Umut Caglar
Myth Of The Drum. Urban Transformation (LP)
Multi-instrumentalist Umut Çağlar (Konstrukt, Karkhana), former Baba Zula drummer Fahrettin Aykut and the Finnish saxophone player/shakuhachi specialist Jone Takamäki join forces in a stunning improvised live set that blends free jazz with East-Asian Zen-sounds. The idea for Myth Of The Drum. Urban Transformation dates from an art exhibition in Istanbul 2017 where Fahrettin Aykut exhibited an installation called "Urvban Transformation" that combined painting and music, dealing with the relation …
Dunia
We've been waiting a while to tell you about this LP, and yes we couldn't be happier to present the one and only Thurston Moore with Umut Caglar (of Konstrukt) who give us an absolutely stunning album of guitar duets entitled "Dunia." Dunia was recorded in Istanbul, Turkey during the same trip that teamed Thurston Moore with Konstrukt for a concert. The duo recording was done quietly in a studio as an aside on the very same trip. There is little here that will come as a true surprise to those fa…
Seeds Of Eternity
Umut Caglar is the founder of Konstrukt and a key figure of Turkey's exciting contemporary underground music scene. His first solo LP is spacey but at the same time traditional. On the last track of the LP he's joined by the sublime voice of Kurdish singer Gulseven, who reads passages (in Ottoman) from a sacred poem by the ancient Persian/Turkish poet Noksani.