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Mehmet Polat, Joan Terol Amigo, Hendrik M​ü​ller, Bart Lelivelt - Contemplation

from Quantum Leap by Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours

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    Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours
    Quantum Leap

    1. Expanded lives
    2. Dancing statues
    3. Playing the time away
    4. Falseta Mesopotámica
    5. Segue
    6. All connected
    7. Breathing again
    8. Conveyed emotions
    9. Contemplation
    10. Entropy
    11. A deserved distraction
    12. Aftermath

    All compositions by Mehmet Polat.

    Embracing Colours:

    Mehmet Polat - Ud & Compositions
    Joan Terol Amigo - Drums
    Hendrik Müller - Bass
    Bart Lelivelt - Accordion

    Guest musicians:

    Ciğdem Okuyucu – vocals, track 4
    Eric Vloeimans – trumpet, track 5
    Imamyar Hasanov – kamancha, track 6
    Michalis Kouloumis - violin, track 8

    www.mehmetpolat.net

    The melodies, grooves, ideas and emotions wrapped up in this album mark the new and exciting path I embarked on with the creation of ensemble Embracing Colours. It’s one of the most important and daring steps in my musical life so far. A quantum leap.

    Embracing Colours is a new jazzier ground for my - mostly modal - jazz compositions. After years of international touring and inspired by the rich musical traditions of the Middle East, Africa, India, Europe and the Balkans, I decided to explore my music within this new jazz band. I’ve often felt jazz to be present when improvising, composing, playing a groove. Bringing the musicians of Embracing Colours together has brought these jazz-inspired compositions to life. Joan Terol Amigo is a genius on drums, Hendrik Müller is a master of grooves on bass and Bart Lelivelt is a brilliant accordion player. The ud is a traditional instrument played in all Arabic countries, West Asia and Eastern Europe, and can be a great connector of cultures. Making the album together has enriched my compositions, pulling me out of my harmonic comfort zone and into new chord progressions. It’s been a pleasure and thoroughly rewarding experience. The compositions on this Quantum Leap album come from the heart and tell a musical story of discovery, growth and progress in a world of learning.

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The melodies of Contemplation are reminiscent of Sur, the old city center of Diyarbakır, Turkey, particularly it’s strength, vulnerability and complexities. Agelessness is expressed in the ud solo that plays with timing on the solid base of the band’s grooves.

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from Quantum Leap, released March 8, 2019

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Mehmet Polat Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mehmet Polat is an ud player, composer, ensemble leader and soloist who tours internationally. From Africa to India, Persia to the Balkans, Contemporary to Jazz, he has been combining various musical genres with his Alevi Spiritual, Anatolian Folk and Ottoman classical music background. With this new left hand technique, he can play more advanced and modern pieces. ... more

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