Cross The Bosphorus
This is a playlist that contains songs from the “New Wave Turkish Psychedelic Music”
featuring artists like
Baba Zula, Mad Professor, Barcelona Gipsy Klemzer Orchestra, Nihan Devecioglu, Gaye Su Akyol, Erkin Koray
This is a playlist that contains songs from the “New Wave Turkish Psychedelic Music”, mainly based in Istanbul. It overthrows the norms of the expected music in Turkey and the world. It connects the East to the West, just like the Bosphorus Bridge, with sultry Eastern rhythms and peculiar lyrics. It’s about and for the beautiful people of the music world who are bored of traditions and social norms. Cross the Bosphorus while sipping your “raki”!
Benimle Uçmak İster Misin? – Yavuz Çetin
10 July 2018
A talent lost when barely into his thirties, Yavuz Çetin — later referred to as the Golden Kid — can easily be regarded as one the best Turkish guitar players. Aside from his solo albums, he was most famous for being the touring guitarist for MFÖ, but was also a favorite session player…
Breath – Belau
25 June 2018
Belau originally started as a solo project by Péter Kedves in 2015. He was inspired by his travels and adventures abroad. The idea to translate his experiences into music came to him in a beautiful, remote village on the pristine Croatian seashore. In the world of Belau a constant buoyant mood and a sense of optimism meets innovative electronic
beats.
Kimse Bilmez – Mehmet Güreli
18 June 2018
Mehmet Güreli is a Turkish writer, painter, director and musician born in 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul University, majoring in Philosophy. He started working in Hürriyet newspaper in 1976. He is one of the few Turkish artists producing in different art areas…
Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım – Jehan Barbur
10 June 2018
Jehan Barbur is a Turkish singer/songwriter with an Arabic origin. After graduating from university, she moved to İstanbul to start her professional music career. She didn’t know anyone from the industry when she first came to the city. She went to concerts and bars to meet musicians. After two years, she started live concerts…
binalar – 123
29 May 2018
Starting their musical journey back in 2004, 123, in other words “one, two, three”, released their debut album “aksel” in November 2009. “aksel” includes 14 songs, that tells the first part of an intersecting story of three characters created by the band’s drummer Berke Can Özcan. “aksel” is a CD/Book with 230 pages of illustrations made by Huban Korman.
Cambaz – Mor ve Ötesi
22 May 2018
Mor ve Ötesi (literally Purple and Beyond; a play on the word morötesi, meaning ultraviolet) is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. The classic sound of Turkish alternative rock can be heard in Mor ve Ötesi’s songs…
Memleket Türküsü – Ezginin Günlüğü
14 May 2018
When I was a child, we used to go on roadtrips, a lot. Even though we had the choice to take the plane to our destination, we still preferred going there by car. The reason is: roadtrips allowed us to listen to a lot of music…
Aya Bak Yıldıza Bak – Replikas
8 May 2018
“Replikas comprises Gökçe Akçelik, Barkın Engin, Orçun Baştürk, Selçuk Artut and Burak Tamer. Their debut album “Köledoyuran” (2000) and second album “Dadaruhi” (2002) were released by the Ada Music label.The band’s third album Avaz was produced by Wharton Tiers who is known for his work with bands such as: Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Helmet and Dinosaur Jr. The album was released in May 2005 by the Doublemoon label.
Kaçamak – NADAS
23 April 2018
With Fırat Ağacık (vocals – guitar), Haluk Fırat Özdemir (drums) and Doğa Dikbayır (lead guitar)’s close friendship turning to the desire of making music together, Nadas was formed…
Emmoğlu – Mustafa Özkent
16 April 2018
Mustafa Özkent is a musician, composer and arranger that synthesizes Turkish folk songs with funk elements. Best known for his 1973 album, Gençlik İle Elele, he also earned a reputation as a demanded session player, arranger, and producer,…
Tatlı Dile Güler Yüze – Altın Gün
9 April 2018
Altın Gün, translated “gold day”, is a Dutch music project. They cover Turkish psychedelic essentials with their own style. The band consists of two Turks, Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız. But the projects was originally found by the bassist, Jasper Verhulst. With the increasing popularity of Turkish psychedelic music in Europe, they became the stars of many known European music festivals.
Ilgaz – Moğollar
2 April 2018
This week we are returning to Anatolian Rock classics. Moğollar is a psychedelic Anatolian Rock band formed in 1967 by 5 young musicians. They helped form the rock scene in Turkey along with Barış Manço, Cem Karaca, Erkin Koray, Selda Bağcan and many more. They were often referred as the Turkish version of Pink Floyd.
