In with the old

Een nieuw jaar en we beleven nog even de daarbij behorende, inmiddels klassieke ervaringen: de kleding van vorig jaar gaat massaal in de uitverkoop en we beluisteren nog even de muziek die je volgens kenners niet had mogen missen. Een mooie gelegenheid voor dat laatste zijn de Gonzo (circus)-mixtapes op Mixcloud. Vandaag was de beurt aan het bijna anderhalf uur durende Het Beste van 2018: Maarten Schermer. Maarten is duidelijk een kenner.

Net in zicht

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This is a record about a parting of ways. It is dedicated to the one who has been left behind and the one who left.

released October 1, 2018

All music written, recorded, mixed, played and sung by Annelies Monseré. Mastered by Mathieu Savenay. Design by Nana Esi.

Zwerf met me mee

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Lange nachten

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R.A.N. is the dark electronic / rhythmic ambient music project by HÜMA UTKU. “Şeb-i Yelda” is available as 12” and download.

Hailing from İstanbul and based in Berlin for a couple of years now, HÜMA UTKU has been a prolific artist lately: as R.A.N. (Roads At Night) she released her debut album ''Her Trembling Ceased'', followed by the remix album 'Remixed: Stories Retold' (both 2015, PARTAPART RECORDS), and contributed several tracks and remixes to various compilations. Besides studio production, she travels the planet to perform live or as DJ, and in November / December 2017 UTKU was Artist in Residency at YARA MEKAWEI’s Submarine Studio, Cairo.
The title of her debut on KARL, “Şeb-i Yelda” (pronounced Shab-e Yalda in English), is a Persian term that signifies ‘the longest night’. Inspired by the Ottoman poet BOSNIAN SABIT EFENDI’s verses, R.A.N. created four new, very personal tracks, developing further her musical language by fusing traditional instruments with deep electronic sounds, distortion and dark ambience, in order to create intense atmospheres of anger, anxiety, grief – but also empowerment and hope. These compositions are UTKU's personal reflections on the long lasting devastation and turmoil in the Middle East as well as witnessing the individual experiences related to these happenings. The titles translate as:'“Şeb-i Yelda” (The Longest Night), “Ay” (The Moon), “Sabah” (The Morning) and “Kul” (The Servant).

released August 31, 2018

Mastered by İlker Çiftçi at Partapart Studios, Istanbul
Vinyl cut on 45 rpm by Mike Grinser at D&M, Berlin
Tambur on "Sabah" played by Ercüment Gümüşel

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Zie ook de recensie van Oor van dit album.