As part of Caprice Records’ Music from series, we reissue the album originally titled Turkisk musik (CAP1087), for the first time on CD and digital format. Turkisk musik was recorded in 1973 by the legendary music ethnologist and record producer Deben Bhattacharya.

Music from Turkey provides a synoptic presentation of Turkish music. One can find the traditional music – both folk and classical music – but also popular music influenced by Western, Indian and North African culture. Just like the original release and all other volumes in the series, the music is enriched by a comprehensive booklet with writings by Krister Malm (1973), Dan Lundberg, Viveka Hellström and Fikret Çeşmeli (2016). The booklet covers many topics, from the relation between the Islamic religion and music, urban and rural, folk- and art music. We learn about the typical Turkish instruments and about the many different types of music they create. The booklet also provides in-depth descriptions of each of the 23 tracks on the album. In addition to the Turkisk musik album, Music from Turkey also contains the complete material from another album with the Turkish music group Sameyda (originally released on the Origo label), which was mostly active in Sweden in the 1980s. Thanks to the producer and recording technician Tomas Gabrielsson, we have been given the opportunity to include this fantastic material.

The singer Sevinç Uygur founded the group Sameyda and was its natural leader. She also gathered the band’s entire repertoire.