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 …
Crazy Turks – 4 / CEM KARACA & the Psychedelic Working Class
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 …