NumberNineDream

+81 sent me:


As I had some connection problems when the link was sent, I felt that the best thing to do in the mean time is to search who this "Selda" is, or what's her album about.

So I went to Selda's LastFM page, and here's what I found:
"turkish wonder, heroine of the anatolian invasion. a powerful voice and charged lyrics gave her the moniker of “the joan baez of turkey,” which underestimates her drastically.
check the b-music/finders keepers reissue of her self titled 70s album for a mind blowing explosion of psychedelic radical folk pop. selda is a revelatory and groovy in new ways experience for your earhole."

So when I got the album, I was preparing myself to hear some Psychedelic sounds. I plugged the player in the car, to listen to the album on my way to Uni, and went on the road. I don't think I can say that it's a bad album, but instead of Psychedelia, I was hearing the music we put in marriages, or any event we can put folkloric music in (which is everywhere in here).

I live in a country that was occupied by the Ottoman Empire (Now Turkey) for more than 4 centuries (1514-1915), so I think we soaked up every Turkish thing 'soakable', which includes Folk Music. So I think I can say, without a doubt, that this was no psychedelic music, it was just middle eastern folk music. I'll give them the credit of using an electric guitar with some added distortion at times, but that was at the beginning of the song. So at the beginning of the song that even has a typical folkloric melody, for only 5 seconds, we listen an electric guitar, and some weird effects repeated every 5 minutes. And when I say a folkloric melody, I mean a melody made and remade for more than 5000 times, so I guess I couldn't enjoy the album, because it was all too familiar.

Now what I don't understand is, why everything that has an oriental touch becomes instantly psychedelic. I think the Orientalism in the Psychedelic Rock is what pulled me to it, but how can our folk be your prog, I'm sure there should be more to it.

I'm sorry I couldn't like the album, but when it gets to middle-eastern folk, I've heard much better stuff cz I do live here. I did like some tracks, but the 'Psychedelic' tag did annoy me. So if you need any recommendations on some good folk, I guess I can find some names.


**Examples of what I was talking about earlier, can be 'Misserlou', which is now considered 'Surf music' when it is simply a middle-eastern folkloric melody played on an electric guitar with added speed. Or 'Paint it Black', which is based on a middle-eastern rhythm.

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+81

I do understand what you're saying about the psychedelic music tag. I don't see this in the same way as psychedelic music that's considered 'trippy' but in the sense that the Indian inspired Beatles music is considered psychedelic. It makes sense that you might be accustomed to this because of your location but I don't hear a lot like it here in Canada. I really like this album so feel free to recommend me some more Middle-Eastern folk like this.

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NumberNineDream

Btw, sorry if I seemed lashing out at the album, I wasn't that annoyed when hearing it, it even was enjoyable. But awkward effects put in the music are a standard in that place, that's even the signature for 70s music here. Anyway, I'll put my thoughts on some album to recommend. I guess it should be soon.
And I am still thankful for the album :P

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I didn't think you were lashing and even if you were, you have the right to like an album as much or as little I you want. It doesn't bother me at all.

I haven't listened to the album you sent me yet but it's on my ipod so I will very soon.

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storymilo

Nice review abdullah Too bad you didn't like his voice. I didn't think it was great but it didn't really bother me. Reminded me a bit of Bobby Gillespie.

I'll be getting in a review for yours soonish. Liking it so far

abdullah424

Cool. I'm anxious to see what you think of it.

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After listening to the album a few times, which I needed to due to the extreme variations of sound and music, I have come to the conclusion that I am baffled about this band. Never before have I heard a band that incorporates such an array of sounds ranging from down-tempo trip-hop to the good, old flamenco guitar.

If someone had told me that in the space of 75 minutes you will encounter the aspects mentioned above, as well as some electronica, latin, the occasional almost rapping piece, and a few English blokes who are not afraid to break boundaries and smash down wall, I would have told you there is no chance. The one draw back to the album for me is that sometimes it loses some structure and pushes to many boundaries instead of just sticking around for awhile.

Although this is not my normal cup of tea, I did enjoy listening to it the first few times and will come back to soon enough.

On a side-note, Emerald Alley was definitely the highlight of the lot for me. A really classy track that was. A solid 8.5/10

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music_phantom13

I'm glad you enjoyed it, after looking at your last.fm I didn't think it was something you would like. I was a little worried that you wouldn't like it; I know it's completely different from your usual stuff after looking at your last.fm. That said, I completely understand your criticism, a few tracks feel like they don't belong on the album. For me, this makes it even more interesting and unique, but I understand why a lot of people wouldn't like it. That said, this is one of my favorite albums from Ninja Tunes, which I have developed a strange obsession with, and I'm seriously glad you enjoyed it. I feel words can't really express how great this album is, everyone should listen it.

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This album was definitely was definitely out of my usual sound, but I thought it was absolutely fantastic. The band encompassed the perfect sound of dance music and lounge jazz like Stereolab (don't have anything better to compare it to). The songs Fort Knox and Wet Willy kind of shied away from this sound, and didn't really do it for me. But the rest of the album was unexpectedly fantastic. I really enjoyed the use of another language (blogs told me it was a Zim language, but that was all I kind find).

Pretty much, this was a full hour of unexpected enjoyment. Songs like Sold My Soul (the first track), Hold Tight (which has a really cool horn part), and Soundtracks and Come Backs really did it for me. I absolutely loved the use of the jazz flute on the last listed there, it really fit right into the song perfectly without overpowering any of the other sound.

Overall, this was straightforward dance music that could be played at a nightclub. But it also contained an element of jazz to keep people like me interested in just listening to the music. I really enjoyed the sound, and I would like to thank Zeppy for sending it in my direction I'd give it:

7.4/10

Thanks again Zeppy! I enjoyed this a lot.

zeppy111

I am glad you enjoyed it. It really is quite a fine album, and the two chaps in the band are really top lads. I have met the band a few times and seen countless shows of theirs, shows that South Africa can do something other than have political debates and play rugby. Matter of fact, I am off to their concert in my hometown in about an hour or so.

You were definetly right that the album you gave me was out of the regular, but that is exactly what this thread is about I guess and it really was a top album, so cheers for that.

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