'Djoumbush' is the phonetic spelling of 'cümbüs', an instrument played mainly in Turkey, most often in Roma ('gypsy') music. It is essentially a hybrid of an oud and a banjo (in effect, a fretless banjo). Cümbüs is also a word used in Turkey which means, roughly, a ruckus, or a noisy happening! One night in 2001, in a smoky bar called Badehane in Istanbul's historic Tünel neighborhood, the great Turkish clarinetist Selim Sesler was playing up a storm with his musical friends. Among the regular patrons of the bar - the local Bohemian milieu of artists, musicians and expatriate language teachers and journalists - was Nicolas Royer-Artuso, a Montrealer who was living in Istanbul studying with oud master Oktay Aktürk. That night Nicolas met fellow Canadian Lucas Moore, a musician from B.C. who had come to Turkey to study the G clarinet with Selim Sesler. Although Nicolas and Lucas got together once or twice to play music soon after, it was not until several years later, when they both ended up living in Montreal, that they started to work together on a common repertoire. Formed by Royer-Artuso and Moore in 2006, Djoumbush has since expanded its sound to include a hint of jazz in the contrabass lines of Jérémi Roy. Süleyman özatilan, in addition to bringing his talent as a Turkish conservatory-trained musician to the group, sings and dances exhuberantly, helping create the party atmosphere so important to the group's live performances. The music of Djoumbush draws on the repertoire of Selim Sesler which Moore studied in Turkey, but the group also plays original material, and places a strong emphasis on improvisation. The Rhythms of the music performed by this high-energy dance band run the gamut from 'odd' time signatures such as 9/8, 7/8, or 5/8, to oriental 'Baladi' rhythms in 2/4 and 4/4. Whether or not the rhythms are familiar to them, it's impossible for the audience not to dance when Djoumbush plays a show!
'Djoumbush' est l'adaptation phonétique de 'cümbüs', un instrument utilisé principalement en Turquie dans la musique gitane. Cet instrument est constitué d'un manche de oud et d'un corps de banjo. En Turquie, le mot 'cümbüs' est aussi utilisé pour désigner une fête joyeusement animée et bruyante, la pagaille, quoi! Tout a commencé un certain soir de 2001 à Istanbul. Dans un bar nommé Badehane, le réputé clarinettiste turc Selim Sesler y donnait un spectacle. Parmi les clients réguliers de l'endroit, se trouvait le Montréalais Nicolas Royer-Artuso qui, à l'époque, habitait Istanbul et étudiait avec le maître du oud Oktay Aktürk. Ce soir-là, Nicolas rencontra Lucas Moore, clarinettiste originaire de l'ouest canadien, qui habitait Istanbul pour étudier avec Selim Sesler. Peu après cette rencontre, ils commencèrent à jouer ensemble occasionnellement. Ce n'est que quelques années plus tard qu'ils se mirent à travailler un répertoire musical commun, tous deux désormais installés à Montréal. En 2006, ils formeront Djoumbush. Depuis, le duo prit de l'expansion en y ajoutant une subtile influence jazz du contrebassiste Jérémi Roy, et les talent vocal de Süleyman özatilan (qui prend sa place aussi comme danseur et animateur par excellence)! La musique jouée par Djoumbush provient en majeure partie du répertoire de Selim Sesler, que Moore a appris en étudiant à ses côtés, mais contient aussi de plus en plus de compositions originales. Dans toutes les pièces, une place importante est réservée à l'improvisation. Cet ensemble d'une énergie contagieuse exécute beaucoup de pièces composées de métriques irrégulières, soit en 9/8, 7/8 ou 5/8, mais aussi de rythmes Baladi en 2/4 et 4/4. Que ces rythmes vous soient familiers ou non, il est impossible de rester en place à un concert de Djoumbush!
Kanada’dan kopan cümbüş
HÜLYA EKŞİGİL
Beş yıl İstanbul’da kalan ve buraların ezgilerine bağlanan Kanadalı Lucas Moore, Djoumbush (cümbüş) adlı topluluğuyla Montreal’de bir kulüpte “caz tınıları taşıyan Türk müziği” yapıyor
Burası Casa del Popolo. Kanada’nın “son derece Fransız” Quebec eyaletindeki en kozmopolit şehirde, Montreal’deyim. Elini sallasan bir caz kulübüne çarpan caddelerden birinde, ufak ve tıklım tıklım bir bar.
O akşamın konseri, piyasaya çıkan albümlerini tanıtmak amacıyla, CD ile aynı adı taşıyan topluluk Djoumbush tarafından veriliyor. Yani bizim dilimizle “cümbüş”. Ön grup olarak sahneye adı yine tanıdık çağrışımlar yapan Warhol Dervish çıkıyor. Dört yaylı çalgıdan oluşan bu grubun şefi Pemi Paull “Rusya, Doğu Avrupa ve Balkanlar’dan parçalar çalıp Türkiye’ye gidecek ve orada kalacağız” diye yapıyor anonsunu. Montreal Senfoni Orkestrası da dahil birçok toplulukla birlikte de çalmış olan bu quartet, Djoumbush’a da eşlik ediyor.
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