Taner Öngür, 43.75 - Water Cycle (An Instrumental Guitar Trip from Istanbul) (2020)

Taner Öngür, the legendary bass player of Moğollar (the iconic group of 1970’s Anadolu Pop movement), is producing solo projects since 90's.
"Water Cycle" is his 4th opus of his collaboration with his latest band 43,75 and Tantana Records. During lockdown days of 2020, Öngür got back to his own song books and surfed between UK and India -and of course over fly central Asia- got together this very special instrumental guitar trip. Considering he is the "baptist" of the "anatolian rock" movement of 70's, his beyond-genres-eclectic view to the music fits perfectly to the swinging guitars, progressive touches, tribal beats, melancholic moments of “Water Cycle"... It's also a great "introduction to Taner Öngür's universe". Here is some more info for Diggers! :

Back in 2016 he formed this project: 43,75. Their first album “Elektrik Gramofon” (2017) was a beautiful selection of 20's - 50's Istanbul songs, distilled by Öngür's surf-swing-rocknroll appoach (it's LP's sold out within 48 hours!).

Nowadays, most of the vinyl collectors knows about Anatolian Rock; but not many knows that Taner Öngür was on many cult records of the era AND the definition of "anatolian pop" and "anatolian rock" are actually Taner Öngür's own wording, that became the name for it - since 70's. So, on "Sayko Ana” (2018) Öngür did not hesitate to have fun with it; browsing between forgotten Turkish folk songs and psych them.

In 2019, he got back into archives, to dig "strange stories" from newspapers and vintage novels of 1930's-1960's, which gave birth to "Asrî Sadâ" album, that its LP consisting a superb - rich contented 16 pages tabloid newspaper; with "news" and "articles" related to the songs... and many other bizarre details of our "dusty days”.

So, please welcome to Taner Öngür's own psych-surf-swing flavored universe!

Haluk Önol - guitar
Arif Ortakmaç - bass
Kemal Küçükbakkal - drums
Taner Öngür - guitar

Tracklist:
1.01 - Taner Öngür - Gallop (3:04)
1.02 - Taner Öngür - Advice (3:17)
1.03 - Taner Öngür - Eagle Fly (4:01)
1.04 - Taner Öngür - Fog (4:28)
1.05 - Taner Öngür - Mera Joota Hai Japani (3:03)
1.06 - Taner Öngür - Cafeteria Bab (2:30)
1.07 - Taner Öngür - Ya Mustafa (2:48)
1.08 - Taner Öngür - Old Man on the Shore (1:57)
2.09 - Taner Öngür - Haydarpasha Pier (3:34)
2.10 - Taner Öngür - Water Cycle (3:29)
2.11 - Taner Öngür - For Them (3:16)
2.12 - Taner Öngür - Night at the Shipyard (4:38)
2.13 - Taner Öngür - Dawn (6:14)
2.14 - Taner Öngür - I am the Walrus (6:52)