If you like spending time in record shops, just looking around for some old gems, then you should pay attention to the following cover art. These are the albums and EPs that Goran Kafjes himself must have stumbled upon one day since they all contain the original tracks from the Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra’s The Reason Why, Vol. I, II & III.
These three albums were released in 2013, 2014, and 2017. You will find them listed in our playlists for the respective years with “Yakar Inceden Inceden“, ”Dokuz Seki/Esmerim“, and “Ne Rien Voir, Dire, Entendre“.
All the tracks hereunder are listed as they appear on the three albums, in the same order. Vol. III has an extra track on the CD version: “Sandy,” by Caribou.
As a sweet bonus, here is a playlist with all the tracks: The Reason Why’s Original Tracks on Spotify.
GKSA – The Reason Why Vol. I
Vol.I, track 1 – “Yakar Inceden Inceden”
Edip Akbayram & Dostlar
Degmen Benim Gamli Yasli Gönlüme / Yakar Inceden Inceden
1973 (Turkey)
Vol.I, track 2 – “Storstad”
Bo Hansson
Ur Trollkarlens Hatt
1972 (Sweden)
Vol.I, track 3 – “Desire Be, Desire Go”
Tame Impala
Innerspeaker
2010 (Australia)
Vol.I, track 4 – “The Nodder”
Soft Machine
Alive And Well Recorded In Paris
1978 (United Kingdom)
Vol.I, track 5 – “Okwukwe Na Nchewube”
Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National
Okwukwe Na Nchekwube
1972 (Nigeria)
Vol.I, track 6 – “Badidoom”
Archimedes Badkar
Tre
1977 (Sweden)
Vol.I, track 7 – “Es War Enmal”
Cluster
Sowiesoso
1996 (Germany, Switzerland)
Vol.I, track 8 – “Karina”
Arthur Verocai
Arthur Verocai
1972 (Brazil)
Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra – The Reason Why Vol. II
Vol.II, track 1 – “Dokuz Seki / Esmerim”
Okay Temiz
Denizalti Rüzgarlari / Dokuz Sekiz
1975 (Turkey)
Beyaz Kelebekler
Küskünüm Ben Hayata / Esmerim
1975 (Turkey)
Vol.II, track 2 – “Adimiz Miskindir Bizim”
Mazhar ve Fuat
Türküz Türkü Çagiririz
1973 (Turkey)
Vol.II, track 3 – “New Track”
Francis Bebey
New Track
1982 (Cameroon)
Vol.II, track 4 – “A Lua Girou”
Milton Nascimento
Geares
1976 (Brazil)
Vol.II, track 5 – “Tamzara”
Maffy Falay, Sevda
Jazz I Sverige ’72
1972 (Sweden)
Vol.II, track 6 – “Yet Again”
Grizzly Bear
Shields
2012 (United States)
Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra – The Reason Why Vol. III
Vol.III, track 1 – “Ibakish Tareigne”
Hailu Mergia And The Walias
Tche Belew
1977 (Ethiopia)
Vol.III, track 2 – “Trance Dance”
Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata
Trancedance
1984 (Sweden)
Vol.III, track 3 – “La Monde Avait 5 Ans”
Bernard Fevre
Cosmos 2043
1977 (France)
Vol.III, track 4 – “I’m On My Way / Patch Of Blue”
U.S. 69
Yesterdays Folks
1969 (United States)
Vol.III, track 5 – “Ne Rien Voir, Dire, Entendre”
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou
The Skeletal Essences Of Afro Funk 1969-1980
2013 (Benin)
Vol.III, track 6 – “You Can Count On Me”
Panda Bear
Tomboy
2011 (United States)
Vol.III, track 7 – “Sandy”
Caribou
Andorra
2007 (Canada)