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Maslak Halayı

by Ayyuka

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Carsten Pieper
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Carsten Pieper Anatolian psychedelic rock, a great, and probably for some, an unexpected mixture!
I only became aware of this genre recently, thanks to the Glitterbeat albums by Baba Zula, Altin Gün and especially Gaye Su Akyol, but the genre seems to have quite a history... Favorite track: Bəşəriyat.
Smekermann
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Smekermann I stumbled upon this unassumingly and it quickly shot up to one of my favourite examples of Turkish/Anatolian Rock I’ve heard yet. This is a hugely diverse album, going from psychedelic folk rock, to dub-like grooves, to searing, relentless hard rock, all played on Turkish scales.

Basically, if you found yourself loving King Gizzard’s microtonal explorations (especially KG) and wishing for more, do yourself a favour and check this out. Favorite track: Kambur.
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Yukadans 04:08
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Komalı 04:19
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Kambur 05:06
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FM 07:16
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Bəşəriyat 03:11
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Karşılama 03:54
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Hoppa 05:35
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Ah Be Baba 04:16

about

"stating the 'renaissance' of anatolian rock"

"a warmhole to wherever you wanna be"

"ex oriente lux"

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Active since 2001, Istanbul based Ayyuka was one of the first bands looking back at 70ʼs Turkish music to find a new voice. Not caught up in the retromania but reincarnating Turkish Psychedelic within their own sounds, the band managed to develop an unmistakeable unique sound. Inspirations of Dick Dale, John Frusciante and local heroes like Erkin Koray, Orhan Gencebay make their music more guitar oriented but their fascination with film music and improvisation brings unexpected twists within most of their songs.

Right after their eponymous debut on 2007, the band shared stage with Sonic Youth and Johnathan Richman. Heading to a completely instrumental music, their 3rd studio recording “Sömestr” had already become a cult album for record collectors.

Theyʼve collaborated with Orlando Julius, İlhan Ersahin and had guests on almost every album. The new release will be a creative collaboration with Calibro 35 genius Grammy Awarded producer Tommaso Colliva. For every new album Ayyuka is experimenting with techniques of music writing and flirting with genres like afro-beat, funk, dub or arabesque, and the last chapter for this journey came out in October.

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released May 1, 2020

Özgür Yılmaz
Ahmet Kul
Altan Sebütekin
Alican Tezer
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All songs composed by AYYUKA except “Giresun Karşılama” (anatolian traditional)
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All songs performed by Ayyuka Except:
Garmon on “Bəşəriyyət” Rufat Alizade
Zurna on “Komalı" Murtaza Tunç
percussion on "maslak halayı", “yukadans", “komalı", “hoppa", “Bəşəriyyət": Mert Kasap
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Recorded at Pür Studios Istanbul by Ozan Öner
Assitant Engineer Berat işçioğlu
Mixed by Tommaso Colliva at Laboratori Testone (Milan/italy)
Mastering by Andrea at DeBernardi Eleven Mastering (Busto Arsizio/italy)
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Cover art by Alican Tezer
Produced by Ayyuka
Executive Producers Şule Camadan & Reha Öztunalı
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Special Thanks to:
Greta Thunberg, Şule Camadan, Canan Kaftancıoğlu, Sezin Önal Sebüktekin, Yaprak Aras, Malala Yousafzai, Eda Arslan Kul, Hande Bekar and all women who made this album possible.
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Ayyuka Istanbul, Turkey

Ayyuka was founded in the year 2001.They’ve started to make their own music which was mostly improvisation and influenced by a lot of different styles. Some time later the band had it's name naturally which Is AYYUKA that has two meanings: ''to the highest part of the sky' and 'an idiom to tell that a secret has been revealed'" . ... more

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