Erkin Koray

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Erkin Koray has been in the Turkish rock music scene since the early 1960s. By the late 1960s, he was already a major figure in Turkish psychedelic music (also called as Anatolian Rock), beginning with his first psychedelic single Anma Arkadaş in 1967. In the early 1970s, he formed the group Ter with the former members of Grup Bunalım (also known as Bunalımlar). Although they only recorded one single before breaking up, Hor Görme Garibi (a cover of the major arabesque hit by Orhan Gencebay) was a smash hit, furthering Koray’s career.

In 1974, Erkin Koray released what is probably his best-known and best-selling single, Şaşkın. Set to a traditional Egyptian tune, the single proved Koray to be an ingenious musician and arranger.

Other major hits by Koray are Fesuphanallah, Istemem, Sevince, Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki , Estarabim, Arap Saçı, Yalnızlar Rıhtımı, Akrebin Gözleri and Çöpçüler.

Erkin Koray and Orhan Gencebay are the inventors of the electonic version of bağlama (a Turkish traditional musical instrument).

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1	Sevince	123
2	Estarabim	75
3	Hele Yar	45
4	Fesuphanallah	20
5	Karli Daglar	19
5	Yağmur	19
5	Öyle Bir Geçer full track	19
5	Çöpçüler full track	19
9	Istemem	16
10	Saskin	15
11	Anma Arkadas	14
11	Korkulu rüya	14
11	Seni Her Gördüğümde	14
14	Mesafeler	13
14	Hor görme garibi	13

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HartBeatPigMeat wrote:
Saturday evening

Cansın Kansın

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airsakarya wrote:
17 days ago

babamız.

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lirabadam wrote:
22 days ago

babamsın !

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ketenkanat wrote:
November 2009

baba

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Akheron_ wrote:
October 2009

karlı dağlar sanatının doruk noktası

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Funkadelicer wrote:
October 2009

This guy is insane!

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Pslocybin wrote:
September 2009

Erkin baba dinleyen gavurların sayısı hayli fazlaymış meğer.Yaşa Last.fm.

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Pslocybin wrote:
August 2009

Mhplisin falan ama on numara müzisyensin Erkin Baba!

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cansubjk wrote:
June 2009

o bir efsaneee!

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KhaLduNTR wrote:
June 2009

En baba Türk psychedelic!!

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thothakatahuti wrote:
May 2009

Sevincee. .. tüm insanlar bir başkaa... lalaalalaaa... :)

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selcukalhan wrote:
May 2009

if you are into Turkish music I can help you on finding Erkin's and other Turkish music mp3s because I have great archive..

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NxTx wrote:
May 2009

I can't stop listening to this guys work..

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adomay wrote:
April 2009

Elektronik Türküler is a masterpiece [2]

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WanderlustQueen wrote:
April 2009

i bloody love this album at the moment and would be interested to know where i can find the lyrics (in english) to some of the songs. any ideas? X

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Rockarolla1 wrote:
April 2009

türkiyede rock müzik varsa onun sayesindedir türkiyede rock müzik adına bişeyler yapan birkaç kişiden biridir üstattır babadır ...

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beatfanatic wrote:
April 2009

Elektronik Türküler is a masterpiece

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bauns wrote:
March 2009

obecnie wykonawce można spotkać na gwarnej Alibaba 24H

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Hayaltonu wrote:
March 2009

Sanki bir boru vasıtasıyla söylemekte şarkısını.Sürekli bir tiz sesi gelmektedir gırtlaktan.İlginçtir ama güzeldir.

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Audiotopia wrote:
January 2009

Shame almost 90% of posts here are by Turkish guys and guyettes, Erkin Koray (Baba Erkin as they call him now) is Turkey's best axe-miester. His songs vary from R'n'R schmaltz to some pretty good, guitar-laden heavy, 'funk-rock' (the reviews' wordings not mine :\) songs that really bear his mark (and his unique guitar-playing, too). He is a great musician! I wish him a long life! Salamlar! ---;

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