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Istanbul Blues Company | |
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Genres | Blues |
Years active | 1993 | –2000
Istanbul Blues Company (İstanbul Blues Kumpanyası in Turkish; referred as IBC hereafter) was a blues band from Turkey. [1] [2] They are often referred as The Original Turkish Blues Band and bring the blues sound to their national melodies, harvesting both to put together a unique and plausible sound.[ citation needed] Despite being short-lived, the band was influential on both the Turkish blues scene and other bands. [1]
IBC was founded in October 1993 by Sarp Keskiner and Salih Nazım Peker as Constantinople Blues Company. [1] [3] [4] They were inspired by blues collectives such as John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. [5] Their first album, the thirteen-track Kökler, was released on tape in a batch of 3,000 in October 1996 and on CD in 1997. [4] [5] Keskiner directed, produced, composed, authored, and arranged this album[ citation needed] before leaving in 1997. [3] IBC released their second and final album, Sair Zamanlar, in 1999 [5] before embarking on their last tour.[ citation needed] The band dissolved in 2000. [4]
In 2022, Bone Union Records released a 1997 recording of IRB playing at the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival. [5] [1]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
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Istanbul Blues Company | |
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Genres | Blues |
Years active | 1993 | –2000
Istanbul Blues Company (İstanbul Blues Kumpanyası in Turkish; referred as IBC hereafter) was a blues band from Turkey. [1] [2] They are often referred as The Original Turkish Blues Band and bring the blues sound to their national melodies, harvesting both to put together a unique and plausible sound.[ citation needed] Despite being short-lived, the band was influential on both the Turkish blues scene and other bands. [1]
IBC was founded in October 1993 by Sarp Keskiner and Salih Nazım Peker as Constantinople Blues Company. [1] [3] [4] They were inspired by blues collectives such as John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. [5] Their first album, the thirteen-track Kökler, was released on tape in a batch of 3,000 in October 1996 and on CD in 1997. [4] [5] Keskiner directed, produced, composed, authored, and arranged this album[ citation needed] before leaving in 1997. [3] IBC released their second and final album, Sair Zamanlar, in 1999 [5] before embarking on their last tour.[ citation needed] The band dissolved in 2000. [4]
In 2022, Bone Union Records released a 1997 recording of IRB playing at the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival. [5] [1]