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Out of stockAnatolian psych-folk fire and balm starring the angelic Derya Yıldırım and her band, Grup Şimşek reprising classic ‘70s styles with a timeless vivacity While the quintet were all born between the ‘80s-‘90s, Yıldırım and Şimşek could easily be mistaken for a band twice their age on 3rd album ‘Dost 2’...
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Fantastic Turkish disco-folk atmospheric and psych-influated compilation by Seyhan Karabay who founded Kardaslar with Cem Karaca Mind-blowing tunes by a hard-hitting rhythm section blending into a prime example of the swingin' sound of the cool influences of psychedelic rock Most of the songs are traditional Turkish folk songs...
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Recorded over the course of 4 years during late-night, afterhours sessions at RCA's Studio @ Calle Carlos Maurrás in Madrid (one of Spain's best and bigger studio around that time), it was the result of the duo's interest in unorthodox sound-sources which they manipulated in a sort proto-sampling collage technique based on random...
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Here an unreleased Turkish Jazz album by Atilla Engin from 1986 I want a special thanks to Mr Per Meistrup who saved this gem and let us to release it Limited 500 numbered transparent copies The album cover was already pressed but wasn't released, since yet Atilla Engin was a Turkish Jazz drummer He moved to Denmark around middle...
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B-sides from hard-to-find 45s that never made it onto albums during singer Edip Akbayram's 1970s psychedelic period with the awesome Dostlar as backing band A tiny guy with a great big, easy, open voice, Akbayram glues together disparate arrangements that put ridiculous analog synthesizers up next to centuries-old mystic poetry...
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2021 restock Turkish band Bunalim (Turkish for "Depression") is a true legend: They were the absolute wildest and crudest band from the Anatolian rock scene Under the wing of Cem Karaça, who was their manager and producer, they released a few singles which are all collected here Fierce Turkish folk-flavored psychedelic fuzz-rock...
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Out of stock2021 repress LP version Edip Akbayram's a frail guy who spent his childhood unable to walk, but once he grew up he was on Istanbul TV in a whitey-fro and knee-length colored robes Akbayram's voice is big & open, and it took him all across Turkey at the height of Anatolian psychedelia This first album collects precious singles...
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Out of stock2021 repress LP version Comes with exact reproduction of the original gatefold pop-up sleeve As Turkey's political factions turned more and more violent in the late 1970s, Buscemi-eyed Edip Akbayram was nearly beaten up by rioting audiences for daring to sing about rural points of view that were naturally critical of Istanbul's...
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Out of stockFinally the first ever repress of the legendary Disco Hamam serie is now available! The flagship release of the disco hamam series, including some of the edits that made Baris K’s Eurasia mix trilogy series compulsive listening The EP revives rare and hidden 70s Turkish disco, folk and psych classics, blending the golden era...
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Debut album by dutch act Altin Gün, offering an exciting mix of Turkish folk, psychedelia, funk and rock Altin Gün was founded by Dutch bass player Jasper Verhulst (ao Jacco Gardner's band), who is fascinated by Turkish '70s artists such as Selda, Baris Manço and Erkin Koray Together with Ben Rider (guitar), Nic Mauskovic...
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Out of stockBaris K and Jonny Rock don their incognito aliases for the second Disco Hamam release Straight up ottoman disco business strictly from the vaults Limited...
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Out of stockTurkish Bar or Bengi folk dancing requires approximately 100 people to do it properly, and it helps if a lot of them are eating wedding cake You put your arms around the shoulders of the people on either side of you, and then stomp around in a circle, facing in and kicking the air, until everybody is exhausted and happy Far away...
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Out of stockIn Turkey, psychedelia wasn’t just some fleeting fad Fuzzed-out guitar shredding genuinely intersected with some of the goals of traditional folk & classical music As a result, even former twist singers & folk balladeers explored some fascinating & wild territory Meet Alpay, the soccer player turned lawyer turned...
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Out of stockFamous for their matching, colorful suits and always-happy smiles, Beyaz Kelebekler ("White Butterflies") were a mixed-gender Turkish band very popular during the '70s They released one album plus numerous 45s in Turkey and other countries like Holland and Italy In 1976 during the last day of their European tour, just after one...
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Out of stockPharaway Sounds present a reissue of Erol Büyükburç's Hop Dedik, originally released in 1976 Years before Baris Manco and even before the fame of Erkin Koray, Erol's flamboyant outfits and spontaneous behavior brought a youthful, pop-oriented world to Turkish audiences Hop Dedik is his first proper album While not exactly...
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Out of stockThere were female Turkish folk singers before Selda Bagkan, but none whose hot-blooded voice carried such righteously angry words and none who also accompanied themselves on guitar Her first (s/t) album had help from the cream of the crazy Istanbul pop scene, and cuts from the same sessions were also released on this second LP...
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Arguably the most important figure in Turkish rock and psychedelia, Erkin Koray's 4th album 'Tutkusu' was originally released in 1977 on the Kervan Plakçilik record label and has become one of the most sought after pieces of Turkish progressive psych-rock Fetching big sums online the LP has been out of print for years Released...
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Out of stockPharaway Sounds present a reissue of the first album by Selda Bagcan, originally released in 1976 A collection of well-known poems and folk-songs, recorded in cooperation with the most progressive Turkish musicians/arrangers of the '70s: Mogollar, Dadaslar, Zafer Dilek, and Arif Sag Combining traditional instrumentation from...
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Out of stockMakam madness gives way to instrumental prog on Mogollar's burned-out last album, released in 1976 by Turkey's Anadolu Pop heroes and now reissued Mogollar was the band that never kept a singer for long, and yet even more than Baris or Erkin, the musicians consciously highlighted what was different about the new sounds of the era...