“Ask Mercan Dede what he does for a living and you might not get an easy answer. “This is the hardest question,” said the self-styled “multidisciplinary explorer” when we caught up with him at Further Mykonos. The Turkish musician, producer, artist, and composer synthesizes Sufi music and traditions with contemporary electronic sounds to create an entirely original sonic amalgam.”
“Halaken is one of the most simple and profound truths ; we are all one. You are another me. I always feel that way, but more and more I see the separation between ‘Me/Them’ and ‘I/You’ melting away. Sufi said “when your crossed eyes fixed, what you used to see two, becomes one.” Being in my 50’s, it’s a good time for eye sight reconfiguration.”
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