Photo: Pelin Kaçar
Istanbul trio Lalalar mix spaghetti-western psychedelia, Anatolian funk, dirty electronic beats and samples from Anatolian records. Founded by three well-known musicians of the Turkish scene, they played with jazzhane in Basel in 2022 and at the jazzhane Festival 2024.
With jazzhane
- 28.10.2022 jazzhane x Humbug, Basel
- 04.07.2024 jazzhane Festival 2024, Rote Fabrik Zurich
About
Istanbul’s Lalalar remind you of your favorite 80’s cult show theme, and simultaneously sound like a delightful dumpster dive of spaghetti western-psychedelics, Anatolian funk, sampling and Fresh psychedelia from Istanbul!
With their retro-cinematic bass lines, dirty electronic beats, rebroken vocals, flirting guitars and attentively dug samples from the legacies of Anatolia, Lalalar evoke a future nostalgia. Founded by three well-known musicians from the Turkish music scene, respected both for their solo and collective work, Lalalar is no doubt one of the must-hear European discoveries of the moment.
After setting European stages on fire with the release of their first LP in 2022, the almighty Turkish band returns with En Kötü Iyi Olur, an album that reflects their image: edgy, independent, political, and tremendously effective. With their roots in Anatolian poetry and sounds, but their focus on a club-oriented, uncompromising rock, Lalalar has not given up and is once again ready to turn everything upside down.