Dutch psychedelic quintet Al1n Gün return with their fi7h album, Garip – their most accomplished  and eclec1c release to date, and a hear>elt tribute to legendary Turkish folk-bard, Neşet Ertaş.  Since burs+ng onto the scene in 2018 with their debut album, On, Amsterdam-based Al+n Gün have  been at the vanguard of the 21st century revival of Turkish-influenced psychedelic grooves. Coming straight out of the gate with a wah-wah and organ heavy sound that effortlessly captured the  spirit of Anatolian 70s psych-funk masters like Bariş Manço and Erkin Koray, they deepened and  expanded their palePe with 2021’s Yol, which brought synths and drum machines into the mix for a  more 80s-influenced dream-pop vibe.  But no maPer how far out they’ve gone, they’ve always maintained a strong link to the same  Anatolian folk tradi+ons that inspired those early pioneers. Founder and bassist, Jasper Verhuist says:  “We’re doing the same thing a lot of those ar+sts were doing, which is playing Turkish tradi+onals  and songs wriPen by folk ar+sts.”  Now, with their fi7h album, Garip, they’ve brought that connec1on to the folk source front and  centre, showcasing a collec1on of songs all originally wriJen by Turkish folk legend Neşet Ertaş.  Ertaş (1938-2012) was a revered and much-loved Turkish singer, lyricist and bağlama player, and a  modern-day embodiment of the ancient ashik tradi+on of the folk-bard-troubadour. Throughout his  long career, he recorded more than 30 albums and wrote hundreds of songs – some of which were  famously recorded by the likes of Bariş Manço and Selda Bağcan.  For Al1n Gün’s vocalist, keyboardist and bağlama player, Erdinç Eçevit, interpre1ng a suite of  Ertaş’s tunes is a chance to get back to his roots.  “Both of my parents are from Turkey, from the same area he is from,” he says. “It's the music that I  grew up with. When I was five, six years old, my grandfather always had casseFes by Neşet Ertaş and  I used to listen to it all day long. Then I was too young to really understand the lyrics and the  meaning, but I really liked the melodies.  Now, years later, Eçevit has fully immersed himself in Ertaş’s lyrics – messages from the heart that  are, he says, “stories about what he’s facing in life. The Turkish tradiKonal music is the blues of the  Turkish people."