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ERDI IRMAK DROPS NEW EP

ERDI IRMAK DROPS NEW EP

Istanbul’s progressive house master Erdi Irmak just dropped two awesome cuts in his return to Greek label Movement. The sinewy and meditative title track ‘Soul Searching’ kicks things off nicely before standout track ‘Dowa’ deepens proceedings with its elongated...

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KIM KI O ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, ZAN

KIM KI O ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, ZAN

Istanbul dark pop duo Kim Ki O are set to deliver their long awaited new album Zan (Presumption) later this month. It’s been a long and difficult four years since the release of the excellent Grounds and in that...

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PREMIERE: SERETAN UNVEILS FEELING FROM NEW EP

PREMIERE: SERETAN UNVEILS FEELING FROM NEW EP

EP Artwork: Ahmet Atıl Akar A couple of weeks back we posted about the opening salvo, ‘Thinking‘ from Seretan, the project of Turkish producer Özcan Ertek from his soon to be released third EP, Persona,Today we premiere the second track...

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SERETAN RETURNS WITH PERSONA EP

SERETAN RETURNS WITH PERSONA EP

Istanbul electronic producer Özcan Ertek aka Seretan, is set to release his third EP later this month. Titled ‘Persona’, it comes just eight months since previous effort Transference and again is thematic in scope, this time based around the...

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SERETAN RELEASES TRANSFERENCE EP

SERETAN RELEASES TRANSFERENCE EP

Last week we shared the title track to the new EP Transference from Seretan, the project of Istanbul electronic producer Özcan Ertek. Now you can hear the whole EP in full below. From the cosmic dust trails left by...

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PREMIERE: SERETAN SHARES TITLE TRACK ‘TRANSFERENCE’

PREMIERE: SERETAN SHARES TITLE TRACK ‘TRANSFERENCE’

Next week sees the release of the new EP, Transference from Istanbul electronic producer Seretan. It comes just a year after his first, the dance and club inspired Live In Dreams. The project of Özcan Ertek debuted the EP’s beat...

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KIM KI O GROUNDED IN NEW ALBUM

KIM KI O GROUNDED IN NEW ALBUM

Istanbul’s part dark wave part dream pop duo, kim ki o have just released their long awaited second album Grounds in Europe with the US set to follow in April. Based in the independent music scene in Kadikoy, on...

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