231045-0637
Kim Larsen (f. 1945)
Uzelli psychedelic Anadolu
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Reviews (2)
A green man review
2017
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Gary Whitehouse
2017
"[Uzelli] are digging into their massive 1,300+ album catalog for digital re-release, and Psychedelic Anadolu is a taste of what's in store. This one focuses on psychedelic recordings made in the period between 1975, the high point of vinyl culture, and 1984, a similar point for cassettes. In addition to occasionally adding some Western touches like electric or acoustic guitars, electric bass and a rock beat using a trap set, these musicians seem deep into experimenting with what were then new sounds and techniques. Not only do they electrify traditionally acoustic instruments like the lute known as bağlama or saz, they're adding effects pedals to them, and even in one case to the duduk, the piercing reeded wind instrument. Plus playing around with Moog and other old-school synthesizers. There are some really unexpected gems here".
New York music daily
d. 22. Nov. 2017
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d. 22. Nov. 2017
"Wild Turkish Psychedelic Rock Rescued From Obscurity: One of the most amazing albums released this year is Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu, a compilation (...) that pays homage to the Turkish cassette label that released some of the wildest, most surreal sounds to emerge from that part of the world. Spanning from 1975 to 1984, this trippy ten-track playlist collects hard funk, symphonic rock, disco, electrified Turkish traditional ballads and anthems - and what sounds like a long radio commercial ... Powerful baritone crooner Kerem Guney's Sicak Bir Sevda is a slashing, richly catchy Middle Eastern rock gem, sparkling electric baglama trading off with spare yet searing electric guitar. Asik Emrah's Bu Ellerden Gocup is one of the trippiest cuts here, a mashup of psychedelic latin funk and spiky, oscillating Turkish classical sounds - is that an electric saz lute that's taking that twistedly oscillating solo?".