This man's name is Mustafa Ozkent. To most of the world, including myself of course, he remained unknown until Finders Keepers (yeah, these guys again) reissued his classical album "Gençlik Ile Elele". Originally released in 1973, this guitar and percussions galore has since then served as a sample fountain, for Oh No! for instance.
Along with Turkish psych legend Baris Manço, Mustafa Ozkent recently accessed to the legendary stage, mainly thanks to this one album, even if he released others.
After studying in Belgium, he collaborated with prog (soon-to-be) icons Baris Manço, Okay Temiz, Mogollar (aka The Mogols), 3 Hurel... Until the obscure label Evren approached him and talked him into recording an album with his band, named orchestra for the case. These recording sessions became the masterpiece "Gençlik Ile Elele", on which fellow Turkish guitar prodigy Cahit Oben played. Ozkent also worked as a studio musician, released other solo albums and lately came back composing guitar albums.
Ozkent is known for using guitar of his own design, in order to produce unique sounds and integrate them into funk and psych music. That's part of the reason why Mustafa Ozkent sounded so innovative.
And what about this cover ? Bizarre. Wonderful. Rare. All this leads to... expensive ! Or worse : impossible to find.
Laid Back recently posted a rare audio interview with the Turkish master. Enjoy this special moment.
Ozkent is known for using guitar of his own design, in order to produce unique sounds and integrate them into funk and psych music. That's part of the reason why Mustafa Ozkent sounded so innovative.
And what about this cover ? Bizarre. Wonderful. Rare. All this leads to... expensive ! Or worse : impossible to find.
Laid Back recently posted a rare audio interview with the Turkish master. Enjoy this special moment.
Search for the ridiculous YouTube videos for audio clips.
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