Couple of years ago while researching for early Turkish electronic pioneer, Ilhan Mimaroglu’s work I got to this 7″ title, “Parmak Cocuk(Finger Boy)” It is a children’s story read by Solmaz Sporel with musique concrete accompaniment by Ilhan Mimaroglu. Release date is unknown and guessed to be from late 1960s and early 1970s. I have kept my eyes open for this 7″ since the day I read about it.

Yesterday I’ve searched the Soulseek network for it again but this time I was lucky to find it as an mp3 from a peer. After a little bit of more research on the title I found that release is a pure rarity and has no copyright owner today. I’ve downloaded two tracks (second track is also recorded from a 7″ vinyl titled “Cizmeli Kedi” which is also a fairy tale from same the session/series.)

This release is sensational, weird and stimulating. It should sound loud for anybody into avant-garde electronic music history. Turkish speaking people should get a bit more thrilled by the narrative.

Note. There is also a CD-R version you can buy out there by Creel Pone, a bootleg label run by Keith Fullerton Whitman. Creel Pone’s release includes a color booklet and a silver foil-stamp on the crystal-clear resealable polypropylene compact-disc sleeve.

Download Parmak Cocuk
Download Cizmeli Kedi