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Bluet 04:51
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1702 04:15
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0502 04:18
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Ma 01:52

about

‘Bluets’ LP was composed between Berlin and Istanbul as a collaborative work by two female composers.

Between 2020-2022, both composers translated their feelings of separation. Through the songs of Bluets, Günak and Kayıkçı reflect on moments and places where they could not be bodily present. They explore the concept of closeness and comfort in sorrow. Since distance magnifies the people and things you miss most, the album ‘Bluets’ became a multifaceted experience and a recollection of memories that rescue the heart when everything is torn to pieces.

In the composition phase, Günak cut, ripped familiar sounds, and they recorded noisy soundscapes that present both artists’ personal histories and connected each of them to ‘comforting’ sounds that they can’t access. Field recordings of Kayıkçı’s father’s machinery atelier and chaotic Istanbul soundscapes are used to create a feeling of familiarity. These personal memories are woven with the texture of dreamscapes and distant soundscapes, like melting glaciers and waterfalls, to reinforce the notion of distance.

credits

released November 11, 2022

All songs written and performed by Başak Günak & Büşra Kayıkçı
Produced by Ah! Kosmos

Piano by Büşra Kayıkçı
Synthesizers, beat programming, voice, bass guitar, additional percussions by Başak Günak:
Cello by Judith Hamman
Bass Clarinet by Shabnam Parvaresh
Percussion on 'Bluet' by Maysun

Piano is recorded in Istanbul
Bass Clarinet, Synthesizers, Percussions, voice are recorded in Berlin FUU Studios

Field recordings taken by Büşra Kayıkçı from Kayıkçı machinery atelier on January 16, 2022, Istanbul
Field recordings taken by Başak Günak from melting glaciers & waterfalls on September 3, 2021, Vatnajökull

Premixed by Başak Günak
Mixed by Emre Malikler (1,5,7), Emre Nişancı (3,6,8,9,10), Başak Günak (2,4)

Mastered by Mark Dobson, CODA Mastering (UK)

Original Artwork by Büşra Kayıkçı

Supported by the Goethe-Institut

© 2022 FUU RECORDS

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Ah! Kosmos

Başak Günak is a musician, composer and sound artist, also internationally known as AH! KOSMOS in the field of electronic music. In addition to her musical compositions with AH! KOSMOS, Günak pursues her sound experimentations as a sound artist, composing soundscapes for theatre, contemporary dance, film and visual art projects, and realising site-specific performances. ... more

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