{"id":29758,"date":"2026-02-24T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29758"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:01:24","slug":"hissikablelvuku-bir-dalda-iki-kiraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/hissikablelvuku-bir-dalda-iki-kiraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hissikablelvuku &#8211; Bir Dalda \u0130ki Kiraz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hissikablelvuku, an Istanbul-based group, recorded &#8220;Bir Dalda \u0130ki Kiraz&#8221; entirely live in the studio, presenting an effective mix of tradition and modern psych rock. The song transforms a well-known folk melody into a dramatic psychedelic rock song by combining traditional ba\u011flama riffs with modern rock characteristics. The composition has strong regional and historical roots and is known as &#8220;Sala Sala&#8221; in Greece, &#8220;Naki Naki&#8221; in Iran, and &#8220;Eki \u00c7e\u015fme&#8221; in Central Asia. The song begins with oriental rock melodies, a change that preserves the original structure while reinventing it in a rock-oriented arrangement. Around 1:00, Turkish vocals\u00a0enter the mix, performed\u00a0in a unique retro tone characteristic of Turkey&#8217;s 1970s psychedelic rock glory days. The audio mix feels wide and spacious, allowing each instrument to breathe and strengthening the performance&#8217;s hypnotic character. The track&#8217;s dreamy, psychedelic sound design and sense of cosmic flow are obvious references to Hawkwind&#8217;s early work. At around 3:27, a guitar solo appears, with distortion taking on an oriental-psychedelic tone, less about technical show and more about taking the listener into a dreamy state. This section develops gently, extending the song till approximately 4:33. At this point, the song\u00a0returns\u00a0in a guitar-less dynamic section (the guitar takes a distant role in the mix), with the electric bass and main\u00a0vocals\u00a0taking center stage. The guitar takes a step back, allowing the arrangement slowly disappear, fading away with discipline and atmosphere rather than power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bir Dalda \u0130ki Kiraz by Hissikablelvuku\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2255949221&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hissikablelvuku, an Istanbul-based group, recorded &#8220;Bir Dalda \u0130ki Kiraz&#8221; entirely live in the studio, presenting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4950,271],"class_list":["post-29758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-hissikablelvuku","tag-psychedelic-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29760,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758\/revisions\/29760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}