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Australian composer/arranger Kim Sanders has traversed the globe for over two decades, assembling a CV resembling a patchwork quilt (cane-cutter, “meatworks labourer”, documentary film researcher) in the process. He’s performed in some unusual global hot spots, including Senegal, the Balkans, China and Indonesia – basically every continent except Antarctica, and that might be next. Sanders’ […]

The album opens with Saba Taksim. The taksim being the opening section of a piece of music usually improvised, which introduces the mood of the piece and its tonality – in this case the scale or Makam is Saba, which Sanders describes as ‘strange and beautiful’ – an apt description. It’s a sublime, haunting and […]

Given the jazz provenance of Kim Sanders, prior expectations that this is a jazz album may be justified. A few minutes listening to this CD however, will quickly put such suppositions to rest. From the very first track, the dominant flavour is clearly not just Middle Eastern but very particular strands within the complex heritage […]

There is a profound dignity about the expression of sadness in Turkish Music.With neither histrionics nor sentimentality, the sadness is distilled into beauty. Kim Sanders has immersed himself in this culture for years and achieves an extraordinary sound on ney (Dervish flute) for the rubato improvisations on this gloriuos album. He is accompanied by percussionist […]

Kim’s first album ‘You Cant Get There From Here’ was nominated for an ARIA in 2002 for Best World Music CD. Kim’s second album offers as much as the first with a nuance that is both soothing and sensual. The album features the sounds of the ney (Turkish flute), kaval, Bulgarian and Turkish gaidas (bagpipes) […]