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BOSNIAN SUFI CHANTS

RICHARD JENKINS | FRANKSTON Australia | 07/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"BUY THIS CD,THIS IS THE BEST SUFI MUSIC I HAVE HEARD IN YEARS.IT IS HEARTENING TO SEE THAT SUFISM IS STILL FLOURISHING IN BOSNIA DESPITE THE RECENT WAR.THE CD CONSISTS OF ILAHI'S WHICH ARE DERVISH SONGS OF THE VARIOUS SUFI ORDERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE,THEY ARE CHOIR ACCOMPANIED BY FRAME DRUMS AS THAT IS THE ONLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ALLOWED WITHIN A MOSQUE.TO MOST OF THE TRACKS THER IS AN ACCOMPANING DHIKR SUNG BY THE CHOIR TO COUNTERPOINT THE SOLO LEAD SINGER OR DHAKIR.THE SONGS ARE BEAUTIFUL REMINDING ME OF TURKISH SUFI SONGS BUT WITH A SLAVIC ACCENT WHICH CREATES A MORE SOFTER SOUND RATHER THAN THE RAWNESS WHICH CAN BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF TURKISH DHIKRS.IT IS A POWERFUL RECORDING,A WELCOME ADDITION TO MY LARGE COLLECTION OF SUFI MUSIC AS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SUFISM FOR 20 YEARS NOW.MY ONLY SLIGHT CRITICISM IS OF THE SLEEVE NOTES,THEY DONT MENTION WHICH SUFI ORDERS THE SONGS COME FROM,TRACK 13 IS OBVIOUSLY A MEVLEVI(WHIRLING DERVISHES)HYMN & TRACK 14 IS A BEKTASHI SONG,OTHERWISE THATS MY ONLY CRITICISM."

The Best Sufi CD

Don | CALIFORNIA uSA | 03/05/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the best cd of sufi music in the world.
It has everything the great lyrics, the sound of bosnian & islamic tradition good recording, and ilahis from the people like hazreti mevleana etc. And nesid ul huda are surely something that deserv 61:53 Miutes of your every day lives.THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"