- Publish BEA charts for as many years as possible, including every year in the 70s and 10s
- Explore Turkish music
- Make more playlists
What are your music resolutions?
I only know one Turkish artist, Kerem Gorsev, but he has two albums that I love. I don't know if this is your style of music, but you can check him out if you want.
- Publish BEA charts for as many years as possible, including every year in the 70s and 10s
- Explore Turkish music
- Make more playlists
What are your music resolutions?
Correction. I forgot that I do know of another Turkish artist, Mehmet Cemal Yesilcay. I know him mainly for "Secret Garden". This is one of the most beautiful instrumentals of all-time, IMO.
- Publish BEA charts for as many years as possible, including every year in the 70s and 10s
- Explore Turkish music
- Make more playlists
What are your music resolutions?
Turkish Music recommendations:
Sivrisinek Saz Ve Caz Topluluğu by Özdemir Erdoğan - Probably the first Turkish artist I got into, since his song Gurbet has millions of views. This album has some good Anatolian Rock & Turkish Folk Music songs. Highlight the invisible text below to see my recommended songs:
Along "Gurbet" (track #4), I recommend #1 and the last two tracks.
Selda (1976) by Selda Bağcan - Pretty much a critically-acclaimed Anatolian Rock & Turkish Folk Music album on RYM. Invisible recommended tracks below once again:
#2, #3, #4 & #6.
Dünya Yalan Söylüyor by Mor Ve Ötesi - this band are probably one of the most popular, loved and critically-acclaimed band in Turkey. They are an Alternative Rock band (there can be even some slight Turkish influences), and this album is quite good-quality for its genre. The frontman Harun Tekin is a Radiohead fan.
#2, #3, #10 (perhaps almost each track has something to offer)
Sezen Aksu is a very loved singer in Turkey. She has released a lot of albums and songs. She hasn't stuck with me that much but it has been interesting to listen to her.
"Sen" is the song that has stuck with me the most, "Her Şeyi Yak" might be good, and in "Tükeneceğiz" she sings in higher notes.
You can use the Top Ranked Artists page to find some Turkish artists you might like, and/or make a customised chart on RYM of releases from Turkey. Thus, perhaps finding any Turkish music you may like.
In general, Turkey is one of the most interesting countries with music to offer. They stand out in comparison with all the recommended Western & European music on the internet, and I personally believe they're one of the best at their sound in comparison with Arab countries which have similar sounds (probably because they use similar scales). Also Greece's sound is kinda similar to Turkey (except Greece's scales are probably more consonant) and Greece has many music to offer too.
Well... Two years ago I (re?)-organized my MP3s, but last year I couldn't figure out why I bothered, until very late in the year when I realized that "organize" is not the same thing as "de-duplicate" or "qualitatively grade." Or, at least those two things don't happen automatically as a result of proper organization.
So my 2025 goals are to do those things, plus I want to get back into vinyl-ripping at some point or other. Maybe I'll start a BEA "vinyl-rip diary" to accompany the vinyl-ripping, since I haven't seen anyone else do that around here (which probably means it's a dumb idea, but hey, nobody ever said I wasn't full of dumb ideas).
Still, I wouldn't call these "resolutions," because if they don't happen I probably won't be mentally harmed all that much. My only real resolution this year is to clean my garage, which will probably take me about 2-3 years.
I'm not going to act like I'm an expert on Turkish music (or even just 'music from Turkey'), but I do think the country has had a handful of gem releases of the last few years—
+ the more recent Red Wine Killaz, which I'm just adding to the site now.
Main reason I want to shoot some recs here is because I beleive (hate me all you want) Turkey has a much higher miss-to-hit ratio than average. Hoping this helps sift through a bit. And while I'd vouch for their 'Turkishness', Altın Gün are technically Dutch, but giants in the modern Anatolian Rock scene.
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