In this record I play classic guitar. I tried to convey the feeling of the phases of the first weeks of the quarantine days. Respectively, the phases were to rest, to quest, to get lost, to dread, to hope, to feel compressed and returning to the rest for me. When we matched our performances just through a random decision, I was very surprised about the coincidence of the different moods in the music of me and Miray. Our music was changing almost in the same order and complementing each other. The moment that we listen all our unexpected duets during the online meeting was so magical and emotional that I will never forget. We couldn’t touch each other but our music did. 
MIAM Improvisation Ensemble / 2020
Clarinet: Miray Eslek, 
Classic Guitar: Ceyda Atay

Ceyda - Miray / Unexpected Duets

This is my first ever electronic music attempt which I sliced and combined recordings of me while I was improvising with the keyboard. Since the keyboard does not have midi output, you hear my fingers tapping on the keys (I like somehow). While recording the pieces that I combined, I tried tunes of synth pads and readymade stereotype electronic dance music rhythms already loaded in the keyboard. This track is very rough and surprising because the pieces are very different from each other and there are harsh transitions between them. Even if that kind of transition is because of my lack of knowledge about editing skills and computer music, I intentionally brought that pieces together to create a conflicting atmosphere and feeling of losing perception of reality which I think suits both the situation of me and today's world. EDM references are symbolizing not only the escapist but also rebellious approach of the human being. I interpret that piece as a try of unknown and moving on despite whatever you are encountered. Both for me and for my friends who will try to improvise on, it's your choice how to react. 
However, here some ideas;
1.part (00:00 – 01:42); think you are captured in a Massive Attack song
2.part (01:42 – 02:08); use your instrument as a percussion
3.part (02:08 – 02:39); go mad, make noise, scream, get angry or be sarcastic, up to you, ignore my part
4. part (02:39 – 03:27); calm down, think about your sweet dreams, or memories
5. part (03:27 – 04:04); play funky, talk too much
6. part (04:04 – 05:00); insist on something, a pitch, a motive, or a rhythm, and fade out

MIAM Improvisation Ensemble / Spring 2020 
Amy Salsgiver, director, Percussion
Ceyda Atay - Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer 
Gökçe Göknel - Voice and Vocal Processor (VoiceLive Touch) 
Miray Eslek - Clarinet 
Musa Bakır - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, 
Tore Snauwaert - Cello, Bass Guitar  
Rûbar Dindar - Pedals, Mix

Ceyda - Standing In The Era Of Anxiety (MİAM Improvisation Ensemble)

1 min. improvisation trial with a new sound. 2021 
using the phase as rhythm

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Live recording at MIAM Studio, 2015. Recorded/mixed/mastered by Uğur Akagündüz

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