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Lokum performs maqam-based traditional Anatolian and Ottoman tunes, keeping the traditional essence of the music.
Considering the historical music tradition in Asia Minor, there are two traditions: Ottoman and Anatolian. These two traditions are quite different from each other in the usage of instruments, style, poetry style in lyrics, and ornamentations, although there are quite some similarities like the maqam structure and the patterns. After all, Lokum focuses on these two traditions and finds an alternative way of expressing them under an umbrella as in early 20th-century Istanbul.
The ensemble consists of Greek, Turkish, and German musicians, which gives a similar atmosphere to the music life in Istanbul a century ago. The repertoire consists of folk songs from Anatolia and classical tunes of Ottoman culture, as well as free vocal and instrumental improvisations.
Çiğdem Okuyucu - Vocals
Barış Ofluoğlu - Double Bass
Dimitra Metzaki - Ud
Jacobus Thiele - Percussion
Nikos Avgoustidis - Ud
Considering the historical music tradition in Asia Minor, there are two traditions: Ottoman and Anatolian. These two traditions are quite different from each other in the usage of instruments, style, poetry style in lyrics, and ornamentations, although there are quite some similarities like the maqam structure and the patterns. After all, Lokum focuses on these two traditions and finds an alternative way of expressing them under an umbrella as in early 20th-century Istanbul.
The ensemble consists of Greek, Turkish, and German musicians, which gives a similar atmosphere to the music life in Istanbul a century ago. The repertoire consists of folk songs from Anatolia and classical tunes of Ottoman culture, as well as free vocal and instrumental improvisations.
Çiğdem Okuyucu - Vocals
Barış Ofluoğlu - Double Bass
Dimitra Metzaki - Ud
Jacobus Thiele - Percussion
Nikos Avgoustidis - Ud
