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  "slug": "erkin-koray",
  "name": "Erkin Koray",
  "description": "Erkin Koray appears 2 times in our Anadolu Rock list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/erkin-koray/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1973,
    "last": 1974
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 1,
    "list": "Anadolu Rock"
  },
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      "slug": "anadolu-rock",
      "name": "Anadolu Rock",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/anadolu-rock/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "erkin-koray--estarabim",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/erkin-koray--estarabim/",
      "title": "Estarabim",
      "year": 1974,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "From Elektronik Türküler, and the record that settles the argument. Koray built himself an electric saz because no guitar would give him the intervals he wanted.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Erkin%20Koray%20Estarabim",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jsd8h83BLnU",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 1,
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      },
      "artist": "Erkin Koray"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "erkin-koray--kendim-ettim-kendim-buldum",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/erkin-koray--kendim-ettim-kendim-buldum/",
      "title": "Kendim Ettim Kendim Buldum",
      "year": 1973,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Koray's guitar tone is filthier here than anything coming out of Britain the same year, and the melody is a straight Anatolian folk line. Both facts at once is the whole genre.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Erkin%20Koray%20Kendim%20Ettim%20Kendim%20Buldum",
          "exact": false
        },
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        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
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      },
      "artist": "Erkin Koray"
    }
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}