Kar yagar

"Anatolian psych-pop: A truly international band built around the considerable talents of Turkish singer and saz player Derya Yıldırım ... Yıldırım's voice is flexible and impassioned, soaring over an intense instrumental background. There's prominent electric organ and synth, often in improvised dialogue with the electric saz, propelled by [Greta] Eacott's percussions. The repertoire includes original compositions in a folk vein and traditional songs ... The ingredients are not exactly novel - Turkish folk and psychedelia, strange bedfellows at first look, but now joined as a timehonoured genre - but here they're mixed in a concept of outstanding quality, honed through collective work. It's a hugely enjoyable heartfelt tribute to Anatolian folk music and poetry in contemporary sounds".