For his 30th year in music, guitarist, composer and producer Şevket Akıncı had assembled a 21 piece band to give a once in lifetime concert at Borusan Müzik Evi in İstanbul. This album is a recording of this energetic band who mixes visceral power with meticulous discipline. Akıncı’s postmodern pieces mix prewritten parts with directed improvisations, experimentalism with minimalism, they are a kind of summary of all the styles that has inspired him throughout his career. In this extraordinary performance you can hear the influences of, Charles Mingus, Steve Reich, and Ennio Morricone.
from
Live at Borusan Müzik Evi,
released February 19, 2024
CREDITS:
Şevket Akıncı: Elektrik Gitar, Kompozisyon, Düzenleme, Orkestra Şefliği
Göksu Hazal Subaşı: Flüt, Vokal
Tamer Temel: Tenor & Soprano Saksofon
Barış Ertürk: Tenor Saksofon
Ulaş İskenderoğlu: Trompet
Kıvılcım Konca: Trompet
Furkan Akatay: Trombon
Aslıhan Adlin: Keman
Ayşegül Giray: Keman
Amy Salsgiver: Vibrafon, Marimba, Vurmalı Çalgılar
Müge Hendekli: Piyano, Org
Adem Gülşen: Tuşlu Çalgılar
Mehmet Korkmaz: Elektrik Gitar
Demirhan Baylan: Elektrik Bas
Kerem Öktem: Davul
Armita Samadi, Bahar Vuruşkaner, Diana Degener, Duru Özcan, Seraphina Sakızlı: Koro (1)
Diana Degener: Spoken Word (10)
Miks, Mastering: Feryin Kaya
Borusan Müzik Evi’nde 5 Mayıs 2023’te kaydedilmiştir
Kerem Tüzün: Technical Production Manager
Murat Gülbay: Live Sound Engineer
Can Aykal: Recording Balance Engineer
Burak Demircan: Recording Engineer
Can Aykal: Recording Engineer
Kapak Tasarımı: Güneş Akyürek
Fotoğraf: Umut Özge Balkan