Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
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Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul is a 2005
film
/documentary
directed by Fatih Akın
. The film is a journey through the music
scene in modern Istanbul
, Turkey
as well as portraying its cultural life. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
.
It features German
musician Alexander Hacke
(member of Einstürzende Neubauten
) as the narrator. Hacke and Akın travelled around Istanbul with a mobile recording studio
and a microphone
, assembling an inspired portrait of Turkish music — from arabesque
to indie rock
and rap
.
Among the featured artists in the film are (in order of appearance):
2005 in film
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film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
/documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Fatih Akın
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akın is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.- Personal life :Akın was born in 1973 in Hamburg to parents of Turkish ethnicity...
. The film is a journey through the music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
scene in modern Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
as well as portraying its cultural life. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21...
.
It features German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany....
(member of Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
) as the narrator. Hacke and Akın travelled around Istanbul with a mobile recording studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
and a microphone
Microphone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
, assembling an inspired portrait of Turkish music — from arabesque
Arabesque music
Arabesque or Arabesk is a genre termed so by Turkish musicologists for Arabic-style music created in Turkey. The genre was particularly popular in Turkey in the decades from the 1960s through 1990s. As with Arabic music itself, its aesthetics have evolved over the decades...
to indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
and rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
.
Among the featured artists in the film are (in order of appearance):
- Baba ZulaBaba ZulaBaba Zula is a Turkish musical group, founded in Istanbul in 1996, featuring founding members Levent Akman and Murat Ertel as well as Coşar Kamçı, who replaced original member Emre Onel in 2005. BaBa Zula added live drawing artist Ceren Oykut into the mix in 2004. She left the band in 2010. Her...
- Orient Expressions
- DumanDuman (band)Duman is a Turkish rock band. The band combines elements of traditional Turkish folk music with modern rock and grunge...
- ReplikasReplikasReplikas is a avant-rock, experimental rock band from Istanbul, Turkey.-History:Their debut album, Köledoyuran was released in 2000, on Ada. Their second album, Dadaruhi followed in 2002. After signing with Doublemoon records, the band released their third studio album, Avaz in 2005...
- Erkin KorayErkin KorayErkin Koray , has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the late 1950s or early 1960s. He is widely acclaimed as being the first person to ever play rock and roll in Turkey; in 1957, he and his band gained fame by playing covers of Elvis Presley and Fats Domino...
- CezaCezaBilgin Özçalkan better known by his stage name Ceza is the most commercially famous and influential Turkish rapper. His albums have featured many artists including Sezen Aksu, Candan Erçetin, Tech N9ne, Dr. Fuchs, and his sister Ayben...
- Ayben
- Istanbul Style Breakers
- Mercan DedeMercan DedeMercan Dede , also known as DJ Arkin Allen, is a Turkish composer, ney and bendir player, DJ and producer. He divides his time between Turkey, Europe and North America...
- Selcuk
- Brenna MacCrimmonBrenna MacCrimmonBrenna MacCrimmon is a Canadian folk singer from Toronto, Ontario, who has been performing, studying and teaching Balkan and Turkish music since the late 1980s. She speaks and sings perfect Turkish and is internationally acclaimed as a Turkish folk singer....
- Selim Sesler
- Siyasiyabend
- Nur Ceylan
- AynurAynur DoganAynur Doğan is a contemporary Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey. She was born in Çemişgezek, a small mountain town in Tunceli Province in southeastern Turkey. Her family fled to İstanbul in 1992 during the conflict between the Turkish military and the Kurdistan Workers Party...
(i.e. Aynur Doğan) - Orhan GencebayOrhan GencebayOrhan Gencebay is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.-Early life and musical background:...
- Müzeyyen SenarMüzeyyen SenarMüzeyyen Senar is a Turkish classical music performer. Born in Gököz in the Keles district, Bursa, Ottoman Empire, she is known as the diva of the Turkish Republic.- Discography :- Links :...
- Sezen AksuSezen AksuSezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
- Sertab ErenerSertab ErenerSertab Erener is a Turkish pop music singer and also a cross-over soprano with a vocal range that extends to high F. She is one of the most successful female Turkish pop singers in her homeland, and is considered one of the divas of Turkish pop music...
Soundtrack
- "Music" - Sertab Erener (5:18)
- "Tavus Havası" - Baba Zula (5:27)
- "İstanbul 1:26 A.M." - Orient Expressions (6:36)
- "İstanbul" - Duman (1:40)
- "Şahar Dağı" - Replikas (7:08)
- "Holocaust" - Ceza (3:28)
- "AB-I Hayat" - Mercan Dede (3:47)
- "Kürdili Hicazkar Longa" - Selim Sesler (4:58)
- "Wedding Song" - The Wedding Sound System (2:04)
- "Penceresi Yola Karşı" - Selim Sesler & Brenna MacCrimmon (2:54)
- "Hayyam" - Siya Siyabend (2:49)
- "Böyle Olur Mu" - Nur Ceylan (1:34)
- "Ehmedo" - Aynur Doğan (5:26)
- "Hatasız Kul Olmaz" - Orhan Gencebay (5:24)
- "Haydar Haydar" - Müzeyyen Senar (1:19)
- "İstanbul Hatırası" - Sezen Aksu (4:38)
- "Cecom" - Baba Zula (4:35)
- "Music (Radyo Versyonu)" - Sertab Erener (3:47)