MELECHESH – Mainman Jams With Turkish Pop Star; Video Available
July 16, 2009, 14 years ago
While staying in Turkey for the past two weeks to explore the country’s spiritual sides and sites, Ashmedi, frontman of Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, also met up with several renowned Turkish musicians. One of them, famous Turkish pop/rock star HARUN KOLCAK, who has a deep interest in occultism and black metal, invited Ashmedi to join the stage during a jam session in a small jazz club in Istanbul.
A really rare and intense event took place that night - check it out below.
Commented Ashmedi: "Well, I flew to Istanbul with hopes to absorb that city and its east/west fusion to feed my inspiration and hoping some elements will rub off on the new album. One of the highlights was this improvised jam sessions with leading musicians. I asked the band to follow my lead without having any plan or pre-composed things - just some Mid-eastern and Indian sounding scales; but kept it basic and sincere. The rest is documented in this video, very psychedelic Eastern rock and metal blend - we all were surprised how it was turning out in real time.“
