Avaz

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Avaz

Spending a lot of their early career in dingy backstreet venues of Istanbul, Replikas - “great Beyoglu hopes” (the Wire, UK) – have never taken much notice of the mainstream making so much noise around them or tried to make themselves easy to classify. In a country where stand-out musical uniqueness is not exactly a feature of the pop and band scene, they are a just that – unique.

1 About
- 1.1 Tracks
- 1.2 Credits
2 External Links

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About

Taking inspiration from Avant- and Kraut-Rock, and adding Turkish elements - not in a contrived way, but just as living in Turkey you naturally add spice to food, it’s what you do – their new album Avaz has a new bounce and, compared with their previous two post-punk/noise albums, a return-to-roots feel. Perhaps this is best seen in the raw reworking of Ömür Sayacı, a song which appears on their previous album [Dadaruhi]. Producer Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Dinosaur JR and White Zombie) has taken their material born in those crowded cellar bars and helped shape and guide their back-to-basics direction: guitars sound like guitars, electronics gain personality, and vocals are perfectly placed in a design where carefully constructed sound allows for wide open musical spaces. Cult, alternative, underground, Avaz presentes a myriad of new sounds which will be enjoyed not only by fans, but by a wider audience ready to seek out the cutting-edge creative voices of Istanbul.

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Tracks

Track	Title	English	Duration
1	Gece Kadar Rahatsız Etmiyor	Doesn’t Disturb Like The Night	2:50
2	İsimsizler	The Nameless Ones	5:03
3	0-1		5:42
4	Dayan	Endure	5.28
5	Bahar	Spring	6:03
6	Benden Yüksek	Greater Than Me	6:08
7	Ömür Sayacı	The Lifetime Meter	3:25
8	70 Apartman Dairesi	70 Apartment Flats	4:16
9	Deli Halayı II	Crazy Chain Dance II	5.27
10	Zift	Tar	5:26
11	Reddiye	Repudiation	06:35