"Turkish songs, filtered through the sleek aesthetic of European pop
How do you like your world music anyway? Do prefer that it comes to you more or less untouched by Western hands—archival, authentic, unamplified, and produced in the hollows and crevices of the world where ESPN hasn’t yet been piped in? Or are you interested in how deeply rooted, traditional sounds mesh with the modern world ... in the discos and rock clubs and commercial recording studios of the big city? "
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