Every Monday, we highlight an album that slipped through the cracks that we think deserves some shine. This week, check out Beyond Istanbul: Underground Grooves of Turkey.
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Beyond Istanbul: Underground Grooves of Turkey (Trikont)
The stereotype of many Westerners' views of Turkish music, I suspect, is the romantic image of a garishly clothed belly dancer — midriff showing, face veiled — undulating around a room while arabesque music plays in the background. German label Trikont attempts to change this image — or at the very least augment it — with Beyond Istanbul, a compilation conceived and arranged by Berlin-based DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu
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