner  -  Shantel
10. Pietons  -  Binder & Krieglstein  -  Shantel  -  Binder-Hostettler Duo  -  Krieglstein
11. ¿¿l¿¿rsem Yaziktir  - Sezen Aksu
12. Eight Bars Later  -  Shantel
13. Ben Seni in Dub  - Kazim Koyuncu  -  Shantel
14. Safak T¿¿rk¿¿s¿¿  - Ahmet Kaya
15. Camburnu  - Yusuf Kaba
16. J.S. Bach: Menuet in G-Major  - John Bullard
17. Glazart Sea  -  Shantel
18. Six Bars Later  -  Shantel
19. Ben Seni Sevdugumi  - Kazim Koyuncu
20. Lotte & Ayten  -  Shantel
21. Road to the Funeral  -  Shantel
22. Ben Seni Sevdugumi  - Mackali Hasan Tunc

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Krieglstein   Primary Artist
Binder-Hostettler Duo   Primary Artist
Binder & Krieglstein   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Birol Topaloglu   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Bullard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Rona Hartner   Primary Artist,Vocals
DJ Click   Primary Artist,Vocals
Nese Karaboecek   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sevval Sam   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mackali Hasan Tunc   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kazim Koyuncu   Primary Artist,Vocals
Yusuf Kaba   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sezen Aksu   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Rootsman   Primary Artist
Rootsman   Primary Artist
Ahmet Kaya   Primary Artist,Vocals
Seeval Sam   Primary Artist,Vocals
Shantel   Primary Artist,Vocals
Selim Sesler   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Nejdet Celik   Composer
Eehmi Ege   Producer
Fehmi Ege   Composer
Shantel   Composer,Producer
Selim Sesler   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Birol Topaloglu   Arranger
John Bullard   Arranger,Producer
Rona Hartner   Composer
DJ Click   Composer
Mackali Hasan Tunc   Composer,Producer
Yusuf Kaba   Arranger
Stefan Hantel   Composer,Producer
Public Domain   Composer
The Rootsman   Composer
Esin Engin   Composer
Kerstin Stelter   Photography
Vesna Petkovic   Arranger
Ahmet Kaya   Composer,Producer
Rainer Binder-Krieglstein   Composer,Musician
Hayri Yeniguen   Composer
Nevzat Celik   Composer
Orhan Seyfi Orhon   Composer