Isik Kural - in february (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Dusty, childlike and innocent near-hauntology that perches awkwardly between Panda Bear, Virginia Astley and an Oliver Postgate soundtrack.

Glasgow-based Turkish producer Isik Kural came up with the ides for "in february" in 2019, when he was visiting Istanbul. He stopped by the Babajim Recording Studio for a session and began to play a piano, and it inspired him to start looping the melodies that open the album on 'pillow of a thought'. Distorted through a haze of tape saturation and echo, it takes on a hazy characteristic, sounding as if it was recorded decades ago - like Virginia Astley's iconic 'In Gardens Where We Feel Secure' dubbed to reel-to-reel by William Basinski. It's across this base that Kural sings with a childlike hesitance, preventing the track from becoming too self-serious.

The balance between experimental touches and childish playfulness sits at the core of 'in february', from the stop-start Oliver Postgate string rattle of 'simdi iki' through the gentle hum of 'paperhat', to the church on a Sunday organ and musicbox fuzz of the memorable 'pineapples and lime'. Vocalist spefy spices up single 'coral gables' with her jazzy tones, and re-appears on the cascading 'yeniden' and 'berceuse', the album's most disarming track.

Tracklist:
1. pillow of a thought (01:48)
2. şimdi iki (02:08)
3. paperhat (01:59)
4. pineapples and lime (02:47)
5. hopefullyhopefully (02:34)
6. coral gables (feat. spefy) (02:03)
7. lo si aspetta (02:18)
8. che si aspetta (01:40)
9. sevdiklerine (02:01)
10. yeniden (feat. spefy) (02:42)
11. berceuse (feat. spefy) (02:19)
12. slippin (02:22)
13. film festival (03:25)


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