Description
Saz Beat II
Turkish Rock, Funk, and Psychedelic Music of the 1960s and 1970s
Vinyl LP, comes with a fold-out poster showing the ?m? building complex
strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide
Remastered & restored: Calyx Mastering Berlin
Made in Germany. All rights reserved. 2015
From the curator of ?Bosporus Bridges Vol. 2? and ?Saz Beat? now comes the compilation ?Saz Beat II? on Corvo Records? sublabel Global Pop First Wave. This follow-up offers a fresh choice of tracks exploring the sounds of Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s. Their extraordinary blending of Western and Turkish elements and the variety of styles thrown into the mix are so constantly surprising that digging deeper will only yield richer revelations.
The compilation presents a wide selection of music for dancing and listening, ranging from Anatolian rock to psychedelic pop and from oriental funk to far-out electrified folk. It contains an Anatolian rock anthem by Seyhan Karabay, superb harmonics and orchestral interplay by Erkut Ta?k?n, cool moog folk-funk by Hakki Yu?cel and M?hr?can Bahar, psychedelic sounds by Sevil & Ayla, smooth pop beats by Esmeray and ?m?r G?ksel, experimental pop approaches by R??han ?amay and Kim Bunlar, heavy groove folk by Zerrin Zeren and Taci ?zmen, and disco funk by Disco Div Div.
All tracks have been carefully restored and completely remastered for full sonic impact at Calyx Mastering, Berlin.
About the poster:
The ?m? (?stanbul Manifaturac?lar ?ar??s?), Unkapan?/?stanbul, is a modernist building complex with allusions to bazaar architecture constructed in the late 1950s. The complex still exists and hosts different companies, among them many of the Turkish music labels that were active in the 1960s and 1970s and remain active today. Visually, the buildings are stuck between past and present, conserving elements of an era long passed away.
