For seasons to come
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Reviews (3)
Folk radio UK
d. 19. Sep. 2019
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Phil Vanderyken
d. 19. Sep. 2019
"Baba Zula are a four-piece based in Istanbul. Founded by and based around saz player Osman Muret Ortel, the group's influences range from traditional Turkish music, psychedelia, dub, electronic music and especially the music of krautrock pioneers Can. Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit played with Baba Zula on numerous occasions before his passing and was a major inspiration on the band ... Maybe a hundred years from now, if mankind survives that long, releases like Derin Derin will give historians an intriguing picture of our times: Fractured yet unifying and exhilarating as they coax beauty and meaning from different sounds, styles and cultures".
Songlines
2019 November
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Robert Rigney
2019 November
"Turkish psychedelic rock from the 60s seems to have been reborn from the ashes lately, with a new generation of psych rockers, be it Altın Gün, Gaye Su Akyol or Elektro Hafiz. The pioneers of the revival, Baba Zula, have just released Derin Derin (Deep Deeper), which establishes the band as the missing link between Turkish psych, Krautrock and dub-wise stylings. The album (...) finds the band taking wing in a collection of songs that is more experimental than ever. New is the combination of electro saz, played by frontman Osman Murat Ertel and electro oud, played by Periklis Tsoukalas, a relative newcomer to the band ... The multilingual lyrics are delivered in a blurry, distorted manner, full of reverb and bends, mixed with effects - a style that Ertel calls 'Oriental dub'".
Mojo
2019 November
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David Hutcheon
2019 November
"Our deep dig into mysticism continues with the return, after five years, of the veteran Turkish heads who act as a link between Erkin Koray, Can and Mad Professor. They may not have the perky energy of Gaye Su Akyol, but that all-electric saz and oud frontline (plus percssion and synths) means they still defy anybody to sound like them".