Cezve

After several listenings to the beautiful 30-minute music program of Turkish folk songs (I encourage all of you to listen to the original audio in its entirety. It's a wonderful cultural window), I selected my favourite piece. From there, I chopped out the main musical theme and then I dissected that section into even smaller bits. 

I then played along with in on my piano and came up with the main musical parts which I decided to change from piano to synthesiser to help meld the sounds of the original audio with the new audio. I chose the title "Cezve" after a Turkish long-handled coffee pot since the sound was "brewed" into a deep liquid texture similar to Turkish coffee.

Turkish folk songs about weddings and wrestling reimagined by Janae Jean.

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Part of the project A Century of Sounds, reimagining 100 sounds covering 100 years from the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Explore the full project at citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds