# Erkin Koray — Estarabim

Erkin Koray’s Estarabim (1974) is No. 1 in our Anadolu Rock ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1974
- **On one list:** Anadolu Rock
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [Erkin Koray](https://waxonia.com/artist/erkin-koray/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/erkin-koray--estarabim/

## What we say

### No. 1 in [Anadolu Rock](https://waxonia.com/genre/anadolu-rock/)

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.

## Analysis

12 sections, the first drop of 5 at 0:49, 16% of the way in, 38% of it spent climbing.

- **Tempo:** 92.3 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** G minor
- **Dynamic range:** 5.5 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 5:12

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums
- `0:13` B · **build** (bar 5), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, other
- `0:49` C · **build** (bar 19), sung — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `1:33` C · **steady** (bar 36), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: bass, vocals
- `1:46` D · **breakdown** (bar 41), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums
- `1:59` B · **build** (bar 46), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, other
- `2:35` C · **lift** (bar 60), sung — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: bass, vocals
- `3:32` C · **breakdown** (bar 82), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, bass
- `3:45` D · **peak** (bar 87), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, other
- `4:05` B · **breakdown** (bar 94), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `4:24` B · **breakdown** (bar 102), sung — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: bass, vocals
- `4:35` C · **steady** (bar 106), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: bass, vocals

**Drops** at 0:49 (bar 19), 2:08 (bar 49), 2:35 (bar 60), 3:45 (bar 87), 4:34 (bar 106). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Erkin%20Koray%20Estarabim) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jsd8h83BLnU)

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