Tag: Turkey
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Istanbul’s Islandman with Ecuadorian singer Huaira – cumbia boogie meets Anatolia on new single ‘Amarnos Ahora’ – from 3rd album ‘Godless Ceremony’ for Music For Dreams
Islandman’s latest single Amarnos Ahora is a trippy, cumbia boogie and collaboration with Ecuadorian singer Huaira – taken from new album Godless Ceremony – set for release, via Music for Dreams, on September 10th. Nine dates in the UK are organised, along with other European venues, for their forthcoming tour in November. Turkish group Islandman…
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Balkan Taksim conjure wonderous debut on Buda Musique – ‘Disko Telegraf’ sounds like timeless Massive Attack beats, meeting modern masterpieces of psychedelic Romanian folk joints
Balkan Taksim’s debut album Disko Telegraf is out this month on Buda Musique – the project is born from Bucharest-based multi-instrumentalist and artist, Sașa-Liviu Stoianovici. along with his electronica-producer companion, Alin Zăbrăuțeanu. Sașa’s exploration of traditional music of the Balkans, ancient Romanian music and Slavic cultures – also travelling the region to record local singers…
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LISTEN: latest World Treasures Music mix – Anatolian rock stars and the best of Turkish psychedelia Vs. ‘Rest of the World’ – the best new and reissued music – from Azerbaijan, Egypt, Morocco and around the globe
WTM’s latest mix features selections from the forthcoming reissue of Café Türk, a Swiss fusion rock group (with Turkish influences) from Ramsen, Schaffhausen, formed by Metin Demiral in the early 1980s. Their best work is being reissued by Zel Zele Records (read more here). It sets up a great Turkey Vs. Rest of the World…
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Sounds and Colours release ten year anniversary comp and start fundraiser – help fund another ten years of celebrating Latin music and culture
Sounds and Colours has been at the fore of celebrating Latin music and culture as a label, website and printed publication since 2010. As part of the ten year celebrations, artists from across the Latin music world have contributed to a new Sounds and Colours compilation (check more out here). There are tracks from Orkesta…
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Turkey’s Islandman are international psychedelic specialists, with latest album ‘Kaybola’ chugging across the globe for Music For Dreams
This is a much recommended world treasure that combines Anatolian psychedelia with wonky pan-Asian chug – it’s Kaybola, the second album by Islandman, released via Danish imprint, Music For Dreams. It’s a really classy, well-produced set of hypnotic guitar melodies, field recordings and bubbling shamanic rhythms – Kaybola is a tour-de-force of the Turkish trio’s…
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Heavy fusion dance music from Turkey
New out on Honest Jon’s Records. A heady mix of glitchy, deep house and folk guitar parts more characteristic of the country of origin during the breakdown. Plus, the vocals are pure class. A modern classic in the making. This comes with two remixes by Chilean heavyweight producer, Ricardo Villalobos. It’s all about the 23 minute…
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