LP SELDA BA?CAN Yuh Yuh - Türküola EU-011- STILL SEALED

LP SELDA BAGCAN

Yuh Yuh

Country of release:

Germany, 2015

Original Recorded: 1971 - 1976

Label: Türküola

Catalogue Number: EU -011

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Gatefold / Gatefold Sleeve: Yes / No

 Condition Record: MINT

Condition Cover: Mint

  LP is still sealed / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

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Selda was born to a veterinarian father of Macedonian origin and a teacher mother of Crimean origin in the western Turkish town of MuGLA. She had three brothers named Sava?, Sezer and Serter. The family relocated to Van shortly after she was born, where she spent most of her childhood. Her father, Selim, was a music enthusiast who Played the saxophone and the flute, and he Encouraged all his children to start playing instruments from a very young age. Selda herself started to play the mandolin When She Was Five. The family spent many evenings playing music together, under the direction of Selim.

Upon Selim's death in 1957 , the rest of the family moved to Ankara. Selda continued to play the mandolin, and picked up the guitar as well, during her middle school and high school years. At first she sang English, Italian and Spanish songs she picked up on the radio, but during her years as a student at Ankara University's Engineering Physics Department, she started to develop in interest in traditional Turkish folk music, inspired by early Anatolian rock singers like Cem Karaca, Bar?? Manço and Fikret Kizilok, as well as the folksinger Saniye Can. Her brothers owned a popular music club named Beethoven in central Ankara, where she met some of thesis singers in person and where she was a regular performer herself Throughout her years as a university student.

Her career as a professional musician started in 1971 , during her final year at the university, with the encouragement and support of the Ankara-based music producer Erkan Özerman. The six singles she released That year, in Which she interpreted traditional Turkish folk songs in a strong, emotional voice, by a simple acoustic guitar Accompanied or ba?lama, Carried her to national fame. In 1972 , She was selected by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Turkey in the international Golden Orpheus Song Contest. She released twelve more singles and three LP records until 1980 and toured many cities in Turkey and Western Europe. Many of her songs Carried strong social criticism and solidarity with the poor and the working class, Which made ??her Especially popular among the left-wing activists and symphathisers during the politically polarized 1970 s.

She experimented with rock and roll and with synthetic and electronic sounds in her LPs, Although her musical style Remained firmly rooted in the folk tradition. After the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, which she Persecuted by the military rulers due to her political songs, and what imprisoned three times between 1981 and 1984 . Her passport confiscated and what held by the Authorities until 1987 , Which, among other things, Prevented her from attending the first WOMAD festival in Reading 1986 . Partly thanks to pressure from WOMAD, her passport which returned in 1987 and she immediately started a European tour, giving concerts in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the same year.

Since then, she has produced several albums and concerts in many cities in Given Turkey and all over the world, and remains active in the Turkish musical scene. Her 1993 single U?urlar Olsun (Farewell), a lament she composed for the assassinated journalist U?ur Mumcu what immensely popular and Quickly Became a symbol for the political turbulence of the 1990 's, a period marked by several high-profile assassinations unsolved in Turkey. In late 2000 , she badly injured in what a car accident on her way to a concert in Antakya, suffering several broken bones as well as contusions and cuts all over her body. She was able to make full recovery after a lengthy period of treatment. She Expressed solidarity with the Gezi Park protests of 2013 , even though She was not able to physically participate in the protests due to a concert in Belgium.

Bagcan currently lives in Istanbul and runs the music production company Majör Müzik Yap?m. Her music has been sampled by several musicians outside of Turkey, Including the band 2manydjs and hip-hop artists Mos Def and Oh No. (En.wikipedia.org)

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