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v/a - saz beat : turkish rock, funk, and psychedelic music of the 1960s and 1970s - global pop first wave - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: World - Misc - Turkey

1. Grazia - Olmek Var
2. Devil's Anvil - Shisheler
3. Grazia - Soyle Beni
4. Gülsüm Kamu & Ergun Özer Orkestrasi - Aliyi Gördüm Aliyi
5. Özdemir Erdogan - Gurbet
6. Dün Bugün Yarin - Kara Tren
7. Zerrin Zeren ve Kupa Dörtlüsü - Tatli Dile Güler Yüze
8. Meral Atakök - Masa Üstünde Testi
9. Yabancilar - Agit
10. Zafer Dilek - Iste Hendek, Iste Deve

From the curator of Bosporus Bridges Vol. 2, comes the compilation Saz Beat on Corvo Records' sublabel Global Pop First Wave !

This new selection of tracks explores the sounds of Turkey from when the country was hit by the first wave of global pop in the 1960s. Unlike elsewhere, Anglo-American pop did not lead to a copy culture, but to an extraordinary blend of an electrified Western style with Turkish elements in composition, language, and instrumentation.
The compilation presents a wide mix of music for dancing and listening, ranging from hard rock to soft folk and from disco funk to muezzin psychedelic. It contains two incredible tunes by Grazia, "the only synth-driven, Israeli-Turkish, break-heavy, psychedelic-disco-funk record by a child nightclub singer" (Andy Votel). Also featured are American-Turkish beat rock by Devil's Anvil, otherworldly sounds by Gülsüm Kamu and Yabancilar, hiphop-sample-friendly beats by Özdemir Erdogan and Zafer Dilek, and heavy groove folk by Meral Atakök and Zerrin Zeren.
All tracks have been carefully restored and completely remastere.