Felicita (vinyl)

LP Tracklist

1. Gizli Duygular
2. Eciflere Gel
3. Ablamın Gözleri
4. İstasyon Plajında Bir Tren Battı
5. Felicita Lale

A sense of authentic exploration, introspection and celebration coats every inch of Anadol’s latest album. After 2019’s Uzun Havalar she returns with an album that continues to explore a variety of deeply embedded musical traditions while also hurtling into new terrain.

The music and influences - as well as the history, culture and geography behind them - that make up Atila as an artist all coalesce to create something entirely new. The result is something that is simultaneously exploring history and tradition while harnessing innovative modern sounds and techniques. “If there is any tradition I am somehow connected to, or influenced by, then it’s multi-genres,” she says. “Such as Turkish Pop and Arabesk music from this country where I grew up. There is a connection to folk and also French pop or Flamenco, Middle Eastern melodies and orchestration, Greek adaptations, Kenny G. solos, American guitars.”

"Anadol is a very Postmodern Turkish artist — the influence of Turkish pop and Arabesk music can be heard, but also folk, chanson, Greek music, US rock and jazz. In Atila's hands, what might sound like a grisly confection emerges as deliciously fluid, gliding across genres to create something kaleidoscopic and engrossing. The recruitment of Istanbul jazz musicians to flesh out her vision means that the music here is immaculately realised, but it also has the grit and grain of great hiphop."Neil Kulkarni in THE WIRE, April 2022.

All songs written by Anadol.
Recorded and produced by Anadol in Büyükada, İstanbul
Mastering: Jonas Romann @ Chaos Compressor Club
Artwork/Cover: Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Photos: Hadiye Cangökçe

Very Special Thanks to:
Koray Kantarcıoğlu, Tayfun Aras, Ekin Sanaç, Eren Senkardeş, Ozan Çanak

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