Muhtelif – Zümrüdüanka
Muhtelif, founded in Istanbul in 2014 and continuing their work in Berlin since 2019, shared their second single called “Zümrüdüanka” with a video clip compiled from news footage documenting social movements and democratic struggles in Turkey over the past decade. The video contains many hopeful scenes from recent history, including the Gezi Park protests, International Women’s Day marches, Pride parades, and environmental movements. The group announced the song on social media with the following statement:
“We hope that this song amplifies the voices of those who believe in another world where justice, freedom, and peace are possible, and who fight to create such a world.”
LYRICS
Leave behind the winter’s darkness drear
Let spring weave on and banish fear
As sunbeams dance upon your face
And sweet pomegranates reveal their grace
A stranger’s heart, open wide with empathy
A touch that dwindles pain, a healing synergy
As you croon, a tender melody takes flight
Amplifying your call, with passion to unite
Conceal your wound, paint over the gloom
Let the dove ascend across the vast sky room
Phoenix soars high, beating strong its wings
A new history starts, as today brings
şarkı sözleri
Bırak kalsın kışı kara gölgende
Örsün ağını yazbahar
Güneşle yıka, güneşe dön yüzünü
Bal olur ah dilinde nar
Açar gönlünü o el, hiç bilmediğin
Ufalır avucunda acın
Ilık bir nağmesi olur söylediğin
Sesini büyüten şarkının
Kırmızını sar, siyahını boya
Beyazını sür, maviye uzan
Kanadı çarpar Zümrüdüanka
Bugün çok aldanıyor zaman
Founded in 2015 in Istanbul, now based in Berlin, Muhtelif performs a wide range of music in Turkish, Greek, Arabic and Armenian from traditional to popular, 70s to present. “muhtelif”, which is the Arabic word for “discordant, fluxional”, over time turned out to be used as “various” in Turkish. True to this name, the band builds its repertoire out of the songs seemingly “discordant and fluxional” so to emphasize the musical concord of different languages and cultures of Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Muhtelif is formed by the historian and Europe in the Middle East – the Middle East in Europe (EUME) fellow Nurcin Ileri (voice), Sevda Hamzacebi (clarinet), Penelope Gkika (violin), Ufuk Elik (saz), Cem Dinler (piano), Wataru Saito (double bass) and Can Tufekcioglu (drums): seven versatile musicians each of whom has multiple projects of different genres which becomes a fine contribution to the cultural blend and the musical narrative the band attempts to pursue.
Muhtelif’s members have migrated to Berlin from Turkey, Japan, and Greece in recent years, and they perform popular and traditional songs from Anatolia and the wider Eastern Mediterrean Region on stage with accompanying stories. The group, who continues to give concerts in various cities in Germany, especially in Berlin, released their first single called “Samsa” in 2017, which refers to the main character of Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”.
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Forum Transregionale Studien (12. Mai 2023). Muhtelif – Zümrüdüanka. TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research. Abgerufen am 13. Oktober 2024 von https://doi.org/10.58079/ut6x
