Gökçen Kaynatan

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"In the early 60's Gökçen Kaynatan undoubtedly had the most popular Rock'n'Roll band in Turkey and had Shadows (Siluetler) inspired minor hits, such as "Moda". However, due to his frustration with young band members constantly leaving and returning, resulting in a very inconsistent band, he decided "to make music without human players". Thus, one of the earliest experimental electronic pop musicians of the time started to work, and by the late 60's Gökçen was performing live electronic music concerts in Istanbul. Altough he had done a great deal of recording in this style, they didn't appear on vinyl until 1973." G.A. & J.D. "Being a former Hank Mervin style guitarist, he was the greatest show musician that ever appeared in Turkey.After playing with the groups Kara Kediler,Somer Soyata and Gökçen Kaynatan ve Arkadalar during the sixties; he retired from the show life and formed the first electronic music studio in Turkey.His works can be classified in two groups:One group is the popular use of electronics in music inwhich we can mention "Beyoglu'nda Gezersin-Pencerenin Perdesini" single which was the first released stuff by "1 Numara" Records of Ali Kocatepe.In the second single he selfproduced for 1 Numara is "Sihirbaz(Magician)-Evren(Universe)" single* which is a sample of his seek of art music with use of electronics. Kaynatan continued to perform and compose music with frequences till 1979...During this period he produced many unreleased stuff such as Cehennem (Hell) ,L

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Pencerenin Perdesini / Beyoğlu'nda Gezersin

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Gökçen Kaynatan

Cehennem

Hava Narghile

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Hava Narghile/Turkish Rock Music (1966-1975)

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Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966 to 1975

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Hava Narghile: Middle Eastern Raga Rock Ala Turqui, 1966-1975 (Turkish Rock Music)

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Middle Eastern Raga Rock Ala Turquie '66-'75

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If I Had a Hammer - Savage

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Turkish 45's (Ölüm Tehlikesi)

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Pencerenin Perdesini - Beyoğlunda Gezersin

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