“I know very little about Turkish pop psych funk progressive music. I picked up a Barış Manço CD when I was on tour in Istanbul decades ago and that opened a world for me. I realized that the psychedelic funk explosion I grew up with was truly a worldwide phenomena and I presumed there must be more that I had yet to encounter.

The songs on this playlist don’t ALL come from that era—an era that was possibly a legacy of Turkey as a place of hippie pilgrimage—but there does seem to be a long and ever spreading family tree of influence...and the music is fantastic. Turkey is currently under the sway of a right wing populist, but this music tells us that the beating funky soul of Anatolia might survive this dark night, reawaken, and surprise us all.” DB

Please check out Turkish Psychedelica at AB! 

- on 07.05: TURKISH PSYCHEDELICA NIGHT FEAT. ELEKTRO HAFIZ + HUDNA + (TURKISH) LADIES ON RECORDS (DJ SET)
This concert is a part of the 5th edition of Europe Day, AB’s annual tribute to European talent. Crack The Code: New Stories For Europe starts at 3 p.m.
ALL INFO HERE!

- GLITTERBEAT PRESENTS: BABA ZULA (25/10)

Istanbul Psychedelia. BaBa ZuLa has been the cheerful frontrunner of this genre for about twenty years now, a genre that enthusiastically refers to the enlightened sixties-scene there. They already have several soundtracks and CDs on their kaleidoscopic track record, also working with the likes of Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor, La Yegros ... for their latest 'XX' anniversary CD on the Glitterbeat label.

Info & Tickets: HERE!