{"product_id":"baba-zula-istanbul-sokaklari","title":"Baba Zula - Istanbul Sokaklari","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaba Zula\u003cbr\u003eIstanbul Sokaklari\u003cbr\u003e2025 Glitterbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis legendary Istanbul band remains the most experimental exponent of the hotly-tipped contemporary Turkish psych-rock scene. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaBa ZuLa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are revered sonic trailblazers who have built a cult following in all corners of the globe and can count members of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEinstürzende Neubauten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Cave the Bad Seeds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as their fans. Pulsing, hypnotic tracks powered by Turkish percussion, glitched electronics, deep bass, electric saz and dual male\/female vocals. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eİstanbul Sokakları\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Streets of Istanbul) is a vivid sonic and political statement from a band that continues to show listeners the future. It's a modus operandi that has marked them out as true iconoclasts. \"Lots of Turkish musicians are fundamentalists,\" says co-founder and multi-instrumentalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLevent Akman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \"They want it acoustic, and they hate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e because he plays electric. We are trying to break these kinds of borders.\" Their latest album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eİstanbul Sokakları\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Streets of Istanbul) contains no shortage of the hypnotic jams that have become their calling card. Across three extended pieces -- the six-minute \"Arsız Saksağan (Cheeky Magpie),\" the eight-minute \"Yaprakların Arasından (In Between the Leaves)\" and the eleven-minute \"Yok Haddi Yok Hesabı (No Limits No Calculation),\" they delve deep into group meditations that surge and swell with relentless percussion, dark atmospherics constantly pushed into ecstatic peaks by the biting electric saz, and vocals by turns seductive and exhorting by Murat Ertel and female vocalist (and spouse), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEsma Ertel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wyrd Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":49268191592670,"sku":null,"price":27.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/4930\/3006\/files\/GB163LP_CU.jpg?v=1792710991","url":"https:\/\/wyrdbyrdypsi.com\/products\/baba-zula-istanbul-sokaklari","provider":"Wyrd Byrd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}