KARACA, CEM - Nem Kaldi?

Cem Karaca announces his intent to slay all enemies of Istanbuls leftist counterculture with stompin prog keyboards. Sophisticated and passionate, with flamboyant taste in sunglasses, Cem Karaca led Istanbuls music fans through a period of violent political turmoil. Karaca reworked traditional folk lyrics with molten electric bass lines that played up both a poets broiling righteousness and also his listeners common ground with their elders in Turkeys history. 1975s Nem Kaldi? gathers more 60s-70s singles that lead the listener through Karacas own musical history, skipping across various collaborations. Sink deeper into the intrigue both musical & otherwise as fractious personnel changes & real-life assassins multiply, yet the double-time drums & badass synthesizer schwings pound on. - Pharaway Sounds.