UPDATE: REMASTERED DIGITAL AND VINYL RELEASE AVAILABLE FROM PINGIPUNG (June 2023):
anadol.bandcamp.com/album/hat-ralar
Anadol, named after an old-fashioned Turkish automobile brand, is an instrumental synth-pop project by Gözen Atila, an artist, dj and keyboard player based in Berlin. Gözen records with mini organs manufactured during the 70s and 80s, the built-in rhythms and arpeggios of these machines provide the backbone of her sound, and her melodies are influenced by pop music and soundtracks from France, Italy and Turkey from the same period. The music is awash with allusions to the moods of old Turkish and European cinema, from the erotic to the melodramatic, and with a reminiscence of the sound and spirit of so-called "tavern music" popular in Turkey's urban nightlife in the 1980s, a flexible pop style usually performed by a solo keyboardist-singer. Anadol is a continuation of the tradition of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, and of the keyboardists pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment to entertain middle aged drunk couples in pubs and wedding parties of Istanbul.
Anadol's first album Çürüyen Yıllar ("Rotting Years") was released in 2012 by Anne Laplantine's netlabel. Her second album, Hatıralar ("Memories") was completed the same year, but most songs on it haven't seen the light of day until now. Inverted Spectrum Records is proud to release this highly idiosyncratic and genuinely beautiful collection of contemporary music.
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Anadol, Berlin’de yaşayan sanatçı, dj ve müzisyen Gözen Atila’nın 2009 yılında kayıtlarına başladığı bir enstrümental synth-pop projesi. Anadol'un 2012 yılında Anne Laplantine’in dijital label’ından yayınlanan ilk albümü "Çürüyen Yıllar"la aynı yıl tamamlanmış olsa da bugüne kadar bir bütün olarak dinleyiciye ulaşmamış olan “Hatıralar” albümü, tınısını 70’ler ve 80’lerde üretilmiş çeşitli taşınabilir orgların hazır ritim ve arpej kayıtlarından, dramatik yapısını ise aynı dönemin popüler kültüründen alıyor. Elektronik seslere Bruce Haack ve The Space Lady gibi çocuksu bir merakla yaklaşan synthesizer deneycilerinin, İtalya, Fransa ve Türkiye yapımı eski film müziklerinin ve 80’lerin taverna müziği geleneğinin bir devamı niteliğinde olan bu kendine özgü güncel çalışmayı gün ışığına çıkarmaktan Inverted Spectrum Records olarak gurur ve mutluluk duyuyoruz.
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Composed, performed, produced and mixed by Anadol.
Recorded in Istanbul-Berlin, 2011-2012.
Contributing Artists: Fehmican Gözüm - Saxophone (10), Taner Yücel - Guitar (11), Metin Göksel - Voice (12).
Mastering by Martin Bartscher.
"Tahta Sucuk" video by Cem Kaya (
vimeo.com/206389353)
"Alkollü Şehre Geri Dönme" video by Anadol.
Cover by Gözen&Cem&Emir
Released by Inverted Spectrum Records, March 2017.
(Release coordinator: Işık Sarıhan)
Anadol is a solo project of Gözen Atila.
www.gozenatila.net