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Kim Sanders & Friends CD Bent Grooves has at last been released and will be launched at the Sound Lounge on May 8.

The album features serene Sufi meditations, berserk Balkan Gypsy rhythms, bent African grooves and magical collective improvisation.

Kim has just returned from three months in Istanbul where he studied with ney master Ahmet Kaya and Gypsy clarinettist Selim Sesler (the man The Guardian called "the Coltrane of the clarinet"). He also performed with percussionist Okay Temiz, Laz singer Birol Topaloglu and with the Istanbul State Modern Folk Music Ensemble.

The concert will be recorded by ABC Radio National for Music Deli

MC at the Sound Lounge will be Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Sandy Evans: soprano and tenor saxes

Carlos Villanueva: charango

Bobby Singh: tabla

Kim Sanders: ney, Turkish gaida, aardvark, kaval, mey, tenor sax, saluang

George Doukas: bouzouki, Greek baglama

Llew Kiek: Turkish baglama

Bobby Dimitrievski: clarinet

Steve Elphick: double bass

7pm, Thursday May 8

The Sound Lounge

Seymour Centre,

Cnr City Rd & Cleveland St

Chippendale

$20/15 conc

Bookings: telephone 9351 7940 or online at http://www.seymour.usyd.edu.au/boxoffice

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The Sydney launch will be followed by a High Altitude Launch at the Clarendon in Katoomba at 8pm on Fri May 9. Details and bookings http://www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au 47821322

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For interviews, photos, info, or to order CDs contact Kim at
Visit www.kimsandersworldmusic.com