HAYVANLAR ALEMİ
instrumental psych-folk-rock from Ankara.
2004-2008
Label: Vaykorus Tapes
Cassette
2020
A (Compiled by Tolga Havran)
1- Park (8:50)
2- Hayalgücü Spor Kulübü (3:49)
3- Mavi Sepet (2:38)
4- 8:15 Kargosu (2:56)
5- Kuşkonmaz (1:04)
6- Kaptan Hayvanlar Alemi (6:11)
7- Ver Elini Hayvanlar Alemi (4:00)
B (Hayvanthropological Field Recordings Series #8)
1- Girdabın Dişleri (Nefes Bar, 2006) (26:28)
2- Venüs (Nefes Bar, 2006) (3:32)
Özüm İtez: Gitar (A1-4; 6-7, B1-2); Buzuki (A5); Elektro Mandolin (A3)
Işık Sarıhan: Davul ve Perküsyon (A1-4; 6-7, B1-2), Sampling (A1), Konuşma (B1)
Gökçe Başar: Gitar (A1-2; 5-7; B1-2)
Hazar Mutgan: Bas (A1; 6-7; B1-2), FX (B1)
Music by: İtez, Sarıhan, Mutgan, Başar (A1; 6-7, B1); İtez, Sarıhan, Başar (A2, B2)
İtez, Başar (A5); Anonim (Kamboçya) (A3); Mijuki Nakajima (A4). All songsarranged by H.A. Recorded at: Ankara; Raven Stüdyosu (A2-4; 6-7), Midas'ın Kulaklığı (A1), home (A5), Nefes Bar (B1-2). Mixed and mastered by H.A. Side A compiled by Tolga Havran. Released October 2020, Vaykorus Tapes.
Limited edition of 77 copies.
Side A features a selection from the self-released output of Hayvanlar Alemi from 2004-2008, compiled by Tolga Havran, a veteran blogger, music collector and walking encyclopedia of underground music in Turkey.
Side B consists of the 8th volume of Hayvanthropological Field Recordings Series, featuring two previously unreleased live tracks from a 2006 performance in Nefes Bar, Ankara.
Video of an excerpt from "Girdabın Dişleri" to be released soon.
For orders, send a message to Tolga Havran on Facebook or Instagram.
"Hayvantropolojik Alan Kayıtları Serisi", Hayvanlar Alemi'nin düşük kalite ev kayıtları, kayıt seansı artıkları, canlı performansları, abuk subuk denemeleri ve gündelik hayat kesitleri gibi kayıtları içeren ve az sayıda üretilen bir demo cd, kaset ve dijital yayın serisidir.
"Hayvanthropological Field Recordings Series" is a very limited pressing cd-r, cassette and digital series by Hayvanlar Alemi which documents their lo-fi home recordings, studio session leftovers, live performances, odd experiments, everyday situations, and the like.