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Balkanize This! 10 Reasons to Put Southeast Europe on Your Playlist
"Balkanization" has become a word applied to anything fractured and chaotic, but the region that inspired the term has so much more going on than bad press.
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Kim Ki O: Besties United By Beats And Bass
Name: Kim Ki O (Ekin Sanaç and Berna Göl)
Where They're From: Istanbul, Turkey
When They Started: 2006
Genre: Electropop/Post-punk
Most Similar: Nite Jewel,...
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Surrender! To Turkish Nu-Disco
Name: Surrender!
Where He's From: Istanbul, Turkey
When He Started: 2010
Genre: Funktastic electro nu-disco
Most Similar: Daft Punk, Aphex Twin,...
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The Next Generation of Guitar Heroes: 10 Players Who Shred the Past
Every "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list we've ever read is depressingly predictable. Eric Clapton, blah, blah, Jack White, blah, blah, blah. They all name great...
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NC Shuva & The PUi Tribe: Neo-Primal Gypsy Metal
By Isabela Raygoza
One: “My dream is to become the celebrity that is responsible for the death of celebrity culture.”
Two: "You made yourself fat and feeling sorry...
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Bands We Like: Hayvanlar Alemi’s Psych Rock From Turkey
Hayvanlar Alemi is a Turkish rock group led by middle school friends, guitarist Ozum Itez and percussionist Isik Sarihan. The quartet formed as a cover band in 1999, but...
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Duman — “Bu Aksam”
Swedish grunge rock quartet Duman have done more than just find creative ways to serve alcohol in this video for “Bu Askam” off Belki Alışman Lazım (2002). The classic...
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Kenan Dogulu — “Cakkidi”
Kenan Doğulu is a Turkish pop musician who has reinvented his usual adult contemporary sound in the hip-hop inspired track “Çakkidi,” from his seventh studio album...
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Sultana — “Taklaya Geldin”
Turkey's Sultana laces ethnic instrumentation alongside hip-hop beats, tops it off with sometimes-controversial lyrics, and voila--she's gained a huge following in her...
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Bora Uzer — “Dudaktan Dudaga”
R&B singer Bora Uzer gets parties started in Istanbul. In neon-brights and retro shades, the Holland-educated scenester re-creates '80s love jams and dance anthems with...