A huge variety of oriental and ethnic percussion styles in 3/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 10/8, 12/8 measure. User friendly cut, combine able with each other and ready to use also in a 4/4 track!

This acoustic journey takes you from the Caucasus to Balkan, with sonic stopovers in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Persia, Chechenia, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Greece, Iraq and Macedonia!

Instruments:

Nagara & Gosha-Nagara played by the azerbaijani top musicians Natik and Xeyam

Hi- & Bass Darbuka by Nistemann Sansar.

Davul & Bendir by Celal Sansar

Bongo, Tef, Shaker, Tumba, Zil, middleanatolian Spoons by Oezkan Durmaz

Hollo & Udu by Emrah Sansar

Styles:
 

12/8 Lezgi - Chechenian folk dance, Persia, Middle Asia

5/8 & 6/8 - East & South Anatolia, Turkmenistan, Arabia

6/8 Azerbaijan, Persia

7/8 & Rumeli - Balkan, Turkey

9/8 Roman - Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia.

10/8 folk music Turkey, Irak

4/4 grooves Ciftetelli, Vahde, Malfuf, Baladi, Maksum, Sebare, Zafa - used all over the Orient.

3/4 classic Turkish- & oriental grooves

Efkan Durmaz recorded a big variety of rare oriental grooves in high quality audio. To keep the natural warmth of the original sound, Neumann U87 microphones where used for the whole production.

"My special thanks making this library possible goes to Funda Durmaz, Oezkan Durmaz, Ugur Eskimez, Nistemann Sansar, Celal Sansar, Natik & Xeyam ... and all users of Diamonds of Orient!" - Efkan Durmaz