Walking with Çelebi, by Stefaan van Biesen & Enrique Tomás

Walking with Çelebi

by Stefaan van Biesen & Enrique Tomás

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1.	Intro I 02:22	buy track
2.	Clock Tower 02:32	buy track
3.	Memories 03:21	buy track
4.	Cemetery 02:45	buy track
5.	Love Bridge 02:55	buy track
6.	Modernity 03:02	buy track
7.	Intro II 01:32	buy track
8.	Mauselum 02:45	buy track
9.	Living 04:05	buy track
10.	Promenade II 01:07	buy track
11.	Sufi 03:31	buy track
12.	Çelebi Traveler 01:08	buy track
13.	Evliya 01:21	buy track
14.	Tale Of The 4 Winds 00:48	buy track
15.	3 Winds 00:57	buy track
16.	Evliya [Moonscapes] 02:31	buy track
17.	Çelebi [Under The Old Oak] 02:40	buy track
18.	Conquering 02:50	buy track

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A sound walk for mobile devices by Geert Vermeire (musical scenario), Enrique Tomás and Stefaan van Biesen (sound artists).

A contemporary sound walk inspired by the world traveler, Evliya Çelebi, an Ottoman Turkish gentleman adventurer who travelled far and wide for over 40 years, visiting over 250 cities. He described everything he saw on his journeys, and left a record of his wanderings in 10 large volumes, the Seyahatname, or Book of Travels, “the longest and fullest travel account in Islamic literature, perhaps in world literature.” His book is full of fantasy, imaginary landscapes and invented itineraries in a world where travelling was still magical and mysterious. On the other hand Çelebi is a great geographer in the tradition of Strabo and Ptolemy. Historians have cross-referenced his descriptions of Balkan mosques, public baths and Sufi lodges with the actual sites that still stand today, and found Evliya Çelebi to be highly accurate.

The sound walk refers to the magical and to the documentary side of Evliya Çelibi’s travels, situated within the Balkan of today. An atmosphere of past wonder blends with the sounds of contemporary Balkan. Poetic soundscapes, composed for this sound walk, and field recordings of street music, city life and nature, made on... more
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released January 3, 2012

Sound and Music by Enrique Tomás and Stefaan van Biesen (sound artists).

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released January 3, 2012

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Stefaan van Biesen Beveren, Belgium

For some years now, visual artist Stefaan van Biesen has been working on collaborating sound projects. It covers a broad field of styles and influences, ranging from experimental music to soundscapes, from wave to ambiant.
Together with Peter Maes (China Blue, The Colour U) he is a member of the indie rockband A Blue Supreme. ... more

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