Saz Power - Plak

Ironhand Records etiketi ile yayınlanan Saz Power derleme albümü plak formatında dinleyici ile buluşuyor.

Compilation Producers: Ercan Demirel, Demir Kerem Atay, Cem Şeftalicioğlu
Artwork & Design: Canan Su Vardal
Vinyl Mastering: Hamit Akbay

A
1 MLDVA & Çınar Timur - Gül Ahmet Music: Traditional Arrangement: MLDVA & Çınar Timur Acoustic Saz: Çınar Timur Electric Saz: Tomasz Jurecki Drums: Szymon Piotrowski Synths: Grzegorz Dąbek Mixing: Grzegorz Dąbek
2 Kaan Boşnak - Sen Benimsin Ben Seninim Text & Music: Neşet Ertaş Drums, Synth, Acoustic Saz, Vox, Bass: Kaan Boşnak Recording & Mixing: Aras Tüysüz
3 Elektro Hafız - Lübodisko Music: Electric Saz, Electric Guitar, Recording: Elektro Hafız Drums: Sebastian Pathé Synth Bass: Tobias Kreusler Darbouka: Güntuğ Eren Keyboard: Ceyhan Kocabıyık Mixing: Denizer Özveren
4 Yasak Helva - Silifke Zeybeği (Başına Bağlamış Astar) Music: Traditional (Silifke Region) Arrangement: Yasak Helva Electric Cümbüş: Salih Korkut Peker Fretless Bass: Hakan Görkem Bıyık Drums: Onur Ertem Mixing: Salih Korkut Peker
5 Baba Zula - Aşıkların Sözü Kalır (Ironhand Power Version) Text: Osman Murat Ertel Music: Osman Murat Ertel, Mehmet Levent Akman Electric & Acoustic Saz, Vocals, Synths, Electric Guitar, Theremin: Osman Murat Ertel Machines, Electronics, Cymbals, Spoons, Bendir, Percussion: Mehmet Levent Akman Electric Oud, Vocals: Periklis Tsoukalas Darbouka, Davul: Özgür Çakırlar Recording & Mixing: Aras Tüysüz

B
1 Boogie Balagan - Istanbul Mahabul Music: Stupaj / Sztantman Buzuq, Guitars, Bass, Programming, Producer & Arrangement: Azri Zurna: Gabri Mixing: Denizer Özveren
2 Cem Yıldız - Issız Text: Olcayto Art Music, Saz, Arrangement: Cem Yıldız Kamancheh: Melisa Yıldırım Mixing: Denizer Özveren
3 Hudna - Blue 9/8 Music: Hudna Acoustic Saz: Orhan Turan Electric Guitar, Dobro, Bass: Søren Bigum Frame Drum: Yossi Karutchi Mixing: Søren Bigum, Yossi Karutchi
4 Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Üç Kız Bir Ana Text & Music: Traditional Arrangement: Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek Acoustic Saz, Vocal: Derya Yıldırım Drums: Greta Eacott Flute: Antonin Voyant Keyboard: Graham Mushnik Bass: Andrea Piro Engineering & Mixing: Daniel & Robert Duntemann
5 Ozan Ata Canani - Alle Menschen Dieser Erde (Grup Ses Remix) Text & Music: Ozan Ata Canani Electric Saz: Ozan Ata Canani Electric Guitar: Atilla Doğan Bass: Sezai Şentürk Drums: İsmail Tarlan Recording: Reinhard Kobialka Mixing: Hüseyin Çiftçi
6 Duble Salih - Atım Arap Text & Music: Traditional (Ankara Region) Arrangement: Duble Salih Divane, İki Telli Cura, Vocals: Salih Nazım Peker Electric Cümbüş, Vocals, Percussion programming: Salih Korkut Peker Mixing: Salih Korkut Peker

ENGLISH

Saz Power

'Saz Power' features a special sound: the saz, acoustic and electric. This lute instrument is the most commonly used folk instrument in Turkey. It is connected both to Ottoman classical music—the centuries-old tradition of the wandering bards of Aşıks—and to the psychedelic Anatolian rock of the 1970s. Through archaeological excavations of mounds in Anatolia, the saz can be traced back to an age before the Common Era.

And yet the saz is an international as well as a specifically Turkish instrument. It has gained a wider popularity due to its unique sound and its unique history, especially with the renewed interest in Anatolian rock music that has been growing for a decade now, and the new wave of psychedelic music worldwide. This global appeal is reflected on the album by the choice of artists: one half is played by musicians from Turkey, the other by players from Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, and Israel.

The concept for this album was conceived by musician Demir Kerem Atay (aka Elektro Hafız) and developed by the two label directors Cem Şeftalicioğlu and Ercan Demirel. It was to showcase different models of the saz (acoustic, electric) and saz-related instruments (like the Buzuq and Cümbüş), but also different styles, different ways to play the saz through different countries, to offer a full spectrum of the music that can be produced with it.

This concept was immediately embraced by all the musicians asked to participate in the album. Here they could show their love for the instrument—and indeed they all did so. The arrangements combine the traditional or the electric saz with the diverse sounds and vibrations of psychedelic guitars, basses, organs, synths, drums, and percussion. The tunes are based on different styles of Anatolian folk music or are contemporary compositions written by the artists.

As a result, the music belongs partly to a new generation of Turkish folk music and Anatolian rock—always updating the living tradition of these styles—and partly to a fresh blend of Anatolian rock with other styles like electronic music or the soundtrack to a psychedelic Western. Introducing us to a wide range of saz instruments and ways of playing them, this album goes straight to the heart, with all the yearning gentleness and tremendous power the saz can offer.

Holger Lund