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Mabel Matiz - Öyle Kolaysa
Not the most refined on the list, but it couldn't be left out.
 
Odisséia
Marcos Valle's new one with the bassist from Azymuth.
And it looks like it’s going to be one of the best of 2019.
 
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Ati ve Aşk Üçgeni - Beni Yanına Al (Official Video)
Another alcoholic and melancholic - nonetheless intriguing - lament.
 
Jah Wobble,The Edge, Holger Czukay - Hold On To Your Dreams
(Still) better than any massage center music.
 
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Lara Di Lara - Denizin Kralları
Essential because there is no need for anything else.
 
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Lin Pesto - Ceza Mı? (Ebru Gündeş Cover)
Depressing and dilapidated dirge amidst the lights on the ring road and skyscrapers in Istanbul at night.
Vague vapor aesthetic with snippets of old VHS (rather depressing as well).
If it's a nice day, don't look.
If it's a bad day, definitely don’t look.
 
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Altın Gün - Süpürgesi Yoncadan
Where the particular aesthetic of Anatolian disco from the '70s and '80s is explored.
With its outdated and kitschy effects like reverberated electronic toms.
But that's exactly what makes it beautiful.
 
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Yok Oyle Kararli Seyler - Kalabalıklar
And it resumes (wearily) with another piece to sing in unison.
For those who know the words.
 
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Lalalar - İsyanlar
With excerpts from films seen by few (outside Anatolia).
Including a UFO film from '55.
 
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Jakuzi - Toz (Official Video)
New Order and not even a little
(but with something unmistakably Turkish).
 
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Melek Mosso - Sarıla Sarıla
Domestic skirmishes but, above all, #turkishthings
 
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Kutiman feat. Melike Şahin - Sakla Beni
The most delicious pissicadelic sound today comes from there.
 
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Adamlar - Yoruldum
A song about "not being able to take it anymore."