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Psychedelia In Times Of Turbulence
FORMAT
CD
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SUBSOUND 069CD
SUBSOUND 069CD
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RELEASE DATE
6/19/2020
In the spring of 2017, Hayvanlar Alemi closed themselves in a studio in a small Italian town for a few days and recorded material for multiple future releases. Psychedelia In Times of Turbulence includes the heavier compositions that came out of these sessions, and marks a further stage in the band's 20-year history with a more layered production and an emphasis on slower, progressive compositions that carry elements from drone metal, stoner rock, and psychedelic doom, while subtly preserving the overtones of the band's brand of globally-informed folkloric psych rock. This album presents the side of Hayvanlar Alemi which tends towards the darker without losing color, and tends towards the somber without losing vitality, with songs that surrender to gravity but refuse to touch the ground.
Hayvanlar Alemi is an instrumental psychedelic, folk-rock band founded in Ankara in 1999. Throughout the years, the band has developed a style of its own, inspired by the innovative musical heritage of Turkey but also informed by the traditional and popular styles of the globe, blending together scales and rhythms of Asia, Africa, Middle East, and South America with surf, dub, stoner rock, and free improvisation. The ensemble's music has been released under labels such as Sublime Frequencies (USA), Unrock (Germany), and Glitterbeat (Germany), and received positive reviews from publications such as Wire, The Guardian, and Uncut. Hayvanlar Alemi has most recently released the compilation 15 Golden Adventures on Shalgam Records (Turkey), which includes a selection for beginners culled from the band's releases between 2008 and 2016. Psychedelia in Times of Turbulence, on Subsound Records (Italy), is highlighted by influences of doom and drone metal. Hayvanlar Alemi records and tours mostly in a power trio form consisting of Özüm İtez on guitar, Hazar Mutgan on bass, and Işık Sarıhan on drums, occasionally joined by Gökçe Başar on second guitar.
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