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Library Of Noises

LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ali-kuru-mandari-ep

Despite a discography that stretches right back to the late noughties, little is known about Turkish producer Ali Kuru. Perhaps he’s publicity shy, or simply wants to let his music do the talking; either way, the music he makes is magical, and undoubtedly worthy of wider acclaim.

Kuru came to the attention of Leng late last year, releasing the Luna 12” – his first vinyl release for six years – in January 2016. That EP boasted two typically exotic and fragrant tracks, both of which effortlessly joined the dots between dub disco, hazy house, gentle downtempo movements and snaking, Middle Eastern instrumentation.

Here, the Istanbul native further explores his unique musical perspective, serving up a quartet of tracks that eschew easy categorization. Twittering birds, throbbing dub basslines, crisp hip-hop beats, trippy vocal samples, and distant chimes combine on the moody “Mandari”, while “Causa” peppers a jangling, acoustic guitar-laden loop-groove with fluttering flutes, deep space electronics and rolling hand percussion.

On the flip, his more exotic musical inspirations return to the fore. There’s “Zurna” – the musical equivalent of a panicked dash through a bustling late night market full of drunken jazz drummers, metronomic groove merchants and snake-charming pungi players – and the low-slung stomp of “Avaz”. Here, sampled vocal chants and Bollywood-inspired instrumentation wind their way around a rubbery bassline and handclap-heavy rhythm track. If there was such a thing as Turkish-Hindi jazzdance – and maybe there should be – then this would be a guaranteed floorfiller.

All four tracks offer further glimpses into Ali Kuru’s fertile imagination. It’s the perfect teaser for the Turkish producer’s debut album, which will be released by Leng in early 2017.

Mandari EP

Leng Shop

Ali Kuru - Causa

TIMBOLETTI ~ REACHING RUJUM EP (COPY012)
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beatport » bit.ly/2vtMsBd

Deserts are home to amazing animals whose bodies and minds are built for living in hot places, where there is very little Chai to drink. Sand Cats, Camels and Cows like Timboletti and Tiefgeist, they all have special ways of staying cool, finding food and raising their songs behind the crooked hut. Also their traveling colleagues Dandara and Breger adapt in order to groove in such a rough and dry habitat.

Artist: Timboletti 
Title: Reaching Rujum EP
Track: Reaching Rujum (Dandara Remix)
Label: COPYCOW
Cat. No: COPY012
Mastered: NFM Mastering

DANDARA  | https://soundcloud.com/dandaramusic
beatport » https://beatport.com/artist/dandara/584301
facebook » https://facebook.com/pg/dandaramusic

TIMBOLETTI | @Timboletti 
copycast » https://soundcloud.com/copycow/copycast-008
bandcamp » https://timboletti.bandcamp.com
beatport » https://beatport.com/artist/timboletti/386327
facebook » facebook.com/timboletti
youtube » bit.ly/2uFserM

COPYCOW
bandcamp » https://copycow.bandcamp.com
beatport » beatport.com/label/copycow/38187
facebook » facebook.com/copycowmusic
web » www.copy-cow.com

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COPY012 Timboletti ~ Reaching Rujum (Dandara Remix)

Few artists can claim to have their own distinctive “musical voice”: a style of composition and production that listeners instantly recognize. For starters, it takes years of experimentation to perfect, and most people simply don’t have the patience, talent or skills to pull it off. 

Ali Kuru is one of those rare producers whose music sounds like nothing else around. The Istanbul-based artist has spent the best part of a decade honing his trademark style – a fragrant and intoxicating aural brew that combines a myriad of influences with atmospheric field recordings and snaking, mind-altering Middle Eastern instrumentation – via releases for the likes of Luxa Flex, Kalisah, Sound Architecture and, most recently, Leng. 

It’s to the latter label that the publicity-shy producer returns with his most ambitious release to date, Egzotik. 15 tracks and 70 minutes deep, it’s not so much a debut album as a statement of intent. From start to finish, it feels like a humid, sweat-soaked saunter through the winding streets of Istanbul in the company of a musician who draws more inspiration than most from his immediate surroundings. 

Those surroundings come to the fore on opener “Bazaar”, where tipsy horns and gently strummed electric guitar passages slowly rise above the sound of a harbourside market. 

They’re present, too, within the souk rhythms and cascading pianos of “Zorba The Greek”, beneath the gentle throb of “Lost Bedouin”, inside the spaced-out, stargazing pulse of “Hiyar”, and around the chiming melodies and mournful strings of hushed ambient closer “Adios”. 

Kuru’s genius lies in his ability to take familiar musical tropes and twist them into unique, Ottoman-inspired shapes. So, while “Tangerine Dream” doffs a cap to the stretched-out hypnotism of the legendary krautrock band of the same name, its reliance on backwards drum hits, locked-in grooves and psychedelic sample loops is a far more contemporary proposition. 

Some may hear the influence of Detroit beatdown in the slow and dubby house grooves of “Le Voyage De Space”, while others could describe the drowsy “Ashoka” as being Weatherall-esque. Yet none of these tracks, layered as they are with traditional Balkan, Persian and Arabic instrumentation, sound like anything other than Ali Kuru productions. 

The result is an album that surprises and enthralls in equal measure. Highlights come thick and fast, from the bubbling, dub-house psychedelia of “Mount Damavand” and haunting deep techno humidity of “Sacred Vallley”, to the Augustus Pablo-in-Ankara shuffle of “Jungle Flower” and potent hookah hit of “Return to Paradise”, where sampled voices rise above a typically tactile groove.

01 - Ali Kuru - Bazaar

04 - Ali Kuru - Mirage

05 - Ali Kuru - Return To Paradise

06 - Ali Kuru - Le Voyage De Space

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Ali Kuru - Puli

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Después de una exitosa presentación en la segunda residencia de ONDA MUNDIAL, el dúo argentino Klik & Frik presenta los temas realizados durante su residencia en la ciudad. 

Los dos temas que conforman el lanzamiento son «Momoto», con elementos introspectivos y una progresión casi cinematográfica. Perfecto para leer o realizar cualquier actividad casera. Y «Salamanquesa», por otro lado, se acerca a los ritmos de la cumbia, apelando al clarinete propio de las orquestas cumbieras de los años 50, pero con sintetizadores que mantienen el interés de la pista de baile contemporánea.

Composición y Mezcla: Klik & Frik
Master: ManMadeMastering
Arte: Cuaderno Negro

Klik & Frik - Salamanquesa

Download/Stream; https://souqrecords.fanlink.to/Istanbula

Music by https://soundcloud.com/santiandtugce 

Istanbul’a is a song written for the ancient city Istanbul that evokes timeless questions: Can one ever leave behind one’s home? Can one ever truly arrive at a home that was once abandoned yet never quite forgotten? The original version of this haunting track is a dreamy meander through a labyrinth of marimbas and harps, orchestrated delicately by Santi and brought to life by Tuğçe’s ethereal voice. Santi & Tuğçe first released an extended version of this track in 2017 in the aftermath of political events that filled the city with grave uncertainty, much like the current moment in which we find ourselves. Even more so than at the time of its original release, today Istanbul’a captures a widespread sentiment of liminality and uprootedness that echoes all around and gains new meaning in our world as we ask: Can we go back to a past that is long gone? Will things ever be the same again? 

Along with Santi & Tuğçe’s revision of their original Istanbul’a, this EP features three brand new renditions. KMLN blends elements of deep tribal house and minimal techno into the original track that is bound to bring the heat to the dancefloor, while Herrhausen & Treindl’s approach yields an equally danceable, yet more laid-back euphoria. The EP ends on a climactic note with Dunkelbunt’s version featuring his signature transglobal electronic-instrumental sound that is full of energy, swing and a sense of eclecticism that is as layered as the ancient city Istanbul itself.


ALBUM CREDIT:
Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe 
Vocals and Lyrics: Tuğçe Kurtiş 
Composition and Mixing: Santi 
Cover Art: Santi 
Remixes by: KMLN, Herrhausen & Treindl, Dunkelbunt


Lyrics
İSTANBUL’A
Nereye gidersem gideyim sonunda döndüğüm
Her köşesi ayak izlerimle dolu labirent
Sende gizli durgunluğum
Her şeyi başlatan ezgisi cocukluğumun

Belki bir gün yeniden karşılaşırsak senle ben
Hic bir seyin aynı olamayacağını bilen
Ve yine de hayal eden iki eski dost gibi
Sarılacağız ve susacağız

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TO ISTANBUL
Wherever I go, the one I always return to
The labyrinth whose every corner is filled with my footsteps
In you hides my stillness,
The tune of my childhood that started all

If one day, we meet again
Like two old friends who know that nothing will be the same again
And yet, who still imagine,
We will embrace and keep quiet


Souq Records 
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Santi & Tuğçe - Istanbul'a (Original Mix)

CONNECT WITH IDIL MESE & NETAM:

https://soundcloud.com/idilmese
https://soundcloud.com/utkutml

https://www.facebook.com/idilmesemusic
https://www.facebook.com/netammaten

The second single of the upcoming digital "Dunya Halim Remixed" EP  is the result of a fruitful collaboration of Turkish singer songwriter Idil Mese and one of Turkey's brightest young electronic music producers, Netam. Netam draws attention with the out of the box arrangements that embrace the ever changing, progressive nature of music and delicate fusion of organic instruments with synthesizers and his innovations in using Anatolian rhythms.

Premiere: Idil Mese - Dünya Halim (Netam Remix) [Ada Music]

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01 - Ali Kuru - Bazaar

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