Avaz (album)
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Released | May 2005 | |||
Recorded | February - March 2005 | |||
Genre | Experimental rock | |||
Length | 75:00 | |||
Label | Doublemoon | |||
Producer | Wharton Tiers | |||
Replikas chronology | ||||
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Avaz is the third album by the Turkish band Replikas.
Spending a lot of their early career in dingy backstreet venues of Istanbul, Replikas - “great Beyoglu hopes” (the Wire, UK) – have never taken much notice of the mainstream making so much noise around them or tried to make themselves easy to classify. In a country where stand-out musical uniqueness is not exactly a feature of the pop and band scene, they are a just that – unique.
Taking inspiration from Avant- and Kraut-Rock, and adding Turkish elements - not in a contrived way, but just as living in Turkey you naturally add spice to food, it’s what you do – their new album Avaz has a new bounce and, compared with their previous two post-punk/noise albums, a return-to-roots feel. Perhaps this is best seen in the raw reworking of Ömür Sayacı, a song which appears on their previous album [Dadaruhi].
Producer Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Dinosaur JR and White Zombie) has taken their material born in those crowded cellar bars and helped shape and guide their back-to-basics direction: guitars sound like guitars, electronics gain personality, and vocals are perfectly placed in a design where carefully constructed sound allows for wide open musical spaces.
Cult, alternative, underground, Avaz presents a myriad of new sounds which will be enjoyed not only by fans, but by a wider audience ready to seek out the cutting-edge creative voices of Istanbul.
Track listing
- Gece Kadar Rahatsız Etmiyor
- İsimsizler
- 0_1
- Dayan
- Bahar
- Benden Yüksek
- Ömür Sayacı
- 70 Apartman Dairesi
- Deli Halayı İki
- Zift
- Reddiye
- Taş Var Köpek Yok (Bunalımlar cover - Hidden Track)
Line up
- Gökçe Akçelik
- Selçuk Artut
- Orçun Baştürk
- Barkın Engin
- Erden Özer Yalçınkaya