Fuat Saka – Ayrilik Turkusu

With its use of delayed percussion, eastern scales and jazzy ney (flute), this folk pop album manages to create a nice psychedelic mood, despite the release date (1984). The 10 songs featured on it are very contemplative, sung with a dark brooding voice, but still there’s a drive to the music, not in the least due to a pretty cool bass player. Ali Dede AltıntaÅŸ’ ney sounds give the music just the right free topping, with lots of excess breath and sharp riffs. Fuat Saka operated in Europe after being exciled from Turkey due to the 1980 coup. This album was released privately in Holland. Listen to: dost kervani and hasret