June 10, 2022

Ballando a ritmi sfrenati

 
(...A Tutto Beat is a Bossa/Lounge/Easy Listening compilation made by Cinedelic Records, an Italian independent label founded in the 2001 by Marco D'Ubaldo, mostly specialized in unconventional music soundtracks and library music).
 

Breaking walls around us

 
(Matt Bartram is an English songwriter and guitarist in the shoegazing style; he has released music as ‘The Static Silence’ (a collaboration with Rachel Goldstar: Experimental Aircraft, Eau Claire & All In The Golden Afternoon) and he was the former guitar/vocals from Air Formation).

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Dive into eternal pits

 
(Ritual Howls is a Darkwave/Post Punk/Shoegaze band from Detroit, MI, formed by Paul Bancell, Ben Saginaw and Chris Samuels. They collect samples of the physical world and feed them with guitar, vox, bass, synth and drum machines to create an aura of darkness over a pop sensibility).
 

Dentro da tempestade eletrificada

 
(Duelectrum is an Alternative/Noise/Shoegaze band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed by Filipe Albuquerque (guitars, vocals), Franklin Weise (bass, vocals) and Elson Barbosa (drums)).

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Paralel evrenler arasında mükemmel füzyon

 
(Altın Gün is a Dutch Amsterdam-based project founded in 2016, mixing Turkish folk, psychedelia, funk and rock. The band is formed by Jasper Verhulst (bass), Ben Rider (guitar), Merve Dasdemir (vocals), Erdinc Yildiz Ecevit (vocals, saz, keys), Gino Groeneveld (Percussion) and Daniel Smienk (drums).

Altin Gün ("Golden Day") plays Turkish folk songs which were passed on from generation to generation on the one hand and a dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue organs on the other. Older generations of Turkish musicians have also experimented with opening doors between previously unconnected sonic worlds. During the seventies, artists such as Baris Manço, Selda Bağcan and Erkin Koray practiced a way of songwriting and composing similar to Altin Gün’s. They took the music played during the festive occasions and serious formalities of their childhood, folk songs backed by a traditional Turkish string instrument called the saz. To this, they added the techniques and vibes of their times and the result then went on to become a distinct Turkish sound during 1972-1977 which even today still sounds rich, danceable and heavily mind bending. 

Manço, Bağcan and Koray have all influenced Altin Gün, but their foremost inspiration is Neşet Ertaş, a Turkish folk musician whose musical legacy is invaluable. Comparisons are almost impossible to make but imagine someone with the same impact and status as Bob Dylan or George Gerschwin and you’re getting close. Many of the songs he wrote have become standards in Turkey, national treasures which are cherished up until the present day. Altin Gün retain the lyrical and thematic structure of Ertaş’s songs, though they often alter their time signatures and add fuzzy bass sounds, sweltering organ sounds and raw saz riffs. Ertaş wrote the majority of the songs on the album even if these are hardly recognisable after all the work Altin Gün have done on them.  

In 2019 they were nominated for a Grammy for their album Gece in the category "Best World Music Album").

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Nice tasty flavors across brain

 
(Espresso Espresso is a Bossa/Latin Jazz compilation made by English Deram label).

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Erwachen unserer inneren Universen

 
(Greyhound is a German Rhythmic Noise project leaded by musician and producer Steffen Lehmann).
 
 

June 3, 2022

Меланхолия минувших зим

 
(Деревянные киты (tr. Wooden Whales) is a Shoegaze/Dream Pop band formed in 2015 in Murmansk, Russia, into the Arctic Polar Circle).
 

Antik topraklarda yürümek

 
(Altın Gün is a Dutch Amsterdam-based project founded in 2016, mixing Turkish folk, psychedelia, funk and rock. The band is formed by Jasper Verhulst (bass), Ben Rider (guitar), Merve Dasdemir (vocals), Erdinc Yildiz Ecevit (vocals, saz, keys), Gino Groeneveld (Percussion) and Daniel Smienk (drums).

Altin Gün ("Golden Day") plays Turkish folk songs which were passed on from generation to generation on the one hand and a dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue organs on the other. Older generations of Turkish musicians have also experimented with opening doors between previously unconnected sonic worlds. During the seventies, artists such as Baris Manço, Selda Bağcan and Erkin Koray practiced a way of songwriting and composing similar to Altin Gün’s. They took the music played during the festive occasions and serious formalities of their childhood, folk songs backed by a traditional Turkish string instrument called the saz. To this, they added the techniques and vibes of their times and the result then went on to become a distinct Turkish sound during 1972-1977 which even today still sounds rich, danceable and heavily mind bending. 

Manço, Bağcan and Koray have all influenced Altin Gün, but their foremost inspiration is Neşet Ertaş, a Turkish folk musician whose musical legacy is invaluable. Comparisons are almost impossible to make but imagine someone with the same impact and status as Bob Dylan or George Gerschwin and you’re getting close. Many of the songs he wrote have become standards in Turkey, national treasures which are cherished up until the present day. Altin Gün retain the lyrical and thematic structure of Ertaş’s songs, though they often alter their time signatures and add fuzzy bass sounds, sweltering organ sounds and raw saz riffs. Ertaş wrote the majority of the songs on the album even if these are hardly recognisable after all the work Altin Gün have done on them.  

In 2019 they were nominated for a Grammy for their album Gece in the category "Best World Music Album")

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Verfolgt von ätherischen Monstern

 
(Glaring is a Darkwave/Experimental/Post Punk solo project by german musician Anna Nin from None).
 

Nachrichten aus dem Nichts verbreiten

 
(The Ðevil & The Uñiverse is a band from Vienna, Austria, that was founded by Ashley Dayour and David Pfister. The music could be described as Ritual/Ghostwave/Dark Ambient, that also sound like a soundtrack. The name of the band was taken from 2 cards of the 78-piece tarot card-set utilised by the most famous occultist of the 20th Century Aleister Crowley).

Bebiendo agua electrificada

 
(Javier Díez-Ena (Zaragoza, 1974) is a Spanish bass and Theremin player (also journalist) active since early 1990s. Member of the groups Dead Capo, Ginferno and Forastero, part of "Insecto" and "Phono" in the 90s and the bands of Ainara LeGardon (2006-2009) and Aaron Thomas (2007-2011). Also collaborated in studio and / or direct with people like Hyperpotamus, Standstill, Damo Suzuki (Can), Víctor Coyote, Javier Corcobado, Julio de la Rosa, Javier Colis, Toundra, Bruno Galindo, The Horses of Düsseldorf, Eh! , Susana Cancer, Clint, Strand, Az Rotator, That Crooner From Nowhere, Biodramina Mood, Lark Bentley, Lava, Juan Belda and Mathis Haug 

Co-founder in 2001 of the record label Pueblo Records. Also leader on L'Exotighost theremin project).

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Schreeuwen bedrukt in steen

 
(Ah Cama-Sotz is an Industrial-Techno/Ritual-Tribal/Dark Ambient project formed in 1993 by Belgian electronic music producer/DJ Herman Klapholz).
 

Canzoni di seduzione pericolose

(Woman in Lounge is an Italian Beat/Cinematic compilation made by italian label Cinedelic Records).

 

Disturbing noises of insanity

 
(Ceremony is an Alternative/Post Punk/Shoegaze project from Fredericksburg, VA, formed by John Fedowitz, former member of Skywave. It was formed in 2005 with alternating band members.  Currently he shares the stage and recording studio with his wife, Sandra Fedowitz

In April 2021 they both became members of A Place To Bury Strangers, thus reuniting John with Oliver Ackermann, many years after their experience in Skywave).