Label: Pingipung – Pingipung 074
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 18 Mar 2022
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Ambient, Leftfield
Second LP of radiophonic Psych pop from Istanbul via Berlin auteur Anadol on the excellent Pingipung label.
Anadol’s first LP Uzun Havalar appeared in 2019 to universal acclaim. It was a thrilling combination of Anatolian folk and dance forms with ambient pop and a completely singular approach to electronics. There were familiar elements – the storytelling in sound of Laurie Anderson, the Fluxus folksploitation of Aksak Maboul, Berlin synth romance and 80s Arabic pop melodies. But the whole thing felt refreshingly new and totally addictive. We are back in much the same territory on this second lp, but the screen is wider and the palette is richer. Opener Gizli Duygular is epic, heavy and repetitive in just the right way calling to mind Stereolab and Nurse With Wound’s seminal ’Tripping with the Birds’. Elsewhere, her trademark skipping and somersaulting drum machines tangle with breathy sax and modal synth patterns. Spoken vocals and dreamy sound poetry form an overarching narrative and free improv elements are held in check by a rigorous adherence to the idea of pop music in its most expanded form. This is a hard combination of things to hold together and Anadol definitely does, It’s great to find that a first album as bold and singular as hers wasn’t a one off… (Mint / New)
Tracklist
A1 Gizli Duygular
A2 Eciflere Gel
A3 Ablamın Gözleri
B1 İstasyon Plajında Bir Tren Battı
B2 Felicita Lale