İstanbul Sokakları – BaBa ZuLa

In 2024, I handled the layout and pre-press production for İstanbul Sokakları, an album by BaBa ZuLa released via Glitterbeat and Ada Müzik.

The visual concept was inspired by selected frames from Abdülcanbaz, the legendary Turkish comic by Turhan Selçuk.


Credits
Produced – Osman Murat Ertel & Mehmet Levent Akman
Executive Producer – Chris Eckman
Drawings – Turhan Selçuk
Fonts – Turhan Selçuk
Art Ideas & Visual Design – Esma Ertel & Murat Ertel
Graphics [Layout, Pre-Press] – Erdem Bayrakçeken
Vox, Electric Saz, Bağlama, Synths, Effects, Field Recordings, Divan Saz, Cura, Tzouras – Osman Murat Ertel
Machines, Effects, Spoons, Cymbals, Drums – Mehmet Levent Akman
Darbuka, Def, Dümbek, Bendir – Ümit Adakale
Vox – Esma Ertel
Kontrbass, Electric Bass-4-7 – Olcay Bozkurt
Electric Bass-2-6 Electric Guitar & Vox 6 – Veys Çolak
Field Recordings – Korkmaz Çakar

Label: Glitterbeat – GBLP163 (TR: Ada Müzik – ADA LP 068-1)
Format: Vinyl, LP  (TR: Vinyl, LP, Stereo)
Country: Germany & Türkiye
Released: Nov 8, 2024
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Psychedelic Rock

Companies, etc.
Recorded @ Saniki Studio, Ada Studio, Küçük Çekmece Belediyesi Müzik Akademisi Stüdyosu, İstanbul  
Recording Engineers – Rammy Roo, Doğan Saldanlı, Özkan Ustaca
Mixed – İhsan Apça @ Ada Studio, İstanbul
Mastering – Kassian Troyer Dubplate Mastering - Berlin
All Images Are Used With The Kind Permission Of Osman Uslu & Biz A.ş. ©

Barcode and Other Identifie
Barcode: 4030433616314