Germany's talented artist Tan Ses, born in Turkey and educated in Austria (Master's Degree in Information Management), has been living in two cultures his entire life. He learned to play the piano and organ as a young boy and started composing when he was 14 years old. After diving into the world of Electronic music and synthesizers, he published three albums that mirror his heritage and the vast cultural influences of Anatolia and Austria. Tan Ses gives us a glimpse into both amazing cultures through his dynamic World and New Age music.
Dolphins at sunset, turquoise waters clear and bright warm sun gentle breeze bringing you the scent of citrus flowers and the sea. dreamy moments on a boat that are meditative and relaxing at the same time. Sunlight sparkling in the waters. This is summer, Instrumental, Dance, Balearic Beat
Organic matter consists of anorganic matter with a spark called life given through the genetic program and biological attributes. Same chemical reactions, physical similarities, regulatory mechanisms, homoestasis, osmosis, diffusion and self-organising capabilities constitute what we call life, Instrumental, Electronic, Ambient House
Galata Tower is a distinctive landmark in the European part of Istanbul situated in the former Genuese quarter named Galata. Roman Emperor Justinian built the first tower which was destroyed during the crusades in 1204. In 1348 it was rebuilt and withstands the millenia since then, Humming, Electronic, Ethnic Electronica
Streets of Karaköy depicts the whirling and busy location straight below the Galata tower with its hundreds of shops and marketplaces, passengers coming and going through this quarter from the ship to the metro, across the full bubbling streets, Instrumental, Jazz, World Jazz
Vibrant warm jazzy tune sounds like acid jazz from the 90s smooth downtempo chill out. This is the kind of music you would hear in small jazz club where it is warm and cozy while snowflakes are dancing outside having a drink with your friends engaged in conversation. Laid back and relaxed feeling, Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Chilled out sound, perpetual Guitar/saz riffs, driving percussion on ambient layers. A road trip in the mountains of Mentese where many civilizations dwelt and left their heritage. The meandering serpentine roads at the border between the Aegean and the Mediterranean. Played on SomaFM on rotation, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Journey to Ancient Place, haunting and captivating polyrhythms accompany traveller, Central Asian roots meet civilization, Desert music, through the dusty plains, Children Choirs meet Shaman Chants, great for documentaries and games, hypnotic riffs in a well balanced mood, chilled out while timeless, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
The Dogon are a tribe living in the Sahara for a long time and are known for ancient wisdom about the Sirius star system. Being of importance to all African peoples along the desert zone, it was the Nubian astronomers linking the appearance of Sirius in the morning skies to the Nile floodings. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
We all dream of distant memories when we felt a certain feeling. Guitar melodies and oriental winds accompany echoed piano riffs on retro percussion, romantic song Love and compassion go hand in hand with joy and sadness which form our existence and the life we are allowed to live on our planet, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Impression of a dreaming Goddess, partly atonal ambient, ensemble of polyrhythmic stone metal percussion, background with haunting hypnotic ghostly sounds. Excellent fit for documentary various landscapes and sea. For game scenes unraveling an ancient city or a mythical location. For Opening scenes, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
A rare moment when it rains in the desert. Life giving water turns the scorched sands into a blooming landscape. Desert drops come down through dizzling heat like a Fata Morgana. It is unclear if it was just a dream or a miracle. sizzling sounds with a driving beat and lute riffs on an ambient layer, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Mainly Grand Piano melody, percussive rhythm, funky bass, epiano and guitar riffs, with retro swelling strings, bagpipe, First comes brightness then colors appear at the horizon. The only thing you hear is the wind. The whole creation holds its breath. Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Synth glitches echoing hypnotic percussion oriental melodies, saz riffs, Lykian Trek describes the landscape around the southwest coast where ancient civilizations dwelt. This track describes the experience of trekking in the lykian coastline experiencing old ruins like Xanthos or Halikarnassos, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Every year bonito swarms used to pass by Istanbul on their journey from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Parts of the swarm was caught when they entered the Golden Horn which was part of the wealth of the city thus the name "golden horn" Instrumental, New Age, Meditation
The majestic peaks of the Himalaya come to view. Tibetan gongs and bells start off our journey flying over the mountain range. A monk meditating is seen during our flight. Chants are echoing through the valleys, snowy peaks feeding their water to the Indus and Ganges rivers. Instrumental, Dance, World Dance
Dark evolving ambient haunting pianos with oriental winds like Ney and Mey ontop of dark drone sounds. Urartu were one of these big civilizations which existed before our time but gave us mythological input like Noah/Utnapistim into the books of the three big religions, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Pumping bass and rhythm, percussive cymbales, retro strings, kanun, lute riffs, bagpipe and ney, Seljuk Empire was one of the greatest Turkish Empires with great cultural influence on the region. Starry nights with a crescent moon, a castle in the Aegean region. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
Saz riffs, Piano and African fingerpianos and Tuvan drones on a polyrythmic beat and percussion, A roadtrip through the Sierra Nevada. reaching out to the deserts of Joshua Tree. Desert gives tranquility and a peaceful mind. Meditation and inner thoughtfulness reaching into the depths of the soul, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Seascape, strings and piano melody on triangle Udu beats with Duduk, Ney, male voice, very romantic longing, The Endless Search of mankind for the truth and the answer. Documentaries and Games music with landscape and mystical places long forgotten. Wonderful ambient settings with beautiful nature. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
Indian shaman aside an OperaTenor in a tension buildup of sound getting rhythmic. Kensho is the japanese word for enlightment of the soul according to Zen philosophy. not the revelation of whole concepts but the smaller ones that we encounter from day to day which drive us forward in our existence, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Evolving rhythms with microtonal instruments, Tulum (oriental bagpipe), zurna, saz, pumping bass, Roadtrip through the mountain gate of Taurus a connection between Anatolia and the Levante, Mountainous road through a gate, connecting different civilizations, Trade and Cultural Exchange,, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
perpetual rhythm on ambient layers, shepherd horns, epiano and retro reverse strings. his song was intended to be used in the Space Night series. Revolving is a concept of many things in nature: Gas clouds that form stars, earth revolving around the sun, etc. Played on SomaFM on rotation, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Evolving rhythms with microtonal instruments, duduk, saz, pumping bass, hypnotic kalimba riffs, drones and electronic percussions. Oracle of Didyma was one of the big three temples (Delos and Delphi being the other centers of worship and oracle) of the second of the Deities of Duality Apollo. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
Celts of the Orient, rhythmic components marching armies, pumping swaying rhythm, piano melody, percussive and driving beat, mystical relatives of the Celt tribe in Europe. historical documentaries of Rome Byzantine, ancient nations Fantasy setting games or movies with monumental battles or hordes. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
is the Hititian name of the river Kizilirmak, Hitite, starts African, middle eastern, use of Hammond sounds in the solo, saz sounds drive the beat forward to en ecstatic funky soundtrack. River rapids, water speeding through the rocks towards a more silent and quiet place the Black Sea, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
Krautrock meets Anatolia perpetual rhythm pumping groove with electronic arpeggio in the style of the early retro electronica mixed in an ethnic instrumentation. excellent for ocean travel pirates of the red sea indian ocean or mediterranean. Barbaros was an Ottoman admiral and captain of the 7 seas, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Mixture of New Age retro sounds emerging into jazzy funky improvisation. Style like 70s crossover jazz scores chilled but rhythmic with a cool bass line and e-piano riffs. Imagine a Black Volcano with the mysterious summit hidden behind the clouds revealing a majestic bubbling crater, Instrumental, Jazz, New Age Jazz
Guitar and lute riffs, polyrhythmic percussion ensemble with retrostrings Loki's Dance symbolizes the eternal circle of destruction and renewal like the season change from winter to spring which brings us life out of dead and shows us how nature can create life and destroy and then create again, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Memories of long lost love ethnic flavoured new age sounds with rhythmic guitar and qanun riffs, tabla and darbuka beats give a hypnotic touch while being soothed in icicle and watery sounds temple drones soundscape for landscape imagery or inward journey soothing music for the mind and relaxation, Instrumental, New Age, Meditation
ethereal ambient guitar riffs paired with duduk playing in ancient traditional tones and ethereal tonal layers, qanun playing the beginning of a rhythmic relaxed tabla and darbuka based groove accompanied by hammond sounds, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
This is a micropolyphonical experimental track that can be used for various moods and ambience moments reminding of cyanotype photographs that leave a certain nostalgic moment in a dreamy quality. The bluish, white shades makes you feel like you are wandering on a strange planet under a strange sun, Instrumental, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Ambient Music
sparkling sounds with oriental winds, romantic but with a tribal beat. An ancient princess in the Karian region Bodrum was found. Her mumified remains were bedded in a tomb amidst thyme and sage bushes where goats and sheep feast upon the herbs. She used to see the same beautiful sea and sun like us, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
A breeze full of ancient voices, echoes from the past coming from the east. The Orient full of spicy and flowery scents are reminded by the variety of fine fragrance and warm winds intermixed with scorching and sandy gusts. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
The sand dunes of the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts along the Silk Road with the numerous variety of peoples and cultures. These dunes are reaching high up to the sky, looking like waves on the ocean, each sandgrain is a universe of its own forming a perpetual changing macrosystem through the wind, Instrumental, Asian, Asian New Age
In the vast steppes of Central Asia where many tribes live, the eagle and the wolf have always been legendary animals. Peoples are mostly nomadic with their horses and their yurts moving from the winter to the summer campsites. Eagles have always helped the hunters to search and find prey. Male Vocals, New Age, New Age Electronic
Free Passage - a caravan moving through a conflict zone, though there are still fightings around, the trade routes have to be kept intact for their people to survive in a fight that no remembers how and why it started. The factions guarantee the caravan free passage through their territories, Instrumental, New Age, New Age Electronic
Pumping bass and rhythm, percussive cymbales, kanun, saz riffs, mey and ney, Quirky polyrhythmic vibe darbuka and table, Sardes was an important town in Lydia at the end of the Persian road to the sea, a city with tradeposts and a melting pot of cultures, Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
In wintertime you can see clouds whick look like rapidly moving ghosts mostly before a storm or snowfronts with horizontal winds that make the snowflakes move horizontally thus creating the image of a ghost sky moving through the heavens, Instrumental, Asian, Asian New Age
The sun is shining upon the lagoon of Venice sparkling in the shallow waters where many trade routes emerged, started or ended throughout the centuries. Once it used to be full of sailing ships, trade barks and gondolas moving goods to the myriad of islands in the lagoon and also to distant shores, Instrumental, Electronic, Dark Ambient
prepared piano, haunting mood, atonal ambient, background with haunting hypnotic ghostly sounds. Excellent fit for documentary various landscapes and sea. For game scenes unraveling an ancient city or a mythical location. For Opening scenes, Instrumental, New Age, Ambient, Instrumental, New Age, Contemporary Instr
Autumn sun is falling in a shallow angle through the red, yellow and orange coloured leaves, sparkling, casting shadows, coming down from a blue cloudless sky. Last remnants of the summer past foreboding of the winter. An ambience that can only be experienced during the fall season, Instrumental, New Age, Contemporary Instr
Pera or Beyoglu is the heart of Istanbul. During the conquest of Konstantinople this was the route where the Ottoman ships were transported on wooden logs from the Bosporus to the Golden Horn just in one night. So they could overcome the chain and attack the Byzantine navy while they were docked, Instrumental, New Age, Contemporary Instr
Our earth is alive, the inner fires of our planet never stop to create new islands every day. New land is created by volcanic activity throughout our world, new habitats for life to conquer. Creation through fire! Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
This is a golden sunset seen in Istanbul or any other city in the (middle) eastern world, full of mystery and the dramatic end of a warm day before dusk falls with its Midnight blue starry sky, Vocal Samples, New Age, Meditation
The Kamondo stairs are a beautiful set of artfully designed stairs in Galata photographed by great photographers like Henri Cartier Bresson and Ara Güler. A swaying stone construction like a DNA double helix, Instrumental, New Age, Meditation
Leonardo da Vince had plans to build a bridge across the golden horn though it never came to life the plans still existed for centuries. The Renaissance was full of inter- and exchange between the mediteranean peoples. Instrumental, New Age, Ethnic Fusion
Piano based meditation music with retro stringbeds and drones. Mixture of New Age music with the electronics aesthetics of the 70s vintage stringmachines. This track makes you dream of the past and the future. Lonely melancholic but hopeful layers of strings with meandering piano melodies, Instrumental, New Age, Meditation
Everywhere in the world each and every town builty by mankind has a marketplace for buying and selling food, spices, and goods a plethora of different sounds, fragrances and voices can be heard, from market sellers praising their goods. These are the center places of communication in our world, Male Vocals, Jazz, World Jazz
Nighttime ambience with may sounds shape this moody track. A certain colour that shines in the darkness shortly after sunset, a certain kind of blue, majestic, deep, warm summer nights, gentle breezes and dreams from the south under a starry blue night sky. Instrumental, New Age, Atmospheres
