1. BIR DALDA IKI KIRAZ (TWO CHERRIES ONE STEM) 00:01:41 A PORTRAIT OF A MIDDLE EASTERN VILLAGE WITH WINDING STREETS AND VIBRANT MARKETS. THE HYPNOTIC RHYTHM OF THE DOUMBEK AND REPETITIVE PATTERN OF THE LUTE CAST AN EXOTIC SPELL ON YOU FOLLOWED BY AN INTRIGUING MELODY. AFTER THE BREAK @00:45 SLOWLY BUILDS UP AND PICKS UP THE PACE WITH A QANUN ZITHER @01:23 THAT FILLS THE ARRANGEMENT WITH A BRIGHT RING. 85 BPM. FULL MIX.

2. ENDLESS DUNES 00:02:38 THIS SONG CREATES AN IMAGE OF SAND DUNES GLOWING IN SHADES OF YELLOW AND ORANGE UNDER THE BLAZING HEAT OF THE SCORCHING SUN AND THE HEAT HAZE BLURS THE VIEW ON THE ENDLESS DESERT. STRINGS AND LUTES EVOKE A THOUGHTFUL AND LONELY YEARNING AS SUBTLE DRUMS AND PERCUSSION SET A SOFT RHYTHM. THE VIOLIN STEPS UP AND REVEALS A SOULFUL MELODY ON TOP STARTING @01:25. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

3. HOPA SINANAY 00:01:39 FAMILIES AND FRIENDS COME TOGETHER, SHARING LAUGHTER, DANCING AND ENJOYING DELICIOUS ORIENTAL DELICACIES. THIS TURKISH FEEL-GOOD SONG PUTS A WARM SMILE ON YOUR FACE WITH OUD, LAVTA AND SAZ LUTES THAT SPREAD A BRIGHT AND BUOYANT FEEL WITH THEIR LIGHT AND PLAYFUL FINGERPICKING. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

4. UNDER THE ARABIAN MOON 00:02:18 THE MYSTIQUE OF THE ARABIAN MOON SHIMMERING ON THE WATER BRINGS AN ENCHANTING SERENITY THAT SOOTHES THE SOUL. LUTES, DRUMS AND PERCUSSION ACCOMPANY THE CHARMING TEMPTATIONS OF THE CLARINET AS THE HYPNOTIC RHYTHM AND REPETITIVE MELODY CAST A SPELL ON YOU. 90BPM. FULL MIX.

5. BURIED IN THE DESERT 00:02:26 MYSTERIOUS SECRETS BURIED IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN DESERT LIKE LOST TREASURES OF FORGOTTEN CIVILIZATIONS - A HYPNOTIZING 3-4 RHYTHM KEEPS YOU IN A TRANCE AS THE REPETITIVE LUTES LULL YOU. AFTER THE BREAK @01:10 DUDUK AND DOUMBEK HIGHLIGHT THE CRYPTIC YET YEARNING FEEL BEFORE THE MAIN MOTIF REPEATS AND A POIGNANT VIOLIN JOINS IN. 135 BPM. FULL MIX.

6. TALES FROM THE OASIS 00:01:57 IN THE BEGINNING THE MYSTIQUE OF THE LUTES AND QANUN ZITHER SET UP A DREAMY SCENERY LIKE WHISPERS CARRIED BY DESERT WINDS. AFTER THE BREAK @01:00 THE OOMPH OF THE DRUMS AND PERCUSSION EMPHASIZE THE ROCKING 3-4 RHYTHM. 130 BPM. FULL MIX.

7. SACRED CHANTS OF ANATOLIA 00:01:59 REVERED MELODIES OF ANATOLIA TAKE YOU ON A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE LUTES WITH FINGERPICKING AND STRUMMING COME WITH A SERENE MANTRA THAT CAPTIVATES YOU AND BRINGS A POIGNANT DEVOTION. DRUMS JOIN IN AND ESTABLISH A STEADY YET SUBTLE RHYTHM WHILE THE DUDUK PICKS UP THE TENDER YEARNING EMPHASIZED BY STRINGS. 66 BPM. FULL MIX.

8. DESERT DREAMS 00:01:59 DREAMS AWAKEN IN THE DESERT'S EMBRACE AS THE MELODY OF THE LUTE DANCES LIKE A WHIRLING DERVISH ACCOMPANIED BY DOUMBEK AND PERCUSSION. SUBTLE AT FIRST THE ORIENTAL DRUMS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED TOWARD THE ENDING. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

9. SECRETS OF THE SAND 00:02:00 SECRETS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH THE SAND TEASED BY ENIGMATIC WHISPERS OF THE DESERT. AN AGITATED LUTE STARTS AN URGING COMMOTION IN THE BEGINNING AS A CONTEMPLATIVE AND DREAMY MELODY CREATES A ROMANTIC YEARNING. AS THE EXCITEMENT PAUSES THE TENDER LONGING TAKES OVER WITH A SUBTLE RHYTHM UNDERNEATH THAT BECOMES STEADY AND MORE PRONOUNCED TOWARD THE ENDING. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

10. MEDITERRANEAN SEA 00:01:52 SAILING ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AT NIGHT EMBRACED BY ITS ENCHANTING CHARM EVOKES AN ORIENTAL YEARNING WITH A JAZZY TOUCH FROM THE CLARINET WHILE THE LUTES BRING THE MIDDLE EASTERN MYSTIQUE AS PIANO SUBTLY ACCOMPANIES WITH WARM CHORDS. 82 BPM. FULL MIX.