mavrothis
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Ismail Fencioglu - Turkish ud master living in Montreal
Hey guys,
A friend of mine recently went to Montreal to perform on kanun at an event there, and met up with a really great ud player and singer from Turkey.
His playing reminds me a lot of Beken, but with some definite differences in attack and style of runs. The quality is not as great as on the cd b/c I
had to compress it, but you'll get the idea.
Anyway, enjoy this track by Ismail Fencioglu, I hope we'll be hearing more from him soon. 
mav
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LeeVaris
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Wow...
I must get this CD...!
Really great dynamics, he does remind me of Beken in how clean he is - lots of other subtle differences though. He has great clean tremolo but its the
exquisite control over the dynamics in the phrases that is so impressive.
Where can one find the CD !!!
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mavrothis
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Hey,
That's a good question, I was given a few tracks by my buddy. I'll try and find out if it's in circulation.
I'm glad you liked it, he's really something.
Take care,
mav
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Hi!
Very good! I Like this guy. By the way, Mavrothis, your nick remembers me my hometown, TRABZON. What is your nation?
\"Bismillah\"
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Hi oudmaniax,
I sent you a u2u message.
Take care,
mav
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Jonathan
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I have been trying to get the video of this guy to work, but am not having any luck:
There are links to 3 videos of him here:
http://www.shtreiml.com/listen.html
Let me know if you guys have any luck.
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Multi Kulti
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I downloaded them without a problem...
Thanks for the link Jonathan
Nikos
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mavrothis
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Hey,
Thanks Jonathan, these are great! It's too bad the ud isn't more featured though.
mav
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Harmonica?
That's a harmonica featured in the solo right? Wild...
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Multi Kulti
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I must say that i didnt like the Harmonica a lot...Solo Oud from Ismail could be better 1000000 times.
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I know that this is an old posting, but i recently came across this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZu2BtTi6A&feature=related and needless to say i am very impressed with his playing. From what i gather he is
also a luthier, i think this oud he is playing sounds amazing. If anyone owns one of his ouds i would like to hear your thoughts.
Thank you
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he lives not far from me. I should pay him a visit.
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mavrothis
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Yeah,
He is a ridiculous player, and actually more well known as a singer in Turkey if I'm not mistaken.
His ouds sound absolutely wonderful, and look very nice too!
Take care,
mavrothis
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I bought one of his cds 'Fenci's Blues' a few years ago and the oud playing on that is just brilliant, really exuberant like he can't help himself
- I'd like to hear him on his own. He has a very good voice also.
Leon
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hamed
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thanks guys, i will email him one of these days to find out if he's building ouds on a regular basis.
Hamed
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Mr.Hamed :
Pleas post Ismail Fencioglu E-mail
Thank you
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here is a link where i got the email address, i'm not sure if its current. http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=5390#pid336...
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Nice playing from Ismail. Hated the harmonica, musicians should know by now what not to mix together. Harmonica should be banned from this type of
music.
And why does the Harmonica player have to wear the jewish hat in performance, I think with a name like Rosenthal we can tell he's jewish enough...
James
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mavrothis
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Well, he probably wears the yamuka all the time, so he didn't feel any need to take it off for the performance.
I wasn't crazy about the harmonica/oud mix much myself, but that sort of thing happens all the time. I do hope we can hear more of Fencioglu in
traditional settings...hopefully in the New York area... 
mavrothis
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mavrothis
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Video
Hey,
Don't know if anyone already saw this:
http://www.nme.com/video/id/iQWIGpvYU6w/search/hakk%C4%B1
Notice how he doesn't really rest the oud on his legs, but holds it between his arm and torso most of the time? He does some very difficult runs like
this. Very cool, and difficult I think.
Take care,
mavrothis
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Mav come to Montreal. Its like Europe in America if you drive or take the bus its about a 5 hour drive or so.
Just do it man
I'll take care of you for the weekend and we will try to set up a meeting with Ismail.
what do you say?
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mavrothis
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Hmmm...this sounds very tempting.
I will be away for a while this summer, but maybe in the fall? I would love to come up to Montreal and spend some time with you and whoever else
might be around and in the mood for some oud.
We should absolutely get together my friend. I'll let you know when it might work for me, and also feel free to email me if there are any dates that
would work best for you.
Shukran!
mav
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