Turquie: Ceremonie du Djem Alevi (Turkey: Djem Alevi Ceremony)

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Overview

This album is a record of a complete service by the Alevi sect in Turkey, a group related to the Sufis that has been persecuted by the old Ottoman government and now by the fundamentalists. As such, the disc is better understood as an anthropological or religious document than as art. It consists of 15 tracks; the odd-numbered ones are spoken prayers, invocations, and the like. The even-numbered ones are songs for solo male voice or small chorus accompanied by two men on saz djura, the small Middle Eastern lute with the slightly banjo-like sound. The songs all have the same basic pattern: The sazes play a riff (there's no other word for it), sometimes a single male and sometimes the group sing-chants a line, and the sazes play the riff again. Each song has its own riff and they are all musically captivating, dense, and harmonically complex. Sometimes the group breaks into a faster freeform chant. The effect is repetitive but not boring, because it is so hypnotic and because each riff is so delicious. Still, with the spoken parts it's a little difficult to enjoy this as pure music and, truth be told, it feels a little sacrilegious even to try. If it doesn't bother your conscience, you could program out the spoken portions of the disc and play just the "good stuff." ~ Kurt Keefner

Product Details

Release Date:	02/27/1998
Label:	Ocora Records (France) / Ocora
UPC:	0794881414420
Rank:	163514

Tracks

1. Invocation des Ma¿¿tres de l'Ordre et B¿¿n¿¿diction de la Chapelle  -  Congregation  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
2. Hymnes (Nefes de Kul Himmet et de Vir¿¿ni) Et ¿¿vocation de l'Initiation  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
3. Sourate de l'Unicit¿¿, Fatiha, Louanges ¿¿ 'Ali et aux ...  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
4. Les Douze Im¿¿ms et Invocation d'All¿¿  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
5. Imploration du Pardon et du Secours  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
6. Tevhid: la Proclamation de l'Unicit¿¿  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
7. Louanges ¿¿ Chacun des Douze Im¿¿ms (Praise to Each of the Twelve Imams)  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
8. L' Ascension C¿¿leste (Miradjlama) Et le Banquet des Quarante  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
9. B¿¿n¿¿diction (Blessing)  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
10. Danse des Grues Cendr¿¿es, Turnalar Semahi  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
11. Invocation des Fondateurs de l'Ordre  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
12. Danse, Bozok Semahi  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
13. B¿¿n¿¿diction (Blessing)  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede
14. Comm¿¿moration du Drame de Kerbela  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede  - Djafer Doghan
15. Invocation de la Sainte Famille et Pri¿¿re Propitiatoire  - Ali Dede  - Hasan Dede

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Djafer Doghan   Primary Artist
Ali Dede   Primary Artist
Congregation   Primary Artist
Hasan Dede   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jean During   Engineer,Liner Notes
Philippe Malidin   Editing
Jerome Cler   Liner Notes