Doublemoon

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Founded in 1998 as an offshoot of Pozitif Productions, Doublemoon Records is an independent pioneering label based in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to spreading the cultural tapestry that is the city’s sound around the world. Doublemoon has made a name for itself that is synonymous with world fusion from the perspective of global souls who amalgamate jazz & world, acoustic & electronic, occidental & oriental music to put forth albums made up of sufi-electronica, groove alla turca, gypsy funk, oriental hip hop and Anatolian blues.

Doublemoon Records is the sole platform for Turkish and foreign musicians with an evolving ethnic identity to come together to create, collaborate, and communicate through the universal language of music. Doublemoon feature cross-cultural collaborations such as: Sufi-electronic Mercan Dede with Susheela Raman, Dhafer Youssef, Azam Ali, Ben Grossman, Steve Turre , Hugh Marsh, Transglobal Underground, resident rhythm-meister Burhan Ocal—who is matched beat for beat by French-Tunisian producer Smadj—with Jamaledeen Tacuma & Natacha Atlas; master clarinetist Husnu Senlendirici &Vassilis Saleas ; nu-jazz pioneer Ilhan Erşahin with Norah Jones; Alevi influenced Orient Expressions— with vocalists Sabahat Akkiraz & Aynur Dogan; as well as psychedelic-folk rockers Baba Zula—Mad Professor—Doublemoon Records has released over 43 albums to date. Over the past 10 years, the label has succeeded in nurturing a roster of promising talent into internationally recognized artists with the synergy of its three sister companies.
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