‘Ask your heart'
“Modernist, visionary, specific, accessible and melodically strong.” Music in Belgium, Belgium
“As one walks through a garden; one will find a variety of flowers, trees, and rock formations, each different and complete in itself. But they’re all part of the same garden.” DooBeeDooBeeDoo, USA
“As delicate and pleasing to the ear as this music sounds, you still get an inescapable feeling there’s a passionate storm brewing underneath.” Mixed World Music, the Netherlands
“The album is full of sweetness and harmony.” Babelmed.net, France
“The 72-minute long album keeps you fascinated” Jazz Flits, the Netherlands
"The Mehmet Polat Trio are one of the world’s most distinctive and cutting-edge groups in Middle Eastern and Turkish music. Their songs are epic and picturesque, incorporating elements of West African, Andalucian, Romany and Balkan sounds as well. Bandleader and oud virtuoso Polat can play with blazing speed if he wants, but he typically prefers a dynamically charged approach. His compositions have a cinematic sensibility that gets very dark on occasion. In this group he’s joined by kora player Dymphi Peeters and ney flutist Sinan Arat. Their show last summer at Lincoln Center was one of the most compelling concerts of the year." New York Music Daily, USA (click for the full review)
- From the last week of July 2017 'Ask your heart' will be available in France.
- From November 2017 'Ask your heart' will be available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Upcoming concerts:
August 18 Le Pradet "La Bayette" Côte D'azur, France
August 19 Montbrun-Les-Bains, Alpes Provence, France
August 20 Vaison La Romaine, Alpes Provence, France
August 21 Le Brusc Martin Zéde, Côte D'azur, France
August 22 Le Lavandou, Côte D'azur, France
August 24 Hyeres Eurosurf, Côte D'azur, France
August 25 Balaruc Les Bains, Languedoc, France
August 26 Gruissan, Aude Pyrénées Orientales, France
August 27 Brassac, Midi Pyrénées, France
August 28 Arvieu, Midi Pyrénées, France
September 15 Muziek op de Rotte Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands (tbc)
September 17 3 Oever Festival, Gendt, the Netherlands
September 30 LUCIS Midden-Oosten Cultuurmarkt, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands
November 4 Dutch Delta Sounds, Old roots & new routes concert series, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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