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Friday, December 02, 2005

A song to bridge the divide

"A song to bridge the divide
By Leo Leonidou

We’ve had the talks, the aborted walks and the meditation. A new group plans to

A SONG recorded in English, Greek and Turkish is attempting to bring people from both sides of the divide closer together.

Haji Mike, a musician on the island who raps on Music is Joy and was involved in the song’s production, yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that the project began as a workshop last summer with the involvement of 15 young people, both Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

“The end result took a week to organise, record and mix and includes artists such as Zeki Ali, Sofoz_MC, Bulmy, St3phani3, maxiMOOM, Funkit, MC G-Force, Mike Cherry, DJ Atesh, Mustafa Goyze and Constantinos Pissourios,” he said. “It was also facilitated by music producer Stand Out Selector from San Francisco and is released by the Olive Tree Music label.”"

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