"The daddy of all Turkish rarities, this record has to be heard to be believed and even then it's still unbelievable. Vintage Turkish B-boy instrumental LP from 1972 which should be sharing throne space with other ultimate breaks and beats such as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, Funky Drummer and Johnny The Fox"
Or so it says on the sticker on the sleeve of this wondrous re-issue. The UK record label Finders Keepers have a real knack for unearthing gems of a rare beauty from the shelves of oblivion. Every so often, whilst browsing on their website, I feel almost instantly compelled to purchase whichever latest offering they have dared release. Let's just say, it's a fucking glorious label. I'm almost certain that I'll be discussing more of their releases on this blog in a not too distant future. I would love to see Andy Votel's record collection which, no doubt, must be a behemoth of astronomical proportions. He's the co-founder of Finders Keepers by the way. Anyway, this record which we have here is the bomb, no less. They say "Anatolian Rock", I say "give me more". Mustafa Ozkent was a Turkish multi-instrumentalist whose passions included carpentry and electronics and who designed various instruments. The music found on this LP is purely instrumental and insanely funky. In fact, some parts are quite reminiscent of Can, the Krautrock outfit, especially the drumming which is not poles apart from Michael Karoli's work on Ege Bayamasi (funnily enough, Can's only Turkish titled LP). This LP is a riot from start to finish. The window to a world full of possibilities.
Check out the second track on this phenomenal record
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