On

For many people around the world Altin Gün’s debut album On was the first encounter with the blend of funk, psychedelia, and Turkish folk that is Anatolian rock. Though inspired by the likes of 1970s Anatolian stalwarts Baris Manço, Selda Bağcan and Erkin Koray, the Dutch/Turkish band were mostly drawn to the music of Turkish folk musician Neşet Ertaş, and many of the tracks here are based on his originals but built upon with funkier grooves, harder, tighter percussion, and psychedelic synthesizers (though the electronic element would come to the fore on Altin Gün’s later albums).