Rich Field Recordings, Flute and Organic Percussion Help Make DJ Zeyhan’s Trance-esque “Sri Lanka” Into a World Beat Synth Pop Dance Track

DJZeyhan2_sm — DJ Zeyhan, photo courtesy the artist

DJ Zeyhan used field recordings captured in the place for which “Sri Lanka” was named in the mix for the song. Combined with flutes and organic percussion, the song has a multi-dimensional quality that strongly suggests place and context, particularly at the end when insects are sounding out into the night. Zeyhan’s trance-like synths, shakers, robust, melodic low end synth melody and intertwining with the flute and undercurrents of bright electronic tone drone convey the jungles, wetlands, rivers and dynamism of a place like Sri Lanka. Altogether the song hits your ears like a world music synth pop song created after the 90s when Future Sound of London’s “Papua New Guinea” did a similar mixing of aesthetics and concepts. Listen to “Sri Lanka” on Soundcloud and follow DJ Zeyhan at the links provided.