I’m not here to be the light for anybody’s darkness- I’m burning for my own pleasure. Ibrahim Tatlises Every country has its Pavarotti, although not all of them are necessarily shining in posh opera houses. Having the same voice range as the heavy, scarfed tenor from Modena, Ibrahim Tatlıses can certainly be labeled the Turkish …
How the Soul of Anatolian Rock Ended up Making the Greatest German Protest Record Constructing a daydream often starts with the same setting: I’m in a stripped down universe that must be close to the gates to heaven due to its bright nebula of bliss, and I have to give an angelic answer to a …
Our insular existences do not allow us to grasp all the wonders of this big, wide world, and know about all the many facets beyond regional stereotypes and canons. Facets that present themselves as phenomena in our perception, but are equal expressions of the soul of a nation. Few outside of Turkey will know that …
or: The Most Bizarre David Bowie Cover of All Times This is the untold story of a genre that puts goth, emo and all other sad and desperate musical styles world-wide to shame. The story of songs of which some were banned from the Turkish public broadcaster in the 70s and 80s, because they “glorified …
(Read our related main story here: Crazy Turks – 1 / Müslüm Gürses & the Razor Blades) A selection of Müslüm Gürses fan comments under his videos on YouTube: – Listening to him is like shoveling earth on myself – Damned be those who made you write this song – You’ve raped our emotions again, …
(Read the related main story here: Crazy Turks – 1 / Müslüm Gürses & the Razor Blades and “Listening to him is like shoveling earth on myself.” Müslüm Gürses Fans on Youtube) Here is a selection of the best titles from about 75 albums that Müslüm Gürses released. The suffering doesn’t ever have to stop- …
We will deal with another heavyweight of Turkish music today, one who refuses the genre name ‘Arabesk’ for being „inadequate and uncomplete“, and prefers labels such as ‘Progressive Turkish Music’ or simply: ‘Gencebay Music’. Orhan Gencebay has officially sold 80 million records in Turkey- which already makes him one of the most succesful artists on …
In this episode of Crazy Turks, we talk about the unquestionable king of Anadolu Rock & Turkish Psychedelic, the great Barış Manço. Outside of Turkey the perception of Manço seems to start and end with his 1975 prog-voyage 2023, an album that is not among his most popular ones in Turkey and really not the …
Sal Canzonieri of Electric Frankenstein talks about influences and the music scene, Rat Fink & Monster Art, the pioneering days of the internet & MP3 and what it meant to run one of the first 45 websites overall, how the music industry tried to suppress the new rock’n’roll scene, and why he is a well-known …
Kilink, the Turkish super villain in a skeleton suit, who was inspired by the Italian comic hero Killing, who again was inspired by the other Italian superhero Kriminal, opens the long series of Kilink installments (11 in total*) with this blockbuster cult movie of Turkish cinema. The film’s synopsis reads like this: „Kilink visits Istanbul …
