Artists
who's who and who's doing what?Nim Sofyan
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- Alp Bora (voice, guitar)
- Daniel Klemmer (drums, percussion)
- Johannes Steiner (accordion, trumpet)
- Paul Dangl (violin)
- Roland Mach (bass)
- country:Austria
- style(s):Jazz Mediterranean
- label:Extraplatte
- type:Band
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
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Nim Sofyan Melodic Mid-European Worldmusic
Nim Sofyan is a word with many meanings: In Anatolian music it is the term for 2/4 time. In the Central European world music scene it is the name of an exceptional band as it can only evolve in the multicultural climate of the northernmost Balkan metropolis - Vienna.
The quintet around Turkish singer Alp Bora manages to combine lyrical elegance and unforgiving drive and with this mixture hits the nerve of time. Electrifying music of Asia Minor, garnished with the most interesting elements of Mediterranean and Western European world music plus an occasional pinch of funk and jazz.
The overwhelming success of the quintet with critics and audiences proves that the time was ripe for Nim Sofyan's elegant melodious but still fervent music. In December 2004 at the renowned Viennese venue Porgy & Bess a jury of highly regarded music journalists and organisers assigned the Austrian World Music Award to Nim Sofyan. Independently, the audience present also voted for Nim Sofyan to be given the audience award.
Since then they are a much sought after live act and with their impressive performances untiringly tear down the artificial borders between orient and occident.
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