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These are the best songs of some of the masters of Turkish Gypsy music(plus some talented hacks); most of which are completely unknown outside of Trakya, the big chunk of Turkiye west of Istanbul. Most of these guys have many cassettes, and very few have cds; these are conversions from cassettes unavailable outside a small area of Turkiye. I will change the tunes periodically, so you can get a real idea of the number of great artists available in Turkiye that, chances are(depending on who you are) you haven't heard of, and maybe never would otherwise. Sorry, but to allow people who have slower computers to be able to load all the media, I will no longer be accepting comments; I have very much appreciated all the kind comments, and if you have comments or suggestions, please send me a message directly...I love it! Myspace dedicates a limited amount of data per each page, so I want as much of it to go to the music as possible. If you are having problems loading the audio, just refresh the page once or twice, and it should play fine. This is a nice opportunity to listen to great masters of Turkish Gypsy Wedding musicians...enjoy!Selim Sesler, Brenna MacCrimmon, & HusnuRoman grup jamming

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Member Since: 13/11/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/kongfoofingers
Band Members: My Photos & Selected Cassette coversFun Roman VideoSulukule Documentary(in Turkish)
Influences: Two main things influence the hotness of Turkish Roman music; Lira & hunger! You wanna get paid? You gotta rock harder and play better than the other guy! ;)..

Sounds Like:A summer wedding in Uzunkopru; davul, Cumbus, Klarnet, and darbuka bringing the fun to the party.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Selim Sesler

This is from a cassette called Sulukule'de Alem(A party in Sulukule), and has as an uncredited Klarnet player my friend, Selim Sesler. The track is called Anako, Babako, ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:04:00 GMT

Agam, Agam

This is an odd little bugger of a tune I got from Brenna MacCrimmon; a peculiar interpretation of the common tune Agam(aman Ali bey), by the macedonian gypsy Ahmet Giguli. This tune ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:01:00 GMT

Ilhan Gunc

This track is a thrill to present; it's one of my top Turk Roman Klarnet faves, Ilhan Gunc. I have many of his tapes, and as you will see, he's a master of sophisticated ...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:54:00 GMT

Mustafa Calar NEW

Again we have a track by the Klarnet master, Somali Mustafa Calar, from Soma(presumably) Turkiye. In contrast to the last track that I had posted from him, which had keyb...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:48:00 GMT

ROMAN MUSIC TOP 25

The Top 25: * Deli Dana(also called UZUN KOPRU KESAN) * Biber Ektim Tarlaya(I ate pepper) * Anako(or Diley) * Cikolata(m) (my chocolate one) * Manolya(Magnolia) * Agam(or AMAN ALI BEY) (the wierdest ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:31:00 GMT

COPYRIGHT CONCERNS

I hope there is no issue with copyrights to these songs, but if you have a concern, I hope you will consider the intention of this site. Most of the people who hear these songs and a...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:15:00 GMT