Rebuilding Babel- Ligh in Babylon
Light in Babylon, a world music band from Istanbul was formed in 2009. With two albums to their credit to date, the band promises its listener with a fusion of a variation of ethnicity and cultures. An Israeli singer, a Turkish santur player and a French guitarist that have come together to collaborate with eclectic musicians from around the world. Emaho talks to the band about their music, their plans for the future and their interesting collaborations.
Firstly, what does Light in Babylon signify?
There are two reasons we chose the name Light in Babylon as our band name. Our first stage was the street. In the street, people are walking home, going to or back from work, nobody looks, and nobody smiles. The moment you put music in the street it makes people stop, to listen, to smile, to cry, to dance and to communicate with each others. Babylon is a name for the system that forces us to look in only one direction. At the moment you put any kind of art in the system you create light, making the people also look to a different direction.
The second reason is the story about the Babel tower, the time when cultures separated and people started to speak different languages. Also, in our band we are from different places and we speak different languages, but despite that, we have a common culture and language, music
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