Turkey

Repressed on clear teal wax! Following their 2018 debut album On, Amsterdam-based six-member band Altin Gün returned in 2019 with their sophomore album Gece. The record firmly establishes the band as masterful interpreters of the Anatolian rock and folk l

Pioneer ErKin Koray may have been the first Turkish rock artist, he and his band reputedly playing Fats Domino and Elvis covers in 1957; by combining rock ‘n’ roll and Turkish traditional music, he spearheaded Anatolian rock and became the leading Turkish

On their debut album ‘On’ (Bongo Joe Records), the band show what happens when you open doors between Turkish folk songs which were passed on from generation to generation on the one hand and a dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue org

An exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that characterized Turkish psych-folk innovators Altin Gün's landmark first two albums, Aşk is heralded by the pulse-pounding single, "Rakıya Su Katamam." Aşk finds Altin Gün veering away from the e

Altin Gün deliver their third album Yol, the full-length follow-up to the band's 2019 LP Gece, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album. Fronted by vocalists Merve Dasdemir and Erdinç Ecevit, Altin Gün have won worldwide acclaim for the

Pharaway Sounds presents a compilation dedicated to Erkin Koray, the father of Anatolian rock/Turkish psych. Halimem includes rare single and cassette-only tracks (mostly from 1970-72, plus three killer ones from 1987). Expect a fabulous mix of Turkish me

Also known as the Jimi Hendrix of Bosphorus, Erkin Koray is a key figure in the development of the so-called Anadolu psych, namely the lysergic revolution of the turkish core-rockers. A singer/songwriter who cut his teeth in the beat-pop era , Erkin beca