#16 - Burak Mungan, singer, guitarist, space-holder
Turkish musician Burak Mungan talks about kirtan, medicine songs, collective music-making, yoga, and Turkish psychedelic folk from the 70's. The music in this episode gives a small impression of how a kirtan gathering can sound like, through private recordings used with permission from Burak.
00:00 Sita-Ram
00:20 Introduction
01:04 Burak introduces himself
06:23 Kirtan
13:22 Collective music-making
16:01 More kirtan, touching on the religious aspect of it
22:28 Chanting, using the voice
25:23 Exploring music-making
28:39 Everyone can access their inner musician
33:20 The various influences on music in Turkey
35:12 The continuation of the kirtan journey
37:03 What does it mean to be a musician?
41:04 70's psychedelic folk, Burak's playlists on Spotify
45:19 Where to find kirtan events, medicine songs, cacao ceremonies
50:41 Outro
Burak on Facebook
Burak on SoundCloud
Kirtan Sverige (Facebook group)
Burak's 'Medicina' playlist
Podcast soundtrack by Mohamed Amer.
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