Mogollar

Mogollar is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for more than 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish folk rock (or Anatolian rock). The major goal of the band is to prove that folk music has a multi-layered soul and folk music's dynamism is very close to po music's dynamism. Mogollar was formed in 1967 as a joint venture between the members of two famous pop bands of the time: Silüetler and Selçuk Alagöz. At first they set out to play a very wild beat music. Also quickly turned on by the new psychedelia movement they started to play their own brand of psychedelic beat. Young keyboardist Murat Ses led the hand to produce some of the most exciting psychedelic arrangements of their time. Their record company made a big campaign on the band in 1968 and their interesting costumes end monster music really got them in front of very surprised crowds. A composition of the band, "Lazy John" is what we can get as close as possible to the drive of their live shows." G.A. "After the head crazy days of 1967-'68 the band went on a large-scale Anatolin tour and decided to take their Turkish music experiments one serious step further, becomming one of the most promising experimental psychedelic bands at the time. Blending psychedelia, ethnomusical experimentalism, and rock spirit, their records in '70-'71 are unparalleled works of an almost otherworldly nature. The band decided to drop reworked traditional tunes as much as possible, concentrating on writing their own material in an Anatolian style." G.A.& J.D. Most interesting for progressive music listeners are there works untill 1974. After that some tracks still stand out. Reviews of the progressive songs might follow later. Mogollar also cooperated with Ersen, Selda Bagcan and Cem Karaca, but also with Baris Manço.