Alper Maral, Mert Topel

Control Voltage Project is a long running project of Alper Maral and Mert Topel. Alper Maral is one of the most significant sound discoverers around Turkey through auditory and academical researches he has made about experimental electronic music. Mert Topel is a versatile musician, one of the most important keyboardist for many artists in popular music in Turkey. He has released his first solo album Serendipity in 2017.
Control Voltage Project is named after the electric signals which are used for the interactions between various physical sound layers. Recordings of CVP - THE first album from the duo - were finished in 2005 and released in 2015 on Müzik Hayvanı as a free download on the web.
The album is making its roots through an endless sound pool that created by synthesizers, vocoders and tape recorders such as Korg MS 20, Yamaha TX 816, Prophet 5 and Tascam MS 16 which have characterized by different styles and times. The duo’s 12 track album is a complete adventure from abstract and fragile moments to groovy but spooky sounds. Control Voltage Project is finally released on vinyl via Müstesna Records.