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Ayyuka was founded in the year 2001; they started to make their own music which was mostly improvisation and influenced by a lot of different styles. Sometime later the band came to its name naturally which, Ayyuka, one which has has two meanings: ''to the highest part of the sky" and "an idiom to tell that a secret has been revealed." After their university years, they moved to Istanbul and started to perform their music at some live venues. Since their self-titled debut album release, the band have performed in various music festivals and venues in a number of cities including Istanbul, Berlin, Lyon, Sao Paulo. They also have opened for artists like Jonathan Richman, R.E.M., and Sonic Youth. With very direct live performance energy apparent in their compositions, Ayyuka fuse characteristic elements from a variety of genres such as Anatolian rock, arabesque, surf rock, punk, spaghetti western, psychedelic rock, and funk. They released their second studio album Kiraci Odalari in October 2013. Sömestr is Ayyuka's third studio album, and the sound moves between psychedelic rock, afro rhythms, and plenty else besides. The album was made by editing improvised recording sessions that they recorded at their studio.
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Soul Path is a follow-up project of Game Airs (Oyun Havaları) that was produced 12 years ago. This project happened as being in awe of Ninja Arcade Games, especially Ninja Warrior. The album includes the same named song which was inspired by the game itself. Can Tan says: "I remember myself stuck to the screen at the video game arcade (Fame City at 1988) when I saw the Ninja character Kunoichi and admired him so much." After the first sound was recorded, Can Tan started to make music for imagined arcade games. The first song was "Soul Path" which gave its name to the album. He started recording the songs in 2018, Okan Yılmaz played synths and showed his ninja skills in four songs. Mixed by Can Tan, mastered by Barış Ergün.
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Balina is a duo that carries the elements from various musical parallel universes like prog rock, math rock, psychedelia, stoner rock, and swing jazz with the flavors of modern heavy metal and Turkish roots. Their music contains a blend of raw and dark tunes with the help of dynamic sound brought by the feat of drum and guitar. The duo was founded in late 2011 in İzmir Turkey as Alican Öyke on guitars and Burçin Esin on drums, who are also the old bandmates from local post hardcore band Soygun. After their first self-released 2013 record, Balina, and the sequent performances which includes an opening up for Mogwai in their 2015 İstanbul gig, they quickly became one of the accepted modern-heavy faces of Turkey's current sub cultural music scene. After following performances mostly held in İstanbul they made a reappearance with their second studio work Kaybetmenin Mitolojisi which was released by Ada Müzik in late 2017. This time, their music tells a conceptual psychedelic urban story, stuck between the sea and the rocks. The songs were recorded in Pür Recording Studio Istanbul and Bahçeşehir University with the presence of Barkın Engin (Replikas). The cover of the album was created by Fırat İtmeç, photographed by Burçin Esin, and designed by Can Dağlı. Lara Di Lara features on "Üzgünüm".
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Guitar player and singer songwriter Özgür Yılmaz is known as a member of Ayyuka and Kırıka. This first official solo work was recorded as the soundtrack of a documentary, which was the story of a man, Osman Gürsoy, who traveled around the world several times in '70s with his 150cc motorcycle. Recorded in 2013 with additional material added in 2016. Edition of 200.
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Shalgam Record's newest release, Kirinardi, arrives during turbulent times in Gevende's native Turkey; the chaotic fusion of post-rock, jazz, and psychedelia that defines the band's music has made them a resilient treasure to audiences everywhere for just over a decade now. The frantic chord progressions, aggressive drums, and heavy distortion of Gevende's music have transcended borders, both geographical and cultural. In addition to making its mark on Turkey's music scene, Gevende has found fans in countries all over the world. Previous albums Ev (2006) and Sen Balık Değilsin Ki (2011) have taken the band to Greece, France, the UK, and Iraq.
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The movie Sarmasik (Turkish for "Ivy") premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and received many festival awards. Presented here are the tracks used in the film, as well as sound collages of sounds made by the characters of the film, composed by Ahmet Kenan Bilgic. Bilgic is a composer, producer and performer, and is also the guitarist and vocalist of the experimental fusion band Gevende from Istanbul. With Gevende, he has released two studio albums, the soundtrack for the video game Monochroma. After composing sound and music for many short movies and animated films, he won the Golden Tulip award at the 30th International Istanbul Film Festival as the composer of the feature film Atlikarinca (2011).
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180-gram vinyl. Limited edition of 300. Ponza present their debut EP, Free Kids, drawing upon the lovely, peaceful echoes of the '60s and '70s to direct their independent spirit toward an optimistic future. As Güneş Akyürek's psychedelic home recordings met the drumbeats of Salih Topuz's colorful mind, the duo fearlessly experimented with traditional and modern recording techniques, using every analog and digital toy they could find to create a hi-fi record with a lo-fi spirit. Recorded in İstanbul; mixed and mastered by Çağan Tunalı. Güneş Akyürek: vocals, electric and bass guitars; Salih Topuz: drums.
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