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SEISMOG 003LP
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There are mysterious records. Records hiding and showing something at the same time. This is one of them. It is made from two records that were most probably released in the mid-1970s, most probably primarily by Turkish Roma. It brings together what Anadolu pop music lovers always dream of: Anatolian geleneksel (traditional folk tunes), disco and funk, jazz and hard rock, psychedelic sounds, hard-hitting drums, Arabesk percussion, and hip-hop friendly breaks. Put together in a careful, smooth production with a warm, relaxed and dance-friendly vibe. Here you get it: Roma-nized instrumental Turkish pop music in all its facets of the 1970s.
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SEISMOG 002LP
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Official re-release, retrieved from original cassette tape (1988). First time on vinyl. Includes Turkish musicians like jazz and percussion star Okay Temiz. Brought to you by the compiler of the Saz Beat series as well as the Bosporus Bridges series. A Danish-Lebanese Afro-American who has learned Turkish and knows how to play the saz? Who entered the Anatolian Pop scene in Istanbul right in the heyday, the early 1970s? And who got so much musical credit that the renowned Turkish producer Nazmi Şenel released a solo album with him in 1988, recorded in Istanbul and including musicians like Turkish percussion star Okay Temiz? Sounds pretty unlikely. Sometimes miracles happen and highly improbable music gets released. A person with a diverse heritage as Nyofu Tyson can be seen as a "melting pot", as a "synthesis". Yet, he can be also seen as someone who is able to step out for new paths. This is the case for Türk Lokumu - Turkish Delite. Like nobody before, Tyson connects and opens up Anadolu Pop towards a whole range of styles: synth-pop, new wave, reggae, hip-hop/break, Latin, disco boogie... He shows you how vital, compatible and versatile one could think Anadolu Pop at the end of the 1980s. The compositions are basically all Türkü-s, traditional Anatolian folk songs, yet updated with a poly-cultural music practice, which involved a lot of the then current musical trends. So, this is Turkish folk music and it has at the same time all what you like about the late 1980s pop music: cold electronic drum sounds, crisp-flashy synths, crunchy bass -- all in contrast with warm distorted saz tones, wooden Turkish wind instruments, and a disco-soul proven female choir. This is crazy music. This is a miracle. This is Anatolian-synth.
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SEISMOG 001LP
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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo -- a group of street children gathered around the artist Lova Lova to form the Atelier Kamikazi and record the album Mokili Na Poche in cooperation with Oyo Projects. They are "shégués", sons of soldiers, orphans or accused of being "child sorcerers". They talk in a funny and provocative tone about the difficulties encountered in their daily lives, about rivalry, politics, sexuality, and survival. These kids know they are fucked -- and they fuck back.
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