Graham Massey & Umut Çağlar - Kicked From The Stars

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Graham Massey & Umut Çağlar - Kicked From The Stars

UK 2018 LP; Sambarbeta: SBR011 [Limited to 500 copies only]

Tracklisting:

Side A:

1. 01:12 Appian
2. 02:04 Rabath
3. 01:52 Tripolis

Side B:

1. 03:45 Sparta
2. 03:18 Tuz
3. 03:26 Galta

Release Date:

15th October 2018.

Credits:

Recorded At live at Islington Mill, Salford 1-9-17
Mixed at The Transmissions Suite, Old Granada Studios by Graham Massey
Mastered by Peter Beckmann
Pressed by Pallas Group
Live Engineer by Ele Batchelor
Live Recording Engineer Chris Kolev EKX Studio
Graphic Design by Lewis Mclean

Graham Massey - Yamaha YC45 D Organ, Moog Subsequent Synth, Roland Saturn, Gibson Firebird Guita, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, Iguarglaphon, Drum Machine, TB3

Umut Çağlar - Suona, Gralla, Flutes, Duduk, Percussion, Ibanez Guitar, Violin, Guimbri, Darbuka, Drum Machine, Looper

Paddy Steer - Drums, Synth, Modified Drums, and Percussion

Thanks to Emma Thompson and Rivca Burns at Samarbeta: Music Residency Programme

Thanks to Howard Walmsley

Press Release:

Back in 2017 from 22nd August - 1st September the international collaborative tour de force of Manchester based Graham Massey (808 State) and Umut Çağlar (Konstrukt) took part in a 10 day Samarbeta residency across both Islington Mill and Old Granada Studios.

The project came from an Open Call opportunity that Samarbeta had done earlier in 2017. Both Massey & Çağlar come from a techno DJ background as their entry to the music scene and moved into the avant garde. Caglar states 808 State as one of his favourite bands growing up.

“It’s something we have been talking about for two years, we were right on the instinct..we have a common Musical Language” - Graham Massey

The result of the residency was a live show at Islington Mill which saw the Zelig like character of Paddy Steer join the duo to create an “Organic, Free-flowing kind of music”. The show was recorded and has been mixed by Massey and mastered by Peter Beckmann, to be released on Vinyl on October 15th 2018 on the Samarbera label.

The record and performance aimed to be a unique blend of Exotica fusing their past experience as techno artists to build something new as current avant garde musicians; a mash of past and present, techno and jazz, dj and producer and Manchester and Istanbul.

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