Die Demokratie by Ozan Ata Canani
From Oxford to Anatolia
Despite living in Oxford, I became one of the first listeners of Ata Canani's new album. While listening to this work in which Anatolia merges with Germany, a question came to my mind: Can one change the world with a bağlama, the Anatolian long-necked lute? This is the question that Ata Canani asks us with his new album.
Ata Canani, one of the legends of Anatolian Rock, shows us the possibilities of coexistence in our age of polarisation. A coexistence that is made of songs and dances…
Ata Canani not only switches back and forth between German and Turkish. This album is a call for empathy and engagement with the experiences of others. When he describes the experiences of the Gastarbeiter and other migrants with compassion and humour in German or recalls the Sivas massacre of 1993 in Turkish, Ata Canani succeeds better than any historian in making us feel the significance of those events. But he also invites us to appreciate some universal values that we sometimes take for granted in the West, such as democracy and peace.
It is obviously impossible to answer the question asked above in so few words. What is certain, however, is that this album can inspire us to imagine a new world.
Laurent Mignon
Tracklist
| 1. | Die Demokratie | 4:57 |
| 2. | Gel Gel | 3:57 |
| 3. | Freund/dost | 2:32 |
| 4. | Die Väter unserer Väter | 4:28 |
| 5. | Pir Sultan | 4:11 |
| 6. | Duygusuz | 4:23 |
| 7. | Papierkramland | 3:29 |
| 8. | Sen Sen | 5:19 |
| 9. | Verdik | 3:34 |
| 10. | Was keiner braucht | 4:05 |
Videos
Credits
Die Demokratie
Die Väter unserer Väter
Was keiner braucht
Musik: Ozan Ata Canani
Text: Hans-Ulrich Esp
Percussions: Renu Hossain aka RENU
Produced by: Björn Sonnenberg & Luis Müller-Wallraf
Recorded at Holykuti Studios & Hermitage Works Studios, London
Mixed by Ramin Bijan at STU STU STUDIOLEIN, Berlin
Mastering & Vinyl-Cut: Frank Merritt, The Carvery, London
Die Demokratie
Backing Band: Locas in Love
Additional Synths: Nick McCarthy
Produced & Recorded at Bear Cave, Cologne
Percussions recorded at Holykuti Studios & Hermitage Works Studios, London
Gel Gel
Musik + Text: Ozan Ata Canani
Produced by: Bülent Aykac
Pir Sultan
Duygusuz
Sen Sen
Musik + Text: Ozan Ata Canani
Produced by: Bülent Aykac
Freund/Dost
Musik: Ozan Ata Canani + DJ Bey
Text: Ozan Ata Canani
Produced by: DJ Bey
Papierkramland
Musik: David Julian Kirchner, Tilmann Claas
Text: Ozan Ata Canani
Produced by: Björn Sonnenberg & Luis Müller-Wallraf
Verdik
Musik + Text: Ozan Ata Canani
Produced by: Björn Sonnenberg & Luis Müller-Wallraf
Alle Songs published by Summen & Score Musikverlag/ Flex-Ton Musikverlag
