M.U. PODCAST #143 EKIN FIL (DECEMBER 2022)
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| Cover Art by Bruno Lopes (Mundo Urbano), December 2022. |
Operating out of Istanbul, Ekin Fil is the solo project of Turkish musician Ekin Üzeltüzenci. Her music first came to the ears of many by way of “Language,” a 2011 cassette release on the Root Strata label. “Language” presented listeners with a fractured, hazy sound world in which half-remembered melodies and wraith-like vocals cohered into dark and hypnotic masses.
Ekin Fil returns to the guitar on "dora agora" (recorded in Istanbul, 2019-2021), released October 7, 2022, via Helen Scarsdale.
As direct and urgent as these songs can be, Ekin swaddles her acoustic guitar chords in soft-focus reverb and polyphonous shadow, colored with a judicious amount of shoegazing drone and somber atmosphere that speaks to her continued development as a composer. "ghost boy" in particular is a bittersweet, wistful tune whose arrangement harkens to Johnny Marr at his peak of effortless downer simplicity. "farba" and "yo feelings" turn the emotional screws with soul-crushing crescendos of vocal melodies that build upon Ekin's lonely guitar chords. again, grouper emerges as one of Ekin's closest neighbors, alongside Carla dal Forno, Slowdive's pygmalion, and Movietone.
About the mix: "songs around melancholy and nostalgia with the hiss of some dungeon, dreamy synths, and hypnotic ambiance." - Ekin.
01. hole dweller - with dreams of adventure, I smoke from my long pipe beneath the stars
02. cahit berkay - bir kırık aşk hikayesi
03. keys to oneria - gateway to the between
04. romance & dean hurley- The flesh is weak
05. peter michael hamel - organum part 4
06. leila abdul rauf- june 14
07. woodland spells- a corridor of conifers
08. oksana linde- playa caribe
09. the herbalists - today we go to the forest
10. PENDA - charms lost, charms won
11. laila sakini -the light that flickers in the mirror
12. mikail c.- untitled
13. dania- whale song
14. forest clad - the hunt master
15. paavoharju - Kuu lohduttaa huolestuneita
02. cahit berkay - bir kırık aşk hikayesi
03. keys to oneria - gateway to the between
04. romance & dean hurley- The flesh is weak
05. peter michael hamel - organum part 4
06. leila abdul rauf- june 14
07. woodland spells- a corridor of conifers
08. oksana linde- playa caribe
09. the herbalists - today we go to the forest
10. PENDA - charms lost, charms won
11. laila sakini -the light that flickers in the mirror
12. mikail c.- untitled
13. dania- whale song
14. forest clad - the hunt master
15. paavoharju - Kuu lohduttaa huolestuneita
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