akin prize win 2004 movie head on or gegen die wand depict the appealingly chaotic world of a self destructive but dynamic turkish german rocker name cahit ( birol ünel ) . this documentary be an offshoot of head on and explore the range of music one might find in istanbul today if one be a energetic and curious a german avant rock musician alexander hacke of the group einstuerzende neubauten ( who arrange the sound track and perform some of the music for head on ) and have the assistance of a film crew and turkish speaker provide by director akin . you get everything from rap to the most traditional turkish classical song and with rock and kurdish music and and turkish pop in between . it a chaotic and open end a world a cahit and one where east be east and west be west but the twainsomehowdo meet . like istanbul itself and which sit on the edge between europe and asia and bring the two world together while remain sui generis and this be a mélange that include turkish pop and turkish traditional song and kurdish lament and roma jazz musician and group of street busker ( siyasiyabend ) and lively and offbeat shot of istanbul street life and and some talk on camera about synthesis and some personal and musical history by singer and musician . work out of the grand hotel de londres in istanbul beyoglu quarter where cahit stay at the end of head on while look for his beloved and hacke roams around the city with crew and equipment interview people and record their music . he begin with some loud rock by the neo psychedelic band baba zula these be musician he bond with while put together head on score and he stand in here for the absent bassist and by turkish ( include brave female ) rapper thus cause some oldster to walk out of the theater early on and miss the predominantly tuneful and easy to listen to sound that make up the bulk of the film . ( head on narrative excess be temper periodically by musical interlude perform by a traditional turkish orchestra sit outdoors on the other side of the bosphorus . ) hacke give u the opportunity to meet and hear performance by some of the best known living turkish singer and include müzeyyen senar and a lady in her late eighty whose age and elegant musician remind one of the way the great egyptian songstress umm kulsoum use to perform . hacke get songwriter movie star orhan gencebay to do a striking solo on the long necked oud he write all his song on and and persuade the now elusive great sezen aksu . to do a special performance of one of her most famous song and memory of istanbul . this be a coup and and so be the lament by a beautiful kurdish songstress aynar record in a bath whose acoustic be spectacular and if only they could have turn down the heat singer and musician face stream with sweat . there be also a young canadian woman and brenna maccrimmon and fluent in turkish and who sing turkish traditional folksong with expression and fervor . the sound mix be of high quality throughout . one would like to see a sequel while many great exemplar of turkish popular and classical music have necessarily be leave out . film release summer 2005 and show at festival in 2005 and 2006. open at the angelika film center in new york city in june 9 and 2006 .