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Pingipung proudly introduces Iko Chérie, the experimental pop project of French multiinstrumentalist Marie Merlet. The 7'' single "Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G" offers a first glimpse into her forthcoming LP, Soft Centre (Pingipung 093, 7th Nov 2025) — a hypnotic blend of dub-infused songwriting and blissful noise.On the flipside, French electro-dub visionaries Froid Dub unravel the track into a shadowy, slowmotion version, with a solid sub-bass, flickering delays and half-heard whispers.

Iko Chérie says about the single: “The melody and structure came to me in one go – I recorded a draft on my phone at a party. It’s a playful take on ghosting karma, with ooh-oohs and a vocal line
inspired by the vibes of Lovers Rock.”

Trained in classical piano as a child, Marie Merlet shifted to teaching herself the guitar when she discovered the DIY indie punk scene, she then studied jazz singing and electro acoustic composition in Bordeaux before moving to London to play bass in Monade alongside Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab).

With her solo project Iko Chérie, she crafts a surreal sound world of woozy incantations, Casio drones, and reverb-drenched guitars, woven with processed spoken-word samples. Beyond Iko Chérie, Marie Merlet tours globally with Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and is the guitarist in psychedelic cumbia outfit Malphino. She also hosts a monthly Soho Radio show championing women in music and curates a film & performance series at London’s Cinema Museum.

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Iko Chérie: Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G (Pingipung 092 / 7", digital)

Welcome to our monthly series of mixes by Pingipung artists and friends. 
Track lists are available by request. 

Drop us a message, if you want to hear the podcasts that are not online anymore, and we'll send you a download-link:

44: Deo & Z-Man
43: Mohna
42: King Hobby
36: Mother Perera
35: KiRRiN iSLAND
32: Jendrik Rothstein
26: Dennis Busch
24: Digital Norman
18: Sven Kacirek
16: Icarus
14: Mister Tingle
12: Olde Warp (aka Aerotone)
11: School Of Zuversicht
09: Hey
08: Taprikk Sweezee
07: Iso68
06: Wols
05: DJ Slap
04: Funk Warmbier
02: Heiko Gogolin
01: Heiko Gogolin

Pingipung Podcasts

https://soundcloud.com/lemonella

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Coming up next month: Cico Beck (The Notwist, Aloa Input, Joasihno)

Pingipung Podcast 127: Lemonella - The Spirit Cannot Fail

This mix goes one full circle of BPMs, starting at 70 and going up to 140. I wanted to make a mix that strays away from my usual mixes of a slow, growing progression, of many layers and focus more on a selection of tracks I love, old and new. This is not about showcasing new music or about this normal mixtape concept but more like one of those old mixes of your favourite tracks taped from the radio ;) I embraced the fact that Pingipung are open to anything and this allowed me to experiment a bit more and put in tracks I wouldn't normally consider, from jazz to old-school Deep Medi Dubstep. Big thanks to Pingipung for the invite!!

https://soundcloud.com/el-buho
Tracklist coming soon!
Coming up next month: Mr Monday

Pingipung Podcast 133: El Búho - A Full Circle

https://soundcloud.com/kusht-music
https://kusht.bandcamp.com

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Up next: Y Bülbül, Yumurta

Pingipung Podcast 146: Kusht - Bootleg The Chapters

Now this is something special: While our mixes normally aim at an average length of one hour, Pingipung artist (Mameen 3) and veteran leftfield selector soFa elsewhere presents almost 3,5 hours of pure joy. Here is what he says himself about this beauty:

"This collection of tracks has been inspired by a psychedelic trip near a lake in Portugal last year. It's meant to be the soundtrack of a sunny and funny afternoon of visual hallucinations and much laughing somewhere near water. Along the way it will also serve a normal day of holidays in the sun. Sip a cocktail near the beach and let yourself fade away with this magic tropical potpourri. Expect oddities from the most diverse corners in time and space."

https://soundcloud.com/sofaholic
https://www.instagram.com/sofa_elsewhere
https://www.facebook.com/DeejaysoFa

Up next: Alisa Berger

Pingipung Podcast 153: soFa elsewhere - Music To Have Mushrooms On The Beach

This month we welcome Ada from our hometown Hamburg to our mix series. Ada already captured our hearts over 20 years ago with her house anthems on Areal Records. Since then she released an album and a single on Pampa. 

Pingipung's very own Andi Otto is part of the Alien Orchestra that supports Ada during her recent shows. You can catch them live on the 12th October in the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg. Ada and Andi also DJ together on the 6th July at Jupiter, also in Hamburg.  

Photo: Daniel Leibold

https://soundcloud.com/adaofficial
https://www.instagram.com/ada_pampa
https://www.facebook.com/ada.pampa 

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Coming up next month: Elijah Minelli

Pingipung Podcast 166: Ada - Hit the ground

"Wondering over here if living on other planets would also implement the enjoyment of strolling through a jazz bar. would we  gather there, look back in nostalgic awe and sorrow of what beauty we left back on earth, bringing forward sweet memories with some spacey horn sounds and gloomy piano sessions? future moments will tell. until then please feel right at home in the interplanetary jazz lounge where time and money are just human concepts and inconsistencies.
 
I guess deeply rooted this mix was inspired by my father's taste in music back when I was still in the crib. i remember hearing spacey and loungy jazz tunes right from the getgo. those kind of sounds will stay with me for ever and constantly close circles of some sort."

https://soundcloud.com/mattmosphere
https://www.instagram.com/matt_sphere
https://www.facebook.com/mattmospheremusic
https://www.discogs.com/de/user/matt_sphere/collection

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Coming up next month: Pieter Kock

Pingipung Podcast 168: mattmosphere - Intergalactic Jazz Bar

"Willkommen zu dieser kleinen Acid Radio Show mit den Spanischen Gebäuden, auf der iberischen Halbinsel auch besser bekannt als El Gran Botin de la Locura, hierzulande als Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute. Habt ihr alle eure Radios auf Empfang? OK. Nun – dann lasst eure Ohren naschen von diesem Kessel, gefüllt mit den bunten Perlen, die von der Kette gefallen sind. Ein herrliches Durcheinander. Ihr kommt hier nicht mehr raus.. viel Spaß!" (Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute)

https://soundcloud.com/dwfb
https://www.facebook.com/DesWahnsinnsFetteBeute

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Up next:  The Slow Brown Fox

Pingipung Podcast 173: Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute - Spanische Gebäude

Alien DJs are Markus Acher from "The Notwist" and Haruka who co-organizes the amazing "Alien Disko" festival in Munich. Their Pingipung show carries the title "Come Spring". They compiled an all vinyl mix of Japanese music about this much needed season. 

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Outsiders: Pingipung w/ Alien DJs @ Kiosk Radio 25.03.2025

„You are listening to the first hour of my set from Puch Festival in Munich where I had been invited to play a while ago. It’s a beautiful small festival that’s been around forever. I had been playing there with the bands I (used to) play in and therefore there’s also some music from this period. Enough words, enjoy“

https://soundcloud.com/acidpauli
https://www.instagram.com/therealacidpauli
https://www.facebook.com/therealacidpauli

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Up next: Laura Not

Pingipung Podcast 175: Acid Pauli - Puch!

Patric Catani is a master of musical disguise, forever mutating, never standing still. He creates music for film, theatre, and video games under monikers like Candie Hank and E de Cologne. Sometimes, he appears simply as Patric Catani, but even then, he’s rarely just one thing. His style is hyperactive, genre-bending and playful. For Pingipung, he has remixed artists such as Marewrew, Schlammpeitziger, Umeko Ando, and Ya Tosiba.

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Outsiders: Pingipung w/ Patric Catani @ Kiosk Radio 27.05.2025

Laura Not is an artist and DJ. She hosts (x)=musik on Lyl Radio, co-runs the label Final Image and has released experimental music on Infant Tree, Kashual Plastik and phncrs.⁣

@lauranot
https://www.instagram.com/laura__lot/
https://www.facebook.com/laurannot

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Up next: Mme Bing

Pingipung Podcast 176: Laura Not - A Way with the Birds

For Pingipung Podcast #177, Rostock-based artist and co-founder of the YnfnD label Kundan Lal has filled his record bag with myrrh and dug deep into the archives of Deben Bhattacharya and Muslimgauze, ⁣occasionally slipping in a few of his own field recordings underneath.⁣⁣
⁣⁣
Also check out his latest releases:⁣
Out tomorrow: His new single “A …. Few”, featuring four tracks from his recent album “A Vantage Granted but to Few”.⁣

@kundan
https://kundanlal.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kundan_lal_
https://www.facebook.com/kundan.lal.7

New single:
Kundan Lal „A …. few”
YNFND 036 - Out July 4, 2025
https://kundanlal.bandcamp.com/album/a-vantage-granted-but-to-few

Latest album:
Kundan Lal „A Vantage Granted but to Few”
YNFND 035 - Out May 23, 2025
https://kundanlal.bandcamp.com/album/a-vantage-granted-but-to-few

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Pingipung Podcast 177: Kundan Lal – Raqs'n'Rogue

Love-Songs are a trio from Hamburg and Berlin consisting of Thomas Korf (electronics + vocals) Sebastian Kokus (Bass) and Manuel Chitka (Percussion). They play cosmic, kraut-inspired electro-acoustic music. Thomas and Sebastian also are in charge of the main visual design of Pingipung. Love-Songs selected the tracks for their mix b2b2b via email. 

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Outsiders: Pingipung w/ Love-Songs @ Kiosk Radio 22.07.2025

Pingipung Podcast 178 is here and it comes with exciting news. We’re thrilled to welcome Iko Chérie to the Pingipung family. Her debut single will be released with us this September, followed by a full album in November. More on that soon.

The London-based artist says about her mix: 

"My mixes usually start with a little spark and then become stories running on free associations, this is how this one goes:
 
Someone very dear to my heart once told me love was a choice. I found this idea both interesting and slightly mind contorting. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. It’s the love versus fear thing, I realise you do have to be brave to chose love because there is vulnerability attached to it. 
Love is the thread running through this mix. 
Starting with Chantage, an amazing 80s project by Vivien Goldman and Eve Blouin, opening with the moment they sing about love as a scary feeling. We leave the apprehension behind, take a deep breath and dive in! 
Next comes Brenda Ray, she is a huge influence on me. Love Is The Most is such a great title, it is indeed the big everything, which naturally leads me to The Bigger Tuttiby my precious friends Valentina Magaletti and Zongamin, who I love very much and who, like me, are fans of Mad Professor, here dubbing out Massive Attack. Teardrop was written by Elizabeth Fraser in memory of Jeff Buckley, whom I discovered because the coolest boy at school had lent me his CD of Grace, I got into The Cocteau Twins much much later when I moved to London as an adult, but I still love both to this day. One of the best things about music is that it can transcend time. There is always so much to discover! For example this Lazy Love Dub, which is new in my life! Time Capsule has done such a wonderful job compiling Japanese dub gems, their Tokyo Riddim series is brilliant. Following up is some Capybara appreciation, I was very lucky to go to Haruomi Hosono’s London concert in July and that was my favourite gig of 2025 so far. It was extremely inspiring, really great musicians being so present in the moment and jamming those fantastic songs without being ostentatious in any way, just feeling it. That made me happy. Is Happiness also a choice? Maybe more of a state, impermanent in essence as sung by Gina Birch… I had the pleasure of playing drums, singing and co arranging this song with Gina. I am proud of that one, a lot of love went into it. 
Next is a Pingipung number, Marewrew perfectly remixed by Elijah Minnelli, this 7 inch has been in my DJ bag for a while, it goes with everything, for example this Housey banger by Fcukers which I put in the tracklist because bass is one of my favourite things “Come and hit me with that bass” would be my request to the DJ most times…  Froid Dub also have a thing with bass, I am super excited about a remix they have just done of one of my songs that will soon come out on Pingipung, On The Nose is an extract from their latest album. 
As this mix comes to an end I wanted to express my love for Palestine so I chose this track by Faten Kanaan from a compilation called Letters To The Sun, full of amazing music and raising funds for The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. The atrocities must end and the perpetrators be judged. International law has been flouted for too long in the name of greed and hatred. Private Armies resonates deeply here, what is going on is really out of order. This mix starts and ends with the voice of Vivien Goldman because she is a visionary with an essential message that is so relevant today. I was lucky to play percussion for her in London and when we sung the lyrics “Blood everywhere” I really felt it. I hope we make the right choice very soon, love could bring so much joy if we gave it a chance."

@iko-ch-rie
https://www.instagram.com/iko_cherie

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Up next: Mme Bing

Pingipung Podcast 178: Iko Chérie - The State of Love (Summer of 2025)

Pingipung proudly introduces Iko Chérie, the experimental pop project of French multiinstrumentalist Marie Merlet. The 7'' single "Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G" offers a first glimpse into her forthcoming LP, Soft Centre (Pingipung 093, 7th Nov 2025) — a hypnotic blend of dub-infused songwriting and blissful noise.On the flipside, French electro-dub visionaries Froid Dub unravel the track into a shadowy, slowmotion version, with a solid sub-bass, flickering delays and half-heard whispers.

Iko Chérie says about the single: “The melody and structure came to me in one go – I recorded a
draft on my phone at a party. It’s a playful take on ghosting karma, with ooh-oohs and a vocal line
inspired by the vibes of Lovers Rock.”

Trained in classical piano as a child, Marie Merlet shifted to teaching herself the guitar when she
discovered the DIY indie punk scene, she then studied jazz singing and electro acoustic
composition in Bordeaux before moving to London to play bass in Monade alongside Laetitia
Sadier (Stereolab).

With her solo project Iko Chérie, she crafts a surreal sound world of woozy incantations, Casio
drones, and reverb-drenched guitars, woven with processed spoken-word samples.
Beyond Iko Chérie, Marie Merlet tours globally with Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and is the
guitarist in psychedelic cumbia outfit Malphino. She also hosts a monthly Soho Radio show
championing women in music and curates a film & performance series at London’s Cinema
Museum.

Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G

Schlammpeitziger from Cologne is making unique electronic music since the early '90s. His tracks are full of wordoplay and twisted melodies. 

Schlammpeitziger is releasing records on labels such as Kompakt, Bureau B and Pingipung. What is often forgotten: He is a great DJ, too. 

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Outsiders: Pingipung w/ Schlammpeitziger @ Kiosk Radio 23.09.2025

Iko Chérie: Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G (Froid Dub Remix) (Pingipung 092 / 7", digital)

A short story inspired by the mix:

A séance conducted in foreign tongues is interrupted by whirlwinds that engulf and carry away the bodies of the participants. At the same time, several hundred metres below the surface in a stalactite cave: if you listen carefully, you can hear fragments of a heated discussion taking place while strange artefacts are being packed away. The melody of a sitar plays on the radio, but the radio waves are repeatedly disrupted by the presence of the artefacts. Annoying. We return to the planet's surface, where the swirling winds have dissipated and the participants in the séance have been released. They now make their way to a temple to devote themselves to the next ritual. Apparently, they cannot get enough. But what is that? Outside, a formation of shooting stars, attracted by the rhythmic ringing of bells during the ritual, begins to fly around the building, disturbing the concentration of the participants who are in the process of falling into a trance state. Upset, the people rush outside and want to catch the cheeky rascals. A wild chase ensues. One of the participants manages to grab hold of a glowing tail and is pulled upwards into the galaxy. As the two fly together through the dark expanses, they observe strange beings on a silver planet forming a mysterious sculpture out of light. When they land, they notice that this object appears to be being erected as part of a celebration. They see a parade approaching, consisting of constantly morphing, transparent creatures performing their ecstatic dances before their astonished eyes. In disbelief and amazement, the human rubs his eyes, but the journey has only just begun...

https://soundcloud.com/baldruin
baldruin.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/johannes_schebler

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Up next: Heiko Gogolin

Pingipung Podcast 179: Baldruin - Kaleidoskopische Phantasmen

Soft Centre is the new album by Iko Chérie, the solo project of French-born, London-based multi-instrumentalist Marie Merlet. She blends dub-inflected textures, pop tinged vocals, reverb-drenched guitars, Casio drones, and warm experimental noises – creating her own intimate, fragile sound. 

Self-produced and largely performed by Merlet, the album grew from an introspective process, with many sketches recorded in transit between tours. The result is a deeply personal work, balancing light and dark in a Lynchian dream-pop haze. Songs such as We Smoke That Peace Pipe and Bilbao shimmer between vulnerability and resilience, while the single Ghosted Ghosters of the Holy G captures the immediacy of a one-take dub bass. Some pieces retain the quality of improvised snapshots (Intelligent Women, Half a Metaphor) while others reveal her meticulous production process and songwriting craft (Tears in the Sea, Luciférine). Merlet defines Soft Centre as alive in radical tenderness, unguarded, open, and vivid.

Influenced by Clarice Lispector’s prose, Diane di Prima’s poetry and Rachel Carson’s environmentalist writing, as well as Marie’s fascination with a vintage Roland Space Echo, the album is an invitation to connection that she describes as “... hopefully a meditation into healing.” 

A versatile musician trained in classical piano, jazz, and electroacoustic composition, Merlet has long moved between different worlds of sound. She has worked with Laetitia Sadier in Monade, performs with Gina Birch (The Raincoats), Malphino, Yama Warashi, and several other groups, she recently appeared on the latest Stereolab album.  
Her debut solo LP, Dreaming On (Elefant Records, 2015), revealed her singular melodic instincts; with Soft Centre she ventures further inward, shaping her own distinctive voice in experimental pop.

“Through an unseen threshold lies a room of warmth, stitched with melodies of quiet hope"
Valentina Magaletti

“Marie Merlet aka Iko Chérie has landed new music of a divine nature. Divine because it speaks of the Ocean, it speaks of witches, it speaks of justice and things unseen, it speaks to sensitive people who know that there is importance in telling our truth and making a just noise that may find its echo in the dark, amplified by the atoms of resonance, coming to life through a song with a wholesome story.”
Laetitia Sadier

“Iko Chérie has the soundtrack for your dreams. A soft and warm embrace that invites us to navigate this world with an open heart.”
Coco Maria

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Iko Chérie: We Smoke That Peace Pipe (Pingipung 093 / LP, digital)

https://soundcloud.com/heiko-h-gogolin
https://www.instagram.com/gogolinho303

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Foto: Janina Hille

Up next:  Donna Luetjen

Pingipung Podcast 180: Heiko Gogolin - An Excellent Word About Silence

A trip to space and back with Iko Chérie for Kiosk Radio.
 
I have always been fascinated by the idea of travelling into space. Not through the use of rockets but through the power of the mind, connecting to the incredible reality of galaxies, solar systems and constellations by zooming into them internally from a comfortable place on Earth… 

The best way for me to do so has always been through music and meditation, so here are a few trippy numbers for that purpose, from ambient to jazz, for discovering alien pebbles when you stare long enough in your lover’s eyes.

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Outsiders: Pingipung w/ Iko Chérie @ Kiosk Radio 25.11.2025

(A little ode to the minor key)
This mix holds 16 tracks—14 of them in minor. Not by design; I just gravitate toward minor the way a cat curls up by a warm stove. Heavy, hazy, comforting. When November’s first grey, misty days drift in, I start to bloom. Minor, to me, is comfort and quiet bliss— a kind of longing that doesn’t need to be fulfilled, because the longing itself is the beauty.
Welcome to my world.
(If you can spot the two major-key tracks, tell me—I'll send you two more in minor as a gift)

https://soundcloud.com/donna-luetjen

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Photo: Maneki Neko

Up next: Sallad Egg

Pingipung Podcast 181: Donna Luetjen - A place to fall apart

This is a split single between Pingipung and the label Pudel Produkte. It was made in support of the Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg when it was about the be sold in an auction. Then things went dramatic: it burnt down, then was re-built, found worldwide support, and since 2017 it is back and alive. This track carries all the love which there is for the Golden Pudel in the world.

DL / buy

Herler: Feel Me Love

Peter Power of the Voodoohop-collective has been an avid listener of our Podcast-series for quite some time. Finally here comes his own contribution. 

https://soundcloud.com/peter-power
Tracklist on request

Forthcoming in December: Romanski (Hamburg)

Pingipung Podcast 74: Peter Power - Transvirtual Awakenings of the Cosmic Fugue

Clap your hands and sing along to the tunes of one of our favorite DJs at the moment. 

https://soundcloud.com/mrux
Forthcoming in March: Chinchi

Pingipung Podcast 77: M.RUX - Gitarrendamen & singende Männerhände

Vocals by MD Pallavi 
Remix by @peter-power
Original by @andiotto
This is "Andi Otto: VIA Remixes" (Pingipung 055)
https://andiotto.bandcamp.com/album/via-remixes

VIA Remixes

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Andi Otto: Bangalore Whispers (Peter Power Remix)

This is Pingipung 58 (7", Digital).

Umeko Ando (1932-2004) was a folk singer from Japan. She is a representative of the Ainu culture on the Hokkaido Island in the north of Japan.

This is the @mrux remix.
Original track here: https://soundcloud.com/pingipung/umeko-ando-iuta-upopo-original-mix?in=pingipung/sets/umeko-ando-iuta-upopo

Umeko Ando Single

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Umeko Ando: Iuta Upopo (M.RUX Remix)

Bedankt, Mika!

https://soundcloud.com/mikadutsch

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Forthcoming in April: Paco / Risikogruppe

Pingipung Podcast 90: Mika Dutsch - We Have All The Time In The World

https://soundcloud.com/risikogruppe

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Forthcoming in May: Gama (Voodoohop)

Pingipung Podcast 91: Paco / Risikogruppe - Sandarak

Ihunke Remixes

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Umeko Ando - Herutun Rutun (M.RUX Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/mauglimau

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Forthcoming in April: Çaykh

Pingipung Podcast 102: MAUGLI - Freund der Sonne

"Görünmez Hava" is the first track taken from Anadol's "Uzun Havalar".

We feel honoured to release this extraordinary beautiful music on vinyl. Release date is May 17, pre-order is up: https://anadol.bandcamp.com/

Now do yourself a favour and buy this record!

Anadol (@altinkasetcilik) is a psychedelic synth folk project by Gözen Atila, a Turkish sound artist and photographer based in Berlin. Her third album Uzun Havalar is based on collective improvisations of middle eastern folk songs called „uzun hava“. They turn out as rich, atmospheric synth ballads. A diverse roster of improvising musicians creates their fascinating complexity. Anadol recorded them during extensive sessions in Istanbul. You can hear drummers laughing and playing guitars, composers howling, announcements in French and screams in no language, record collectors playing oscillators, and trumpets through spacious echoes.
Anadol represents Gözen Atila’s liberation from a rather academic approach to electronic composition which she pursued during her music technology studies in Istanbul. She calls her education the „darkness of serious music“ where she first tried to belong, then to break free with the help of lo-fi synth pop. As a producer of radio plays and an expert field recording artist, she has developed a distinct sense of timing, editing and sound design. Her Anadol project walks in the footsteps of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment. On Uzun Havalar she translates her experimental background into these floating folk ballads.

Uzun Havalar

Görünmez Hava

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A1 Anadol - Görünmez Hava [Pingipung 065/KS04]

"Ay Çürüdü" is the second track taken from Anadol's "Uzun Havalar".
We feel honoured to release this extraordinary beautiful music on vinyl. Release date is May 17, pre-order is up: anadol.bandcamp.com/

Now do yourself a favour and buy this record!

Anadol (@altinkasetcilik) is a psychedelic synth folk project by Gözen Atila, a Turkish sound artist and photographer based in Berlin. Her third album Uzun Havalar is based on collective improvisations of middle eastern folk songs called „uzun hava“. They turn out as rich, atmospheric synth ballads. A diverse roster of improvising musicians creates their fascinating complexity. Anadol recorded them during extensive sessions in Istanbul. You can hear drummers laughing and playing guitars, composers howling, announcements in French and screams in no language, record collectors playing oscillators, and trumpets through spacious echoes.
Anadol represents Gözen Atila’s liberation from a rather academic approach to electronic composition which she pursued during her music technology studies in Istanbul. She calls her education the „darkness of serious music“ where she first tried to belong, then to break free with the help of lo-fi synth pop. As a producer of radio plays and an expert field recording artist, she has developed a distinct sense of timing, editing and sound design. Her Anadol project walks in the footsteps of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment. On Uzun Havalar she translates her experimental background into these floating folk ballads.

Ay Çürüdü

A2 Anadol - Ay Çürüdü [Pingipung 065/KS04]

M.RUX: Vermonische Melodien
LP / digital
Pingipung 069
MAR 6 2020

Vermonische Melodien is a collection of compositions by DJ-producer M.RUX, made with old VERMONA machines from Eastern Germany. The nine Electronica tracks can’t conceal their influences from Exotica records of the 1960s as well as their fondness for vintage music technology. We hear voices singing lullabies (“Magische Time”), mumbling chopped up syllables (“Seelnatrax”) or reciting a Shakespeare quote (“Bakelit”) - are they real? Yes! But they are mostly generated by the world’s first speech synthesis hardware, the IBM 704 from 1954, and processed into off-key melodic beauty with vocoders.

"I’ve always been especially curious about musical visions from the 1970s", says M.RUX about his inspiration for Vermonische Melodien. "Those nifty Vermona machines can today be seen as future machines from the 1970s. They seem almost mystical to me. Like relics from an epoch long ago… and I wanted to find out, how music from that time could have sounded." On the album M.RUX uses, above all, equipment by Vermona, a brand from Eastern Germany manufacturing electronic musical instruments in the "Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke“ until 1990. The company was founded as VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke in the 1950s, who also produced home-organs under the Weltmeister tag before the name Vermona was finally established in 1972. The drum machine VERMONA ER-9 (1976) was not only the first instrument which M.RUX ever possessed (or does it possess him?), it also forms the rhythmical backbone of M.RUX’s studio on this record. The melodies on the other hand have mainly been played on a Vermona Formation-1, a suitcase synthesizer from 1980. Although these two machines are joined by countless other instruments and effect units from all over the planet, their particular soft sound is present in every single moment of this soothing album. "I also take a deep bow to ‘Lacky’ Reinhard Lakomy who passed away 6 years ago", M.RUX adds. "His releases were the first electronic instrumental records on the Amiga label which has been a huge influence for my work in general and this record in particular."

M.RUX has appeared as a solo producer with his „In the Hold“ (2016) on his own YNFND imprint. Before that he had become famous for his edits which gently transform songs by Nina Simone, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Zé and many more into slow, dancefloor-ready gems. Pingipung is proud to present this first full-length album by M.RUX. He is not only a talented multi-instrumentalist and original producer but also a skillful remixer - as he has shown twice to the Pingipung audience in the last two years with his touches on Umeko Ando’s Ainu folklore songs.

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