Ultra rare Lebanese jazz released in Turkey in the 70's. Sometimes sounds like the Indian composer Ravi, or some tracks by Mulatu. It is Oriental folklore mixed with jazz, and you can feel the Rahbani touch on this album : belly dance beats + moog and piano jazz… I am sure this will please to some people I know...

Killer Turkish pshych funk ! And to me the best oriental Hip-Hop break ! Tracks are "Estarabim" and "Sevince".

Superb Arabian / Oriental / Belly dance exotica. Recorded in Lebanon and produced by Daniel der Sahakian, this album has Hassan Abou Seoud playing organ and electric synthesizer and this is just AMAZING ! Tons of tasty Oriental beats !

Killer psychedelic Anadolu groove !

Amazing Turkish / Oriental progressive pop album.

Fantastic Algerian groove LP, ultra hard to find.

Very rare French-Algerian album by this pair of funky oriental brothers.

I thought, and you probably felt the same, I thought that I would never find a good soundtrack from North Africa. This one was not recorded and released in France, but in Algeria only. This 2xLP combines the scores writen by the jazzman Ahmed Malek for the Algerian radio and television. From groove, to bossa, jazz or traditionnal oriental music with moog, the sound is here. Perfect condition, extremely rare !

New one to me… And a terrific discovery ! It is a good overall European prog groove / folk / symphonic rock album, with a delightful Oriental tinge to it. At least four good tracks, all being divided into different musical parts, which gives many different colours. Lots of crazy breaks and stabs over here…

A couple of modern Oriental beats on this Algerian record.

Superb Turkish funk double sider ! Cool wah wah / flute / heavy bass groove and chant on "Nem kaldi" and "Edali gelin". Quite rare !

Some pretty nice tracks on here, especially the "Ah ya zen" by the great Omar Khorshid, kind of psychedelic Lebanese jazz recorded in 1974. Smoky !

Excellent Middle-Eastern psych groove by the Great Erkin Koray. This single is quite rare (and in very beautiful shape) and features two fantastic tracks that don't appear on any other record by him.

Very interesting Turkish folk fusion, jazz and funk. This album was produced by Tütav in co-operation with the ministry of culture and tourism. Furious funk (late 70’s sound) with local instruments and melodies, jazz groove with syncopated drumbreak, very nice samples for oriental hip hop. Listen to the clip, I let you judge. Needless to say it is a true rarity (probably not as rare as Mustafa Ozkent LP though) !

Turkish singer Cem Karaca delivers two great psych prog / funky tracks. Killer bass line ! Quite rare in excellent shape !