Playlist CEM KARACA,
         most important rocksinger from Turkey, 
	   and one of my all time favourite voices. 
"Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen: 2002-10-23

Cem Karaca started with the Dynamites, covergroup,
Then an Elvis Presley cover group with The Jaguars in 1967
Then with Apaslar from 1967 onwards :

with APASLAR :
Apaslar started as another Shadows clone, but played with good energy and power, 
musical talent, and evolved to an even stronger originality.
* Apaslar in Shadows Rockn'Roll style :
TD	Tr. 13, "Suya Giden Alli Gelin" (1967)(Rockn'Roll) 3 min
TD	Tr. 23, "Anadolu Oyun Havasi" (1967) 3 min
* Apaslar solo in a more inventive style :
HN	Tr.6, "Gilgamis" (1969) 4 min 10
* again with Cem Karaca :
CDA	Tr.15, "Kara Uzum" 3 min
CDA	Tr.16, "Karacaoglan" 4 min 17
(Karacaoglan is a Turkish philosopher. His texts were used more than once. May 
be the name comparing has something to do with this too ?)
Apaslar's bass player Serhan Karabay left the group to form KARDASLAR in 1969.
In 1972 Cem started to work with the Mogollar.

* with MOGOLLAR :
VOL1	Tr.1, "Namus Belasi" 5 min
(with wonderful bass, organ from Murat Ses ; disapproved or unlucky honour, 
about blind honour that finally even kills family members)
	Tr.6, "Edali Gelin" 5 min
(very emotional, perfect instrumentation)
*	Tr.8, "Obur Dunya" 3 min 30
(very emotional, powerful voice ; a protest song against the mentality in 
society were people eat each other).
Through circumstances Mogollar left to France to record an Anatolian folk based 
serious pop record.
Cem Karaca finally started to work with the new group DERVISAN. 

CDR	Tr.18, "Obur Dunya (Bindik Bir Alamete)" 3 min
(harder live version)
CDR	Tr.6, "Uzum Kaldi" 3 min
CDR	Tr.1, "Olum" (hard rock) 7 min 43
On one hand the caviar eaters, on the other hand the garlic with bread eaters, 
but all people die, so why don't we face each other more honestly ?
* VOL3Tr.1, "Deniz Üstü Köpürür" 5 min
	Tr.4, "Gencenin Karasani" 5 min 53

A tremendous symphonic project with DERDIHAN :
Kalan Music	  Cem Karaca & Edirdahan : Safinaz
(1978)****°
	Tr.3, "Seyh Bedreddin Destani" 14 min 67 (A bit like Jacqueq Brel in 
protest story singing)
	Tr.1, "Safinaz" 19 min 90
(Wole album is a great symphonic work, with rock band and trombone, trumpet, 
flute, saz)

Final protest songs :
VOL2	Tr.1, "Itharname" 4 min
	Tr.9, "Parka" 6 min 100
Two protest songs that made the warrant by government. "Itharname" is a typing 
machine rhythm directing the government not to be blind for the troubles,
and "Parka" about the mysterious kills and disappearing of Cem's close friends, 
possibly assassinated by the government.
His album around the concept of the 1st of May was forbidden to sell now too.

At that moment Cem had to remain in Germany, looking for small jobs, working as
a "toningenieur", later as a shop owner ? After some years he finally made an 
album about his experiences of being in Germany in exile :
Plane	 Cem Karaca : Die Kanaken (1984)***
	Tr.2, "Beim Kaffee" 3 min
About a story told by old Polish lady and problems Polish people had in Germany.
Tr.7, "Orient Express" 3 min
About misplaced joke on a Wall "go back with the Orient Express"
	Tr.9, "Wie ein Vogel" 3 min
About his called freedom in Germany, but at the same time impossible to go back 
to Turkey to see friends or parents ; Cem's father died the first year he was in 
Germany, while for Cem it was impossible to go to the funeral
because of the warrant.
	Tr.4, "Wilkommen" 3 min
Sarcastic song about German ideas how to integrate properly in German society. : 
leave the Turkish pants, leave the garlic, drink beer and "Sauerkraut" and pig 
meat ; you're appreciated when you drink a beer along, when you don't talk about 
politics, but when you have a job like garbage man you're appreciated.
	Tr.10, "Cok Yorgunum" 3 min 15 115
Whole album contains s/sw songs about exile, integration in Germany

with DERVISAN :
Yavuz Asöcal	  Cem Karaca : Yoksulluk Kader Olamaz (?)**
	Tr.1, "Kavga"
	Tr.2, "Mor Ensembe"
	Tr.4, "Terketmedi Sevdan Beni" 15 130
Nice progressive arrangements on the played songs, but not an incredible album. 
Not sure from when ?

Some left over songs :
VOL 4	     Tr.8, "Kara Sevda"
	Tr.9, "Unutamadigim"
Wonderful progressive arrangements with incredible energy, powerful voice
	Tr.12, "Mutlaka Yavrum 2"
	Tr.1, "Nem Kaldi" 20 150

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For more information on Cem Karaca (3 pages with links, covers,..) go to 
http://progressive.homestead.com/CEM_entry.html