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Turkish-born and Montreal-based Mercan Dede and his ensemble of Turkish and Canadian musicians subtly fuse the Eastern spiritual traditions of Sufi music with contemporary ambient sounds to create a unique mix of old and new, sacred and secular, East and West. The music may be modern, but it clearly grows out of the otherworldly heart of the sema ritual of the Whirling Dervishes. Turkish instruments like ney (reed flute) and kanun (zither) and Middle Eastern percussion are spiked with electronics while a whirling dervish dances onstage.

The Mercan Dede Ensemble was founded in 1998, as the culmination of Mercan Dede's extensive musical experience over the past decade both in Turkey and in North America. The primary aim of the Ensemble is to foster an environment in which music can be created and enjoyed freed from restrictive categories and concerns related to the division of music according to various disciplines. A combined wealth of practical training as well as years of experience in performing traditional eastern music enables the members of the Ensemble to realize this aim to a degree not often encountered. Mercan Dede's additional experience with modern western music, and in particular electronic music, helps to create a new and powerful musical expression in combination with the eastern-inspired music and improvisations provided by the other members of the ensemble. Together, these styles of music work to highlight their similarities, both in style and intent.

Mercan Dede is interested not only in the place where he happens to be at any particular moment; he pays careful attention also to the processes by which he arrived there. The Ensemble is concerned as well with these changing considerations, and seeks to express them in the various layers of their compositions.

The inspirational force behind the work of Mercan Dede and the Ensemble is that which has carried the message of Rumi through centuries and around the world; "dervish" means threshold, and the ultimate aim for any Sufi is to meet and be met at the point where one space becomes another.

The Ensemble, originally founded by Mercan Dede, Mohammad and Farokh Shams, and joined later by Toronto-based world-musician Ben Grossman, will now be graced by the accompaniment of Isaiah Sala, a young Sufi whirler. This new element will add another, visual, dimension to the Ensemble, as well as opening up new realms of potential for the spiritual practice of whirling.

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Sufi Dreams

	This mystical, musical meditation is recommended to anyone wanting to be reunited and lovingly consumed by the flame of their inner source. (PJ Birosik, New Age Retailer) Album Details Modern Western Electronic Music with Sacred Sufi Music. The Layers of Ambient Electronic Sound Merge Delightfully with Live Recorded Performances of Eastern Percussion Instruments.
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	Title	Length
	Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi - Dream of Shams	9:16

	The Awakening - Dream of Lover	8:54

	The Name of The City - Dream of Adam	8:45

	Walking on The Red Sea - Dreams of The Sufi Saints	8:43

	Hidrelez - Dream of Perhan	15:37

	Last Chapter - Dream of The Dreams	3:59

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Journeys of a Dervish

A dervish is a Sufi ecstatic who whirls in circles in order to harmonize himself with the revolutions of the universe. ...Dervish is a word for "threshold,"... This album, Dede's second on Golden Horn, takes us through our own inner gateways, traveling to many reaches of the world without and within: an Australian didjeridu echoes, a Buddhist chants, crickets chirp, birds sing, drums and...
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	Title	Length
	Journeys of a Dervish	9:37

	Healing Prayer	8:26

	Fire Drums	8:48

	Masnawi	9:22

	Remember the Loveliness	7:21

	Water Ceremony	9:03

	Sunrise Zikr	7:42

	Baraka	10:30

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Mercan Dede -Breath, Journeys of a Dervish and Sufi Dreams
This is wonderfully intense music, compositionally brilliant, skillfully played-these guys can do no wrong. I love especially Fire Drums and Masnawi (Journeys of a Dervish) and Giwaha (Breath).

Mercan Dede-Breath
Fabulous music! I have a HUGE collection of world music and this is one of the best. Ginwaha is my favorite, but every track is great. Any music that uses duduk, violin and oud gets my attention, but these compositions are excellent! Buy this cd, you will open yourself to a new level of music!

Beautiful
i have not heard a single tune that i do not like. I wish i could make music like this!!