
Childhood in 7/8 time: Istanbul Before Twelve smells of simit and the sea; it sounds like ferry horns, spoon percussion, and merchants’ cries. Makam melodies meet nu-jazz soul—warm, handcrafted, alive.



This is my first map of Istanbul—from the courtyard to the ferry, from the tea garden to the Grand Bazaar. You’ll hear makam colors, microtones, and aksak grooves in 7/8 and 9/8; saz, oud, kanun, ney, kaval, zurna, darbuka, and davul telling how the city sounded to me before I turned twelve.
Each track is a scene: our block, the neighbor, Teacher Veli (stern and kind), friendship and hospitality, the green valleys, the Bosphorus, the nights, the tea garden, and the journey forward. Between seagulls and ferry horns, nu-jazz and soul blend with a hint of djent—honest, warm, handcrafted.
Not nostalgia in sepia—living memory. If you know how tea tastes like home, press play.

Our Neighborhood (Bizim Mahalle)

Guest (Misafir)

Friend (Arkadaş)

Grand Bazaar (Kapalı Çarşı)

Tea Garden (Çay Bahçesi)

What Is Life? (Hayat Nedir?)

Bosphorus (Boğaz / Bosporus)

Journey (Yolculuk)

🎶 Episode 97: “Fusion at the Edge: Turkey’s Sonic Mosaic”
Where continents hum, and music is the bridge.

🌀 Ride the Bosphorus with me.
I’m Kenny Chiba — your cosmic bus driver and sonic guide — and in this episode we plunge deep into Turkey’s soundscape. Here, East and West don’t just touch — they collide, converse, shake hands, and remix. The Bosphorus isn’t just geography — it’s pulse, it’s groove, it’s the tubular vein where melodies flow between worlds.
On this journey, tradition coexists with jazz fusion, rock chops echo in ancient alleys, and rap/hip-hop voices carry modern rebellion on old winds.

✨ In Episode 97 of the Overlooked Tracks Podcast
We let Anatolian psych, jazz fusion, and boundary-breaking hybrids rise — from Anatolian soil, through crowded bazaars, out into the cinematic sky.

🎤 Featured Artists & Their Online Footprints

Kapiko — Website: https://www.kapikoband.com/ KAPIKO • Instagram: @kapikoband Instagram • SoundCloud: kapiko SoundCloud

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek — Artist Page Info / Profile: https://www.europavox.com/bands/derya-yildirim-grup-simsek/ Europavox or https://deryayildirimgrupsimsek.com/ 

Gaye Su Akyol — https://www.gayesuakyol.com/

Lalalar — https://lalalar.net/

Hey! Douglas — https://heydouglas.bandcamp.com/

Baba Zula — https://www.babazula.com/

Congulus — https://www.congulus.com/

Hiçamahiç — https://hicamahic.bandcamp.com/

Fuzziliers — https://www.slavalobanov.com/fuzziliers

Altın Gün — https://altingunband.com/

DJ Psychiatre — https://djpsychiatre.bandcamp.com/ , https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/track/moving-into-jazz or https://www.oathcreations.com/ 

Brother Ali — https://brotherali-mmg.bandcamp.com/track/cast-aside

Disclaimer: This episode is shared solely for the purpose of promoting the featured music artists. We do not profit from this publication in any way.

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Fusion at the Edge: Turkey’s Sonic Mosaic

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