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Kairos Collective

The expanding occasional ensemble that Michiel van der Meulen assembles to record or perform his contemporary modal music. Kairos is the personification of the right moment, the time to act or an opportunity to be seized, perfectly encapsulating the spirit and atmosphere of the collective’s sessions.

Full albums

Kairos Collective - Erato (TouMilou #6, 2022)

Album / 2022 / read more / buy

Kairos Collective - Európe (TouMilou #3, 2019)

Album / 2019 / read more / buy

Kairos Collective - Pîrî Reis (Toumilou #1, 2017)

Album  / 2017 / read more / buy

Smaller releases

Kairos Collective - Ariadne (TouMilou #8, 2024)

Live EP / 2024 / read more / buy

Kairos Collective - Ripplets (Single; TouMilou #7, 2023)

Single / 2023 / read more / buy

Testimonials

Čalgija

Legendary Dutch ensemble that played Balkan and Turkish folk music and released three records during its existence (1962–1995): Balkan Orchestra Čalgija (EP, 1966), Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #1 (LP, 1978) and Music from the Balkans and Anatolia #2 (CD, 1991). TouMilou reissued the EP and produced, in co-operation with Pan Records, two additional full albums from unreleased studio and live material from the late 1970s and early 1980s: the ensemble in its heyday.

Čalgija - Üçayak (TouMilou #5, 2021)

Album / 2021 / read more / stream

Čalgija - Unforgotten (PAN 2056/TouMilou #4, 2020)

Album / 2020 / read more / stream

Čalgija - Vintage Recordings 1964-1966 (TouMilou #2, 2017)

EP / 2017 / read more / download

Testimonials

Find on platforms

Klassieke Turkse kunstmuziek (EN⇲)

Nederlandstalig tekstboek over Ottomaanse muziek door Wouter Swets (1930–2016), dat in 1983 voor het eerst werd uitgebracht door de KRO. Het boek beschrijft de muziek in termen van haar historische en geografische context, vormen en speelwijzen, modale en ritmische systemen, en introduceert een nuttige grafische weergave van zestig makams (Turkse modi). De tweede editie van 2023 werd geredigeerd en aangevuld door Michiel van der Meulen.

Traditional Turkish art music

Dutch textbook on Ottoman music by Wouter Swets (1930–2016), first published by the Dutch public broadcasting organisation KRO in 1983. The book describes the music in terms of its historical and geographical context, forms and approaches, modal and rhythmic systems, and comes up with a useful graphic representation of sixty makams (Turkish modes). The second edition of 2023 was edited and supplemented by Michiel van der Meulen. The book page is available in Dutch only. 

Traditionele Turkse kunstmuziek

Paperback / 2023 / read more / buy

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Ordering information

Kairos Collective

  • Digital releases are available on Bandcamp:
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Čalgija

Traditionele Turkse kunstmuziek

  • A paperback can purchased directly from TouMilou via Brave New Books: € 22,99
  • The book is available at all major Dutch book stores

Revenues of Čalgija and Al Farabi CD sales and Traditionele Turkse kunstmuziek book sales are transferred to the estate of Wouter Swets and used to cover the expenses of a continued effort to safeguard his musical legacy. TouMilou Music contributes to this effort on a pro bono basis.

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