Baqquo Quartet - ReBase: Türkiye

#Türkiye #Turkey #TurkishMusic #TraditionalMusic #InstrumentalMusic #Baqquo #TurkishFolkMusic #BassMusic #ReBase These songs existed long before us, and nothing we make can replace their original voices. Their simplest, deepest and most authentic beauty still lives in the traditional performances, the voices, instruments, places and memories that carried them from one generation to another. ReBase: Türkiye is not an attempt to improve those originals, modernize them, or make them more complete. It is simply what happens when these melodies find their way into the world of baqquo. We take the melodic identity and emotional core of each piece and rebuild the music around it from our own foundation: bass-driven arrangements, repetition, space, groove and a contemporary instrumental language. Some remain close to the melodies we grew up with. Others travel further. But throughout the album, our aim is the same: to let the spirit of each song survive the journey. The original Turkish titles are preserved below. Their English titles are interpretive rather than literal translations — intended to reflect something of the image, story or feeling carried by each original. TRACKLIST 00:00 Suya İner Tavşanlar (The Rabbits Go Down to the Water) 02:45 Ah Bir Ateş Ver (Light Me a Fire) 05:08 Ay Yüzlüm (My Moon-Faced One) 08:19 Halay (Halay) 10:32 Delilo (Delilo) 14:03 Eşkiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz (An Outlaw Cannot Rule the World) 16:59 Katibim (My Clerk) 19:07 Duydum ki Unutmuşsun (I Heard You’ve Forgotten) 22:13 Fidayda (Fidayda) 24:41 Karanfil Deste Gider (A Bunch of Carnations Goes By) 27:36 Tin Tin Tinimini Hanım (Tin Tin, Tiny-Miny Lady) 30:37 Kızılcıklar Oldu mu (Are the Wild Cherries Ripe?) 34:07 Damat Havası (The Groom’s Dance) 37:07 Gemilerde Talim Var (Drill Aboard the Ships) 39:46 Mastika (Mastika) 42:51 Kolbastı (Kolbastı) 46:04 Neredesin Sen (Where Are You?) 48:32 Artık Sevmeyeceğim (I’ll Love No More) 51:28 Konyalım (My Beloved from Konya) 54:59 Karadır Kaşların Ferman Yazdırır (Your Dark Brows Write Decrees) 57:08 Darıldın mı Cicim Bana (Are You Cross with Me, My Dear?) 59:21 Oy Oy Emine (Oi Oi, Emine) 1:02:55 Hey On Beşli (Hey, Men of ’15) 1:06:36 Odam Kireç Tutmuyor (My Walls Won’t Take the Whitewash) 1:09:37 Oyun Havası (Dance Tune) 1:12:37 Telgrafın Telleri (The Telegraph Wires) 1:14:33 Zühtü (Zühtü) 1:17:29 Bu Ne Dünya Kardeşim Böyle (What Kind of World Is This, Brother?) 1:21:15 Mihriban (Mihriban) 1:23:44 Kadehinde Zehir Olsa (Even If Your Glass Held Poison) 1:27:04 Yüksek Yüksek Tepelere (To the High, High Hills) 1:30:39 Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (I’m on a Long, Narrow Road) Credits Guitar reference recordings Barış Özgensoy — Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, Ah Bir Ateş Ver, Karadır Kaşların Ferman Yazdırır Vocal melody reference recordings Barkın Ağdelen — Suya İner Tavşanlar, Halay, Katibim Nur Ağdelen — Gemilerde Talim Var, Neredesin Sen, Konyalım, Odam Kireç Tutmuyor, Telgrafın Telleri, Bu Ne Dünya Kardeşim Böyle, Mihriban, Kadehinde Zehir Olsa, Yüksek Yüksek Tepelere All reference recordings were provided and used with permission. ReBase: Türkiye 32 melodies. One new foundation. Take your time. Enjoy the ride.