Kalan Music was established in 1991 by Hasan Saltık. The mission of the establishment of Kalan Music could be summarized as an effort is to protect little known cultures and their music, to gather these in an archive and to create a market for this accumulation within the music industry. What distinguishes Kalan Music from other labels is this very difference in its mission.
Inspired by this mission Kalan Music was the first music company in Turkey to clean up and re-release 78 rpm records of late Ottoman music, the legendary voices of Armenian and Greek minority singers, and of old great recordings of rebetika and klezmer music. The release of Seyyan Hanım which presented the long forgotten historical Turkish Tango to today’s audience was the first of this series and was followed later on by many other treasures in the Turkish music; Tanburi Cemil Bey, Şükrü Tunar, Udi Hrant, Yorgo Bacanos, Gazeller, İstanbul'un Hanımları and many others.
As Kalan Music’s archiving progressed a new mission was adopted to complete the integrity of the label. Many other forgotten recordings considered historically important and that has drawn the attention of the academic circles and of international ethno musical research have been cleaned up and re-released. In doing so, many specialists and musicologists have been included in the process. This is how the archive series was formed. From Pomak Refugees to Saadettin Kaynak, from Münir Nurettin Selçuk to Hacı Taşan a vast archive was presented to music lovers.
Besides old values Kalan Music recognizes the importance of providing recent valuable music with an equal opportunity. Erkan Oğur, İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu, Tolga Çandar, Yansımalar, Grup Yorum, Kardeş Türküler, Fenomen, Sevval Sam are only a few names to mention among many others who are still being presented to the music lovers by Kalan Music.
Hasan Saltik
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Kalan Music was established in 1991 by Hasan Saltık. The mission of the establishment of Kalan Music could be summarized as an effort is to protect little known cultures and their music, to gather these in an archive and to create a market for this accumulation within the music industry. What distinguishes Kalan Music from other labels is this very difference in its mission.
Inspired by this mission Kalan Music was the first music company in Turkey to clean up and re-release 78 rpm records of late Ottoman music, the legendary voices of Armenian and Greek minority singers, and of old great recordings of rebetika and klezmer music. The release of Seyyan Hanım which presented the long forgotten historical Turkish Tango to today’s audience was the first of this series and was followed later on by many other treasures in the Turkish music; Tanburi Cemil Bey, Şükrü Tunar, Udi Hrant, Yorgo Bacanos, Gazeller, İstanbul'un Hanımları and many others.
As Kalan Music’s archiving progressed a new mission was adopted to complete the integrity of the label. Many other forgotten recordings considered historically important and that has drawn the attention of the academic circles and of international ethno musical research have been cleaned up and re-released. In doing so, many specialists and musicologists have been included in the process. This is how the archive series was formed. From Pomak Refugees to Saadettin Kaynak, from Münir Nurettin Selçuk to Hacı Taşan a vast archive was presented to music lovers.
Besides old values Kalan Music recognizes the importance of providing recent valuable music with an equal opportunity. Erkan Oğur, İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu, Tolga Çandar, Yansımalar, Grup Yorum, Kardeş Türküler, Fenomen, Sevval Sam are only a few names to mention among many others who are still being presented to the music lovers by Kalan Music.
Hasan Saltik
Hasan Saltik has played a central role in the rescue, rediscovery and documentation of the cultural diversity of Turkish music. In the remote areas of Turkey and the neighboring regions, despite political repression of minority cultures, confiscation of equipment and even arrest, Hasan Saltik has spent years in dedicated research, travelling, gathering information, making recordings and documenting different minority musical traditions.
Working with the best exponents of every form, he has recorded authentic village ceremonial music, Gypsy melodies from Thrace, polyphonic Laz music from northeast Turkey, Zaza songs from Dersim, the music of Slavonic Muslims originating from Bulgaria, Alevi Bektashi religious songs and the music of traditional rituals from all parts of the region.
Among his works are reissues of late Ottoman music and the legendary voices of Armenian and Greek minority singers, as well as reissues of old great recordings of rebetika and klezmer music. He has been called an archaeologist of music but he also works with modern masters and student groups who are reinventing Turkish music in contemporary idioms.
Saltik founded a Kalan first as a small company to produce recordings of the highest quality which have been the catalyst for the revival of musical traditions and led to their dissemination worldwide. He has conserved and promoted the musical heritage of the area though establishing a label which produces unparalleled recordings. In 2003, Saltık's work through Kalan made him a laureate of the international Price Claus Awards.
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