This week’s guest is Arbak Dal––a phenomenal turkish drummer and founder of T Cymbals. He’s toured and/or recorded with countless European artists over the years in addition to his own solo projects. He also worked for decades as the everyman at Istanbul Agop Cymbals before taking a crack at doing it all himself with T Cymbals. I met him a few years ago at NAMM and he’s just a hoot 🙂 If you’re heading to NAMM this weekend in Anaheim, be sure to stop by the T Cymbals booth and say hi to Arbak yourself. I’ll also be there on Sunday so shoot me a DM and maybe we can link up. I hope you enjoy this chat about the 5 (actually 6) records that helped shape Arbak Dal into the drummer and cymbalsmith he is today. Cheers!
ARBAK’S BIG FAT FIVE
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Album – Led Zeppelin IV
Release Year – 1971
Artist – Led Zeppelin
Key Track(s) – Stairway to Heaven / Black Dog
Drummer – John Bonham
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Album – Come and Taste the Band
Release Year – 1975
Artist – Deep Purple
Key Track(s) – Getting Tighter / You keep on Moving
Drummer – Ian Paice
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Album – Crash
Release Year – 1996
Artist – Dave Matthews
Key Track(s) – Too much – #41
Drummer – Carter Beauford
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Album – Behind Closed Doors
Release Year – 1991
Artist – Peter Erskine
Key Track(s) – Bulgana
Drummer – Peter Erskine
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Album – Kingdom of Desire
Release Year – 1992
Artist – TOTO
Key Track – Jake to the Bone
Drummer – Jeff Porcaro
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Album – Take Me Back To Eden
Release Year – 2023
Artist – Sleep Token
Key Track(s) – The Summoning
Drummer – II
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