Cafe Turk Cafe Turk

Café Türk are an inimitable Turkish-Swiss band formed in the 1980s, whose genre-bending sonic palette draws from Anatolia, the Caucasus and Western Europe. The group"s frantic trajectory connects Switzerland and the Turkish city of Kars with a background story as rich and unexpected as their sound.After three decades since they disbanded, Zel Zele Records have collaborated with Turkish crate-digger Grup Ses to give the music of Café Türk a new lease of life.This eponym compilation features original album tracks, singles and previously unreleased takes that trace the outline of the group"s history. From the rolling disco of the group"s debut recording "Haydi Yallah"; to the previously unreleased kosmiche of "Yildizlar", "Ali Baba From Istanbul"s Azeri grooves and German language vocals, to the psyched-out interpretation of Causaccian folk tune "Samil", Café Türk showcases the endless stream of ideas the band had during their time together between 1983 and 1989.Tracks come with an unrestrained spirit, weaving in the crackling energy of new wave, rock, disco and reggae with influences from Turkey and Azerbaijan.