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 Alcohol Fino - Culpables - £6

Alcohol Fino over from Barcelona perform their own brand of Latin rock. The band members are from Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain, and they bring loads of influences with them. Meztizo, ska, reggae, rock and a Manu Chao feel all go into the mix. 

 

 

Telvin - Erkan Ogur, Ilkin Deniz, Turgut Alp Bekoglu - Double CD - £9

After 10 years of playing together, Telvin released their first album of Anatolian jazz  in 2006.  Sounding at times like Pat Metheny, and at others like Egberto Gismonti and John Scofield, but always with a flavours of Turkish music, Erkan Ogur plays acoustic and electric guitars, as well as his sparkling kopuz lute.  . Click here for Youtube live concert footage. 

Baba Zula - Psychebelly Dance Music - £6

Featured in Fatih Akin's film Crossing the Bridge, Baba Zula bring together traditional Turkish folk music, electronic psychedelia and dub sounds. They collaborate regularly with  legendary dub producer Mad Professor who has mixed this CD. Chilled beats, sparse instrumental layers, and ethereal vocals.

 

Fantazia - Mul Sheshe - £6

This band from Algeria via Hackney keeps getting better!  Three childhood friends from Algeria plus a bunch of Londoners. Their CD Mul Sheshe has hit the mark, with a real mix of sounds, from quite traditional North African gnawa to funky  grooves.  They've added superb vocalist, and the tunes by oud player Yazid Fentazi are always interesting and keep you guessing.  

 

Saban Bajramovic - Romano Raj - £10

The late great Shaban Bajramovic (1936 - 2008) was the king of Serbian gyspy music, a  legend, his songs known and loved by millions. On this album, Saban sings his own songs, with his unmistakable gravelly and powerful voice, in arrangements with big band, Latin and swing and funk influences, but underneath it all, gypsy to the heart.

 

 

 

Ilhan Ersahin - Wonderland - £6

Superb jazz-meets-oriental grooves from New York based saxophonist Ersahin, who plays in the band Wax Poetic where Norah Jones once cut her teeth.  On this album the kanun zither, oriental clarinet, laid back vocals and grooving bass lines create an enigmatically mellow oriental exploration.


Derya - Sana Bana £6

Colourful Berlin-based saz player and singer Derya Takkali marries traditional Turkish with big band and Latin grooves to create an exciting new  musical approach from the European Turkish disapora.  A very fresh CD with lots of textures.  The lyrics to the songs all come from Derya's poet father Bahtiyar Takkali.  Sleeve notes give translations in English.  

 

Derya - Ayrilik - £6

Also available Derya's other album "Ayrilik" more traditional in approach. 

 

 

Aziza A - Kendi Dunyam - £6

Smooth, contemporary, jazzy, neat bass lines, oriental strings, traditional instruments and great production in Berlin's Tonwelt Studios. Confident but laid-back singer Aziza A has created an album with attitude mixing pop, hip-hop, loungey ballads and something like the magical moods of Nitin Sawnhey

 

Craig Harris - Istanbul - £6

Take a top class New York jazz trombonist with a smokey gruff voice, and throw him together with Barbaros Erkose, a leading Turkish gypsy clarinettist.  Just let them have a bit of fun together and see what comes out.... With music ranging from a smiley South African tribute to Mandela, a song about the difficulty of getting a cab in New York (Cab). Sparkling, great rhythms, big sounds, and fab trombone solos.

 Istanbul Blues Kumpanyasi - Sair Zamanlar - £6

Crazy bunch of guys from Istanbul playing blues and country mixed with Turkish influences and instruments.  So you get a zurna on a blues track, songs in Turkish and English and a wild west in the east feel... Lots of fun.



East2West - Global Departures from Istanbul - £6

Great compilation featuring Mecan Dede, Brooklyn Funk Essential, Aziza A, Wax Poetic, Sultana, Burhan Ocal, Aydin Esen and more + bonus video of Sultana.  Really nice mix!




East2West - Ethno Electronic Tales - £6

Second in series of Doublemoon compilations with Ilhan Ersahin, Nublu, Orient Expressions, Baba Zula and Mad Professor, Laco Tayfa, Harem and more. Great value!



 Sultana - Cerkez Kizi - £6

In-your-face Turkish hip hop, in Sultana's very individual style, quite slow moody hip hop with oriental touches between tracks. Great production on a really interestng album from one of Turkey's first rap artists.



Canibala - Jondo Speed - £6

Electric guitar meets flamenco-rumba.  But the thing that makes this group stand out are the the vocals of J. Sanguesa  - rough, gravelly, languid, savouring the sexy sounding Spanish lyrics (well I don't know what it means but lyrics included ). This is Barcelona indie music at its best.

 

Creole - Hold On - Songs from Colombian Caribe - £6

"Every day them get up just a say things get better,
But the reality my sight is that my parents is balling harder.."
From the Island of San Andres, this band sings Souk, Caypso, Socca and Reggae (though they got cropped hair rather than dreads) . Guitars, mandolins, and...HORSE JAW... yes... are listed among in the instruments. A Creole album full of bright sounds. 


Aydin Esen - Timescape - £6

Cascading energy as Steps Ahead star Steve Smith (drums) and Baron Browne (bass) drive ever-changing rhythms, and Turkey's own Chick Corea, Aydin Esen, blends piano, and keyboards in dynamic and melodic compositions.

 

 

Others

A Hawk And A Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble - CD and DVD rare release £10

Think Of One - Camping Shaabi - £8

Marcel Khalife - Taqasim - £6

Shantel - Disko Partizani - £8

Dorel Burlacu Trio - Reflection - £6

 

Last Updated: 17th July 2008