◇ image via WikipediaOmar Faruk Tekbilek
Omar Faruk Tekbilek is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Mercan Dede, Dhafer Youssef, Anouar Brahem, Natacha Atlas and Niyaz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Glykeria, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Omar Faruk Tekbilek and forward to Glykeria. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Omer Faruk Tekbilek is a Turkish musician and composer who plays a wide range of wind, string, percussion, and electronic instruments. He has developed a style that builds on traditional Sufi music while incorporating inspiration from ambient electronic musicians, most notably Brian Keane. He is best known for his performances with the flute-like ney, but also plays the piccolo-like kaval, and the double-reed zurna. Among stringed instruments, he plays the oud and the bağlama.
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Omar Faruk Tekbilek shares an orbit with Mercan Dede, Dhafer Youssef, Anouar Brahem and Natacha Atlas, went on to shape Glykeria. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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