Arbak Dal's (T Cymbals / Independent) Top 5 Influential Records

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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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

For more information on Big Fat Snare Drum, check out www.bigfatsnaredrum.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.