Uber Lingua is proud to announce it's launching as a record label... The first cab

off the rank will be the new album from Barcelona based FILASTINE. Launching

in early December DIRTY BOMB follows the highly praised BURN IT release of

2006. UL is co-releasing this new album in collaboration with DJ/Rupture's

Soot records in the UK and Post World Industries in the US. More on this

shortly.

FILASTINE and his companion in electro-sonic culture jamming MAGA BO will be

touring Australia in late Dec 08 and Jan 09. Should be crazy.

Also touring during this time are North African born, Istanbul based French

musicians DU OUD. This psychedelic rock meets traditional middle eastern

meets electronica duo are prolific movers in the global and French music

scenes.

All three of these acts are out to play Uber Lingua's FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT

event as part of the Sydney Festival 2009. Info on their Melbourne dates

will be announced by us shortly.

Dagtekin + Schachta is a new friendship between Tufan Dagtekin + Christian Schachta (aka Syntax Error who already released on Snork as himself and Snork). They offer 2 tracks which were made between Giessen in Germany and Istanbul in Turkey. All tracks have been recorded finally in Istanbul at Effective Studios which are run by Tufan Dagtekin. Both tracks have a dark deep atmospherically bassline and the first track "Geisterbuch" has this spiritual voice which helps to exorcise your ghosts and demons and brings you into trance and to feel free on the dancefloor while the air is vibrating around you. "Tuenel" is more four to the floor like with its little acidparts and some progressive synth streams. Side B brings you the man from Re:connected also known as Martinez with his long remix of Geisterbuch who ensharpened the darkness of the original with his little housy influences. http://www.humpty.de?id=47&aid=20486&lang=en

Czech airlines CSA intend to focus their Boings especially on traffic to Germany and to the Balkan. More planes than the last year head for Stuttgart, Hamburg, Istanbul, Skopje or Belgrade, stated the speaker of CSA Daniela Hupakova. Together, the CSA machines to 129 destinations, 21 more than the last year. According to Hupakova, the airlines want to satisfy German and all western businessman, who can use the wide net of CSA in southern and eastern Europe. With that is related setting of bigger airplanes to the main German transition station Frankfurt. The in-country flights expect a boost as well, for example the flight from Prague to Brno. The Prague Airport also plans to reduce some lines. The long-distance flights to New York are reduced from 7 to 5 a week.

Istanbul [Flickr/Pericles] ·Eating your way through Istanbul [LAT]

·Cat cafs are all the rage in Japan [JS]

·Prada/Rem Koolhas “Transformer” cultural event space to debut in Seoul [WWD]

·Delta ordered to pay customer for canceled flight [Gadling]

·Apple Core Hotels launch “My Day In New York” blog, offer tourist tips [HC]

·The Broadway Concierge and Ticket Center now up and running [AP]

The Los Angeles Times recently published an article on the best culinary offerings of Istanbul. Not only do most of the restaurants they chose serve mouth-watering, traditional Turkish dishes. They offer some of the most eye-pleasing views of the flourishing city. From hotel rooftops to the Old City, delicious mezes and killer kebabs are all within reach. Just don’t forget the raki. (photo)

Legendary Jazz composer Fahir Atakoglu will be performing 2 sets live on Monday October 13th in support of his latest CD, "Istanbul in Blue", at Blues Alley in Washington, DC.

Dengue Fever, the Cambodian surf rock and world beat band from Los Angeles who played more than 30 festival and club dates in Europe this Summer have just announced that the band will making their British television debut this November on Later with Jools Holland in support of their latest CD, Venus on Earth.Surrounding the band's November appearance on Later…with Jools Holland, Dengue Fever will be setting out on their first proper tour of England as well as one-off dates in Turkey and Ireland. In contrast to performing at massive European festivals including Glastonbury, Roskilde, Hove, Way Out West and the London Weekender this summer, the band will now concentrate on smaller club gigs and arts centers this winter.

Confirmed European dates are: 11/11 at Later…with Jools Holland, London, England (Recording & Live broadcast on BBC 2)

11/13 at Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

11/15 at Sugar Club, Dublin, Ireland

11/15 at Later…with Jools Holland (Full show broadcast on BBC 2)

11/16 a

San Francisco (California), USA - The Rough Guide to Turkish Caf (RGNET1215CD) demonstrates that Turkish music is much more than Whirling Dervishes and efforts in the Eurovision song contest. It has inspired the styles of many Mediterranean regions and, located between Asia and Europe, embodies a vibrant melting pot of sounds. From traditional modest coffee houses to elegant venues of Istanbul, Turkish cafes boast an ambiance immersed in the voice of legendary Sezen Aksu, gypsy clarinet of Selim Sesler and a range of folk and pop talents.Sezen Aksu is Turkey's premier pop diva who has sold over forty million albums. Her songs are more frequently covered than those of any other Turkish artist, and each of Aksu's releases over the past few years has turned into a huge media event, where she often performs with her famous 35-piece Oriental orchestra. Another legend, Mslm Grses is a landmark singer of arabesk, a Turkish style highly influenced by the sounds of Arabic music. His extensive discogra