ELEKTRONIK TÜRKÜLER

Erkin KORAY is thought as one of Turkish psychedelic progressive rock legends. His musical style is pretty simple but is filled with ethnicity, tribalism, and fusion of Western and Islamic essence. This Middle East-West mixture is well done and splendidly matured, that should be his originality and mystic, energetic fuel for his career itself. Featuring beautiful sitar sounds, surrealistic percussion, and smooth, melodious, humane voices. I've already listened to the eponymous album by a Turkish suprapsych combo Bunalim launched in 1971, and felt just like I had got drenched in mysterious texture with some definite familiarity ... such a feeling has been popped up around me via his creation.

His rhythmic part is quite simple and exciting (or danceable) but melody lines are too innovative and impressive for me (a Japanese) to help getting addicted completely. Every tone and musical note should absorb me in another dimensional sense (cannot realize in an apparent manner really though). Turkey is active and aggressive for various cultural issues between Europe and Asia, and their powerful humanity might have produced such an addiction. Suppose this style be popular around Turkey? Maybe yes.

Electric guitar fuzz from the beginning until the last masterpiece "T'rk'" sounds not declined but musically rich. Pretty fantastic and fanatic is hotchpotched and orientally flooded soundscape with cool wind instrumental bullets in "T'rk'", that might mention all of his elements I imagine. Sorta passion.