YES!

[parasitegirl]

Finally!
I'm getting a little burned out on my music, placed another Tulumba order because the restaurant owner wants more Roma, less Turkish Oriental music. I am learning that their taste in music ha little to do with customer joy, and probably is due to him and the cooks feeling homesick....god knows he wouldn't know a Turkish pop song from the last 10 years if it bit him in the ass.

I've been wanting to once more use a song I only know as "Aman Bey Bey" that I love, but I only have a multi-generation copy of it in which the sound quality is a little suck and that's why I took it out of the line-up.

Today,thanks to this article, I now know that the song is Agam by Ciguli and have ordered it. Unfortunately the only in-print cd I could find is a 2 cd set of "Gypsy Grooves" but the Agam seems to be un-remixed. I did find remixes of it as well.

So, what Turkish Rom are you listening to? I use Gypsy Fire, Music of Suluke,  Trakya Dance Party and Canden Ercetin's Aman Doktor and a compliations cds from various workshops (many of which I then spend time trying to find the original versions of songs/artists) a whoooole lot. And a earload of Selim Sesler.s

Comments

[dozen-son.livejournal.com]

You should have just asked, I would have told you it's by Ciguli :) I'm using the version on this album As for other CDs my top favorites are İzmir Roman Geceleri and Ahırkapı Büyük Roman Orkestrası. More clarinet, also there are these series, I have the purple one, it's really nice.

[parasitegirl.livejournal.com]

I didn't know WHAT to ask!

That first one is the remix I found, the Izmir Roman version sounds like a slightly different vocalist.

After I get my recent shipment I may order your recommendations....judging from clips, they are what I need to wave up.

Current order
(Along with GYpsy Groove)

http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU901957AF686
(The first Tanyeli cd : http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU940920PJ017 is out of print...so if you have it..)
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU938813DL642
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU9398349FZ657
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU901664CC821

[dozen-son.livejournal.com]

You could have asked: "There is a song I know of only as Aman Bey Bey. Do you happen to know what its name and where I can get it?" :))
I got the Izmir Roman for the version of Agam, but now I just love it for the rest of the songs, that's why I recommended it.

You order looks interesting, would be great if you could later review the albums.

[dozen-son.livejournal.com]

Forgot to say that I'm thinking of starting a Misirlou collection of my own, in addition to the one that has been here :))) Check out the second track on the Sefarad album that you've ordered. Ahırkapı Büyük Roman Orkestrası have their version as well, it's the first track on their album.

[arovd.livejournal.com]

ahk! misirlou. :) glad to see someone else shares the obsession.

So far I have a nice version by Giota Nega, another by Manolis Agelopoulos, of course George Abdo, and one by a group called Americanistan.

[kinadancer.livejournal.com]

well, I hesitate to recomend this, but since you've asked...

Have you the Mezdeke series and the ones by Harem?

I like the drumming on Harem, although they do have some stuff that makes my ears bleed, such as Deb the Bukka, where, I kid you not, the say with all gravitas during some really kick ass drumming,

"touch my bukka, love my bukka"

[kinadancer.livejournal.com]

oh, and the hesitation has to do with the fact that I think you either already have them or hate them :-)

[superdaintykate.livejournal.com]

Only slightly related (ok, not at all), but I am loving "Alone at my Wedding" by Kochani Orkestar right now.