Opener “Anything For You” has several different riffs colliding and eventually overlapping but initially they don’t sound like they are in the same song. It’s not quite psychedelic but not shoegazery or grungy either – and its nod to all things 80’s makes the band sound like they’ve invented a time loop of their own. Zula take weird half riffs and dissonant vocals but moulds it into something that really works. You can also follow him on Twitter as for all On The Wire news.Rockers Zula released their ragged EP “6 Passes” last week and it’s been on heavy rotation in my flat since release.
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Paul’s website is hiapop Blog and you can follow him on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. More of Paul’s writing on Louder Than War can be found at his author’s archive. They can be followed on Twitter as or and Liked on Facebook.Īll words by Paul Scott-Bates. The Dub disc alone would be worth the purchase price for XX but as a compliment to the initial collection of thirteen tracks (making twenty-eight in total), this may be one of the best things you hear this year. The scene is set as early as the first few seconds of Alem which echoes and reverbs almost straight away. The accompanying disc of dub mixes is nothing short of impressive as Dirtmusic (Hopche Dub) and Mad Professor (Adultress, BSAO, Divan and Erotik Adab) star with another major role going to Dr Das of Asian Dub Foundation for his treatment of Iki Alem. Col Aslanlari (Desert Lions) is mixed by Alexander Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten and displays an experimental side to the band. Nothing here appears in its original form, choosing instead alterative options – their biggest hit Bir Sana Bir De Bana (One For You And One For Me) is one featuring a French woman and an Armenian man rather than their own interpretation.Ĭlosing disc one are two live tracks covering almost twenty-six minutes between them.
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Within the first few tracks of XX we are treated to dub, drum n bass, reggae and marvellous episodes of electric saz and varying recording techniques via digital, analogue and tape which they have used over the years prior to the prevalence of mp3. To be fair, looking at the band they maybe don’t seem as inviting as their music obviously is, and whilst in today’s fickle music world that may seem important, with Bab Zula it’s clearly a case of letting the music speak for itself.
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The work of Baba Zula has won them much recognition in their homeland including the Turkish Billboard, film and TV soundtracks. It is perhaps the dub element that is most prevalent and with further assistance from Sly & Robbie, Jaki Liebezeit (Can) and Turkish opera singer Semiha Berksoy makes for an interesting journey.
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Influenced by 60s psychedelia, Ertel and Levent Akman formed Baba Zula back in 1996 and have since encompassed several styles in the music – Anatolian folk, Krautrock, reggae, psych-rock and unbelievable amounts of dub (of which a full second disc accompanies). Not your standard compilation mind, this doesn’t include the regular clutch of singles, XX comprises of unreleased material and alternative mixes with an impressive list of collaborators. You might not have heard of Baba Zula before, but that could all be about to change as to celebrate their twentieth anniversary they release a very special ‘best of’ compilation. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Turkish psychedelic rockers release a best of with ‘a difference’.