As I was going through my footage, I found this: A short video, taken at Erykah Badu‘s first ever Istanbul concert on 13th of July, 2012 . Unfortunately my seat was very far away from the stage. The video – which is taken with my phone – is only for sharing a small part from the concert, so don’t expect any visual quality. Hope she comes again soon !
The other day, I was rambling through internet, stuck between millions of tabs. Everytime I try to keep a list of the music that I find and WILL listen to, but because there are millions of websites that you can follow to keep yourself updated , it’s nearly impossible to make time and keep track of all of them.
Sometimes, you find an amazing song and it creates a domino effect that enables you to find great stuff afterwards. You can think of it as a dog, using its nose to sniff clues off the ground and get to the next point. Anyway, this was the “key song” that I found the other day which enabled me to find lots of amazing songs afterwards. I’ll be sharing them with you v soon.
Bersarin Quartett is a one-man project from Münster, Germany. Besides being an audio designer, Thomas Bücker - the creator of this project – is also a graphic and media designer. I ran across his music last week and after listening a couple of songs, I immediately decided to buy all of his albums (you can do the same here). My favourite one is his second full length album, named ‘II‘. Here’s the song that struck me to write this post:
https://soundcloud.com/esmogplayground
https://www.facebook.com/bersarinquartett
A couple of weeks ago, I wasn’t having a good-music day (I guess you all know what I mean). Later on, I was contacted by a young hiphop trio who turned my luck. Ceiling Demons, an alternative hiphop trio rising from Leeds have released their debut EP on December 2012. Twin brothers Psy Ceiling & Dan Demon, and their very good friend Jesster have been making music together for a number of years. Dan & Psy say “It makes a huge difference when you personally are very close with the people you make music with. It creates a vibe that makes you flow together when making music. “
An idea of making a tribute to a close friend who they lost, spurred them into this project. Their first release, ‘21st Birthday Blessings‘ is a gift from them to their lost friend which makes the song very personal and special. After writing, recording and mixing more songs, they got encouraged to get it out there by their friends as well as people whom they haven’t met before.
As a trio, each has a different source of inspiration. Dan & Psy write the lyrics and are the MCs while Jesster makes the beats and is in charge of the production. You can feel their excitement about creating their own music from their voice. They have a very large scale of musical inspiration which makes Ceiling Demons‘ music very rich.
Their self titled debut EP is a musical blend of darkness and light. My favourite tracks are ‘Legacies Left‘ and the opening track ‘Incarnadine‘, in which there are quotes from Marley and Lennon. According to Dan and Psy, Incarnadine is Jesster’s magic because he put the song together. This EP made a permanent transition into my iTunes and the good news is that, their new album is pretty much made, and I’m hoping to hear from them very soon. Here’s a playlist of The Ceiling Demons E.P , enjoy !
https://soundcloud.com/ceiling-demons
Turkish/Austrian producer Aras Seyhan, mostly known by his stage name Levni, comes up with a new official music video of ‘Gam’ from the Tektosag compilation album ‘Davulun Sesi Vol 1′. Starring Klara Kußmann and Mehmet Besir Akinci, the music video is directed by Ebru Guney in Berlin.
Levni is living in Vienna at the moment where he participates in other projects such as ‘Well Gedacht‘ with two of his friends from high school, Sloth Pallas and Kolonel Bleep.
‘Alike Places‘ is another duo project which he collaborates with Dilara Sakpinar from the band 123. His creative Ney sounds & hiphop inspired beats combines with Dilara’s soft & beautiful jazzy voice and together they released their first song ‘Rainy Days’ in 2012.
Here’s a Levni-playlist for you and also, don’t forget to download Davulun Sesi Vol 1 & 2 compilations for free !
Do you remember the post I made about Javelin‘s second full length-album? Well, THE TIME HAS COME FRIENDS ! Their highly anticipated second full length album ‘Hi Beams’ on Luaka Bop Records is out today. Pitchfork has already released a preview of the record and today is the last day of the album stream. I bought the album through iTunes and I must say that I’ve already favourited 2 songs, ‘l’Ocean’ and ‘Drummachines’… Because the songs evoke to them a sense of sky, night and warmth, Tom&George decided to name the album ‘Hi Beams’.
The cousins duo are now going to take a tour for their new album ‘Hi Beams’ and they want to reward their most engaged fans. 5 fans will be chosen to win a pair of tickets to the Javelin show, read more about the contest here.
After his high school prom night, multi-instrumentalist recording artist James Pants met Stones Throw head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf and after releasing several singles and compilations with ‘Stones Throw’, he dropped a debut album, Welcome in 2008. In the mood to start a cult, his second album Seven Seals was conceived when he was reading the ‘Book of Revelations’. In this album, he mixed sounds from early 80′s with an indefinable sense of humour. Currently, he’s living in Cologne where he works as a studio engineer.
Punk musician Vex Ruffin joined ‘Stones Throw’ family when PB Wolf liked the design of his demo cover and decided to check it out. Vex provides the drums and other sounds for his music with an SP 303 sampler which he purchased with an inspiration from Madlib. Here’s 10 random facts that you don’t know, but shold, about the Beastmaster, Vex Ruffin.
These two artists joined their forces as Krista and released a two-track 45. Vocals & guitar by Vex, the rest by James Pants. My favourite part of this song is when Vex says “I know that you know that we know”. Hoping to hear more of their collaboration soon!
In an effort to provide you better with content, I recently got a new camera. You should know that I’m a %170 beginner but I’ll hopefully be taking better photos in time… Anyway, the first event I’ve been to since I got my new camera was the ‘Davulun Sesi Vol.2′ release party,which took place at Babylon & Babylon Lounge on February 8th. I was pleased with the footage I got at the party but when watched the videos next morning, I realised that the microphone of my camera is awful ! So, the audio quality of the videos is horrible even though I filtered it a lot.
When I first got inside Babylon, Sotu was onstage. He performed Hoodia from Davulun Sesi Vol.2 album ( free download here), Goldfish (my favourite one) as well as other tracks of his. After Sotu, Levni took to the stage and performed Gam & sss which you can find in both Davulun Sesi Vol1 & Vol2 albums. Onra‘s performance was the last one I was able to record with the camera, so I used my phone to record the following performances and surprisingly, iphone microphone is much better than my cameras. After Onra‘s performance, Grup Ses Beats was on the stage with his mixed samples of dialogues from old Turkish movies & vinyls blended with hiphop beats. After 3am, Da Poet and Grup Ses Beats stated performing together. Kamufle was also on the stage pumping up the audience all night by accompanying the performers. Here are some photos from the performance night, I’ll post the videos very soon. Enjoy !
Artist: The Jimmy Giuffre Trio
Album: The Train and the River –> Buy album here
Song: River Chant
Genre: Free Jazz, Cool Jazz
London based record label Astro Dynamics recently introduced us to Quiltland and her goosebump-inducing song “Days“, along with the promise that more material will be coming this year.
Swedish producer Frida Li-Lövgren, aka Quiltland blended 80s soundscapes with speech samples to create a dark ambient vibe. When I frist listened to “Days“, it evoked similar feelings to Rob Dougan’s legendary song “Clubbed to Death” which became very popular by The Matrix.
We have to make do with “Days” for now, so stay tuned until other releases comes up!
Genre: Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Pop
Artist: Ayarkhaan
Album: The Sounds of the Olonkho Land
Song: Daybir’s Song
Genre: Khomus Throat Singing, Ethnic Music
