INTERVIEW – BABA ZULA

Celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, Baba Zula continue to seek out new approaches to music making that is marked by a refreshing unwillingness to repeat themselves. Describing themselves as sound warriors, their latest album, ‘XXX’, also reflects a willingness to confront environmental crisis and question the commodification of public life. Via email, Murat Ertel (electric saz, […]
Turkish psych has become a more familiar genre in recent years, its sonorous use of electric saz giving a distinct take on Western rock music. While that style is now easily recognisable, over the course of three decades Baba Zula has been determined to push it into way more adventurous, experimental and rhythmical territory. A […]

ALBUM REVIEW – BABA ZULA: XXX