Rasta Turk (Original Mix) - Hamza Rahimtula
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Every once in a while, an artist pours in their heart & soul on a particular piece of musical literature to help it stand the fickle test of time. The next release on Wind Horse Records is as special to the label itself as it is to Hamza - a producer whose aural boundaries have no end. The label's motivator and driving force decided to step up to the plate with an LP that's been inspired by his travels to the mystical and spiritual land of the Ottomans. The 10-track offering has been created using samples/instruments that are unique to Turkey and reflect Hamza's artistic prowess to spin aural fables by weaving different tapestries made up of the fabrics of indigenous sounds.
The next offering on the album "Raasta Turk'' goes all-folk with traditional rhythms and percussion that can definitely dispel energy onto any dance-floor. As an artist Hamza is always capable of pulling off the unexpected and as the track welcomes deliciously a construed synth that oozes and bubbles its way into your very soul. Accompanied ably by fleeting piano stabs and carefully curated notes from variation of the flute, the entire track meanders between sonically scenic highs and rhythmic low ends that probably will give a club sound-system a proper run for its money, while also maintaining the connect with the land that it was inspired by.
Thus, by weaving Turkish musical inspirations and sounds with their Indian counterparts, Banjara Series (Turkey) LP by Hamza is certainly one of his most accomplished works.