• MUSIC JOURNEY to ANATOLIAN LANDS - GUIDE of REAL MUSIC LOVERS

    Mai 18 2009, 15h34 por selcukalhan



    TOP 20 MUSICIANS to LISTEN from ANATOLIA

    (All lists in www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com - Tüm listeler için www.selcukschoices.blogspot.com)

    1.Dede Efendi - Turkish Classical - 1778 born composer, developer of many Turkish music forms



    Russian Red Army Choir and Ottoman Army Choir performing Dede Efendi composition in Moscow.

    2.Sezen Aksu - Pop, Psychedelic Pop - Little Sparrow of Turkish Pop and teacher of Tarkan, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel and many other Pop singers



    Oud intro makes song fascinating for people who like both slow pop music and also oriental instruments.

    3.Tanburi Cemil Bey - Turkish Classical, Tanbur Virtuoso - Greatest Tanbur Virtuoso of the history

    4.Erkin Koray - Anatolian Rock, Rock'n Roll - First person to ever play Rock'n Roll in Turkey

    Listen "TocarSevince" by Erkin Koray



    Erkin Koray never sent his daughter to school because of his negative opinions about traditional education systems.


    5.Erkan Oğur - Turkish Folk, Guitar Virtuoso - A Pioneer of fretless guitars

    Listen "Zeynep" by Erkan Oğur



    Multi-Instrumentalist Erkan Oğur got fame in his older times but he is always accepted greatest guitar player of Turkish music history.


    6.Münir Nurettin Selçuk - Vocal Turkish Classical - Tenor singer of 1940s

    7.Idil Biret - Classical Pianist - Most talented female Classical Pianist of Turkish Music History

    8.Müzeyyen Senar - Vocal Turkish Classical - Turkish singer who had great admiration by Ataturk

    9.Barış Manço - Anatolian Rock, Pop Rock

    His visual image characterised by his long hair, mustache and big rings softened the reaction of otherwise conservative Turkish public opinion regarding the marginal visual appearances. - Wikipedia



    Barış Manço is maybe most well-known figure of Turkish Music. He is famous for his peaceful personality and TV programmes which in he did travel the world.

    10.Zeki Muren - Vocal Turkish Classical

    Sun of classical Turkish music, Pasha. Müren dressed effeminately, wearing large, ornate rings and heavy make up, especially in the later years of his life. In many ways, he had a pioneering role in rendering the Turkish society more accepting about homosexuality. He, with his distinct style, remained a highly respected artist throughout his career, and in a sense, paved the way for many later, more openly gay or transsexual Turkish artists. - Wikipedia



    Zeki Muren had always close relations with audience. He is telling elegant words to his spectators in the video.

    11.Bülent Ortaçgil - Acoustic Rock - Bülent Ortaçgil famous for his unique style of music. His lyrics are mostly about games and childhood memories.



    Ortacgil's best album's Indie Folk treasure


    12.Fikret Kızılok - Acoustic Rock, Protest

    13.Aşık Veysel - Turkish Folk, Sung Poetry - He was blind for the most of his lifetime. His songs have usually sad tunes, often talking about inevitability of death

    14.Omar Faruk Tekbilek - World Music, Sufi - Worldwide famous Sufi musician

    15.Neşet Ertaş - Turkish Folk - Turkish folk music singer, lyrics writer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama

    16.Orhan Gencebay - World Music, Arabesque, Fusion Music



    From Crossing the Bridge (Best Documentarical movie about Turkish Music) Orhan Gencebay performing one of his signature songs "Hatasız Kul Olmaz" and Baba Zula talking about his importance in Turkish Music.

    17.Cem Karaca - Anatolian Rock

    In the 1970s, Turkey's image was damaged by political violence between supporters of the left and the right, separatist movements and the rise of Islamism. As the country fell into chaos, the government suspected Cem Karaca of involvement. At times he was accused of treason for being a separatist thinker and a Marxist-Leninist. The Turkish government tried to portray Karaca as a man, who was unknowingly writing songs to start a revolution. - Wikipedia

    18.Mercan Dede - World Music, Sufi, Ambient

    Listen "TocarHalitus" by Mercan Dede



    Turkish DJ Arkın Allen aka Mercan Dede is multi-instrumentalist and one of the most famous representers of religious philosophy of Sufism in music

    19.Fazıl Say - Classical Pianist



    His Classical + Jazz performance of Mozart's Turkish March

    20.Okay Temiz - Fusion, Drums



    From New Year Celebrations of Turkish Radio Television (TRT)


    HONORABLE MENTION

    Sertab Erener - Pop, Operatic Pop

    Listen "Ask" by Sertab Erener

    Burhan Öçal - World Music, Drums

    Baba Zula - Psychedelic Folk - Most different folk band of Turkey

    Listen "TocarÇöl Aslanları" by Baba Zula

    Selda - Anatolian Rock, Folk

    Listen "TocarInce Ince" by Selda

    Şebnem Ferah - Turkish Rock

    Listen "TocarBu Aşk Fazla Sana" by Şebnem Ferah



    She is highly respected Rock singer in Turkey for last two decades.

    Moğollar - Folk Rock

    Teoman - Turkish Rock



    Short movie, sad story, beautiful song, English subtitles added by me.


    Ezginin Günlüğü - Folk-Pop, Psychedelic Pop



    Year: 1990, Song: Çocuğun kurguları - Fantasies of Child , Video: BBC Earth Documentary, edited by me.


    Replikas - Experimental Rock

    Nekropsi - Progressive Rock

    Levent Yüksel - Ethno-Pop

    Yeni Türkü - Ethno-Folk

    Leman Sam - Folk-Pop

    Agire Jiyan - Kurdish Folk



    Safiye Ayla - Vocal Turkish Classical

    Ruhi Su - Folk



    Ruhi Su with legendary minstrel Aşık Veysel

    Ahmet Kaya - Protest, Folk



    At 10 February 1999 televised annual music awards ceremony, SHOW TV, at which he was to be named Musician of the Year, he spoke out about his 'Kurdish' background and said that he wanted to produce music in his native Kurdish as naturally as he does in Turkish. He announced that he had recorded a song in Kurdish (Karwan, released on the Hoşçakalın Gözüm album in 2001) and intended to produce a video to accompany it. At this event he was attacked by some Turkish singers like Serdar Ortac, Ebru Gundes and many other singers because of his stance on the use of Kurdish. Kaya went to France in June 1999 escaping various charges arising from his political views. He died of a heart attack in Paris in 2000, at the age of 43.




    Honorable Mention (Others) : Edip Akbayram, Hande Yener (Turkish Madonna - innovative early Pop lately Electro singer), Pinhani, Mor ve Ötesi, Aşık Mahsuni Şerif, Fuat Saka, Candan Erçetin, Nilüfer, Ajda Pekkan (Superstar of Turkey), Şivan Perver (Kurdish musician who lives abroad), Kardeş Türküler, Kızılırmak, Grup Yorum, Duman, Athena (Ska band), Seyyan Hanım (Most respected Turkish Tango singer), Sabahat Akkiraz (Folk singer), Özlem Tekin, Tarkan(Worldwide famous Turkish Pop Singer), Leyla Gencer ( La Diva Turca), İbrahim Tatlıses(one of the greatest voices of Turkey), Kudsi Ergüner...

    BEST TURKISH ALBUMS by GENRES





    Most Famous Turkish Musicians Abroad;

    1. Tarkan - 6 million listeners (%62 of his total listeners)
    Mostly from; Poland, Russia, Brazil, United Kingdom
    2. Omar Faruk Tekbilek - 3,9 million listeners (%77 of his total listeners)
    Mostly from; U.S.A, Spain
    3. Mor ve Ötesi - 3,2 million listeners (%38 of their total listeners)
    Mostly from; Russia, Poland, Finland
    4. Mercan Dede - 1,35 million listeners (%52 of his total listeners)
    Mostly from; Poland, U.S.A, Germany
    5. Sertab Erener - 1,15 million listeners (%32 of her total listeners)
    Mostly from; Ukraine, Russia, Germany
    6. Mustafa Sandal - 1,15 million listeners (%46 of his total listeners)
    Mostly from; Germany, Poland, U.S.A, Russia
    7. Athena - 0,9 million listeners (%36 of their total listeners)
    Mostly from; Germany, Spain, Poland, Russia
    8. Baba Zula - 0,75 million listeners (%29 of their total listeners)
    Mostly from; Germany, Poland
    9. İbrahim Tatlıses - 0,6 million listeners (%32 of his total listeners)
    Mostly from; Germany, Bulgaria
    10. Selda - 0,6 million listeners (%90 of her total listeners)
    Mostly from; U.S.A

  • 90'lar türkçe pop parçaları-nostalji kıvamında....

    Jan 27 2009, 17h55 por Dreamtage



    Son günlerde 90'lar türkçe pop müziğine ilgi oldukça yoğun.Küçükken mırıldandığım parçaları ben de bir kere daha gözden geçirmek istedim ve 90'lar pop dinleyicileri furyasına ben de katıldım.Aşağıda kendimce derlediğim ve severek dinlediğim parçaları upload ettim.İstekler olursa bulup eklemeye çalışırım.

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