Iranian kamancheh player Kayan Kalhor’s ‘East meets East’ projects have brought some tantalizing cultural hybrids to full flower. The ongoing collaboration with Anatolian baglama master Erdal Erzincan is one of the most striking of them. The source material for their improvisations in this intense and fascinating performance – recorded in Bursa, to the south of Istanbul – includes music from all over Turkey and music of traditional Persian provenance. These two master musicians from Teheran and Erzurum intertwine melodies, revisit “The Wind” (title piece of their 2004 recording), and create instrumental music which acknowledges tradition but declines to be restricted by it.

Tracklist:
1. Improvisation I
2. Alli Turnam (traditional)
3. Improvisation II
4. Deli Dervis (trad.)
5. Daldalan Bari (trad.)
6. Improvisation III
7. Kula Kulluk Yakışır Mı (Muhlis Akarsu)
8. Improvisation IV
9. Improvisation V
10. The Wind
11. Intertwining Melodies