A breath-taking journey through the Turkish sound-landscape, where the music from is versatile and vibrant, with a healthy mix of ethnic and folklore, and a strong identity in Pop. It is a colourful representation of the variety of people living in this big country; Kurds, Arabs, Cherkessians, Georgians, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Bosnians, Albanians, Laz people, Chechens, Bulgarians, Tartars etc...
‘Made in Turkey’ presents for the first time the many shades of a unique music culture. The repertoire reaches from relaxed soul melodies to Anatolian rock, smooth R’n`B to cool Drum’n’Bass, authentic folk music, Mediterranean rhythm, innovative Sufi-sounds, twisted party-grooves, modern club-beats, fusions of so called arabesque music, Turkish fado, cover-versions of evergreens, jazzy moments, oriental hip hop, folk-revival in a pop outfit...
‘Made in Turkey’ is the first of a new series from Soulstar, aiming to look into the detail behind the musical stereotype. Who knows where this tourist will land next. |