Altın Gün - On

1LP Vinyl - BJR25

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors,” nineteenth century poet and novelist William Blake once beautifully suggested. To discover new things you sometimes need someone to open a door between the known and the unknown. Altin Gün (‘Golden Day’) is the band holding that door handle. And when the door swings open you smell, feel and hear a mix of sounds you may have heard before separately but never in this brilliant new context that sounds totally new.

On their debut album ‘On’ (Bongo Joe Records), the band show what happens when you open doors between Turkish folk songs which were passed on from generation to generation on the one hand and a dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue organs on the other. The Amsterdammers who come from various backgrounds (Turkish but also Indonesian and Dutch) comfortably create their work in the adventurous no-man’s land that exists between these two worlds.

Condition:

Media: Mint (M)

Sleeve: Not Graded

Track List: 

A1. Tatlı Dile Güler Yüze
A2. Kırşehir'in Gülleri
A3. Goca Dünya
A4. Halkalı Şeker
A5. Caney
B1. Şad Olup Gülmedim
B2. Cemalım
B3. Çiçekler Ekiliyor
B4. Kaymakamın Kızları
B5. Şeker Oğlan