Past Events
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Sevcable Port
Турецкий электро-рок с национальными мотивами. Турецкий рок восхитителен — и пора уже с ним поближе познакомиться. Стамбульское трио Lalalar — отличный способ это сделать. Они — пример того, как можно браться одновременно и за родные фолк-мотивы, и за синти-поп, и за турецкую психоделию семидесятых, и за индустриальный звук. Их прошлогодний альбом «Bi Cinnete Bakar» уже смело можно называть опус-магнумом группы. Гудят электронные синтезаторы, заливаются в песне народные инструменты, пульсирует чужеземный бас. Песни вроде «Yamyam» и «Isyanlar» — и вовсе образец того, как можно нежно обращаться с собственной культурой и одновременно поднимать на уши слушателя в любой стране. Lalalar — лицо, голос и руки современного турецкого рока. Самое время нам их полюбить.
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Aglomerat
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Wecosmos Festival
WECOSMOS — это фестиваль искусства и света, главная цель которого — показать человека в составе бесконечной Вселенной, позволив ему отвлечься от обыденности и посмотреть на наше существование со стороны.
проект предоставляет возможность стать частью одного общего пространства, растворившись в интерактивной выставке, связывающей искусство с технологиями, и побывать в уникальном музыкальном представлении.
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Bunker
JAZZ IS DEAD! FESTIVAL 2023
CHI SEI? SESTA EDIZIONE, TORINO
quattro location – sette palchi – ventuno formazioni – settantuno artisti – dieci paesi
un’edizione trasversale e indefinibile con
Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke | Irreversible Entanglements | Mabe Fratti | Boris | C’mon Tigre | Pan Daijing | Moin (Raime + Valentina Magaletti) | Shackleton | Sarah Davachi | Lalalar | Nziria | Leya | Brandon Seabrook + Cooper-Moore + Gerald Cleaver | Gabriele Mitelli + John Edwards + Mark Sanders | DayKoda 4tet | Orchestra Pietra Tonale | Upsammy | Marlene Ribeiro | Dualismo Sound & Pho Bho Records | Sunny Levi | Stefania Vos | Emisfero by Magda Clan | Live visual by LSDR
ANTEPRIMA 21 APRILE – CAP10100FESTIVAL 26.27.28 MAGGIO – BUNKER
EXTRA 3 GIUGNO – CINEMA MASSIMO
EPILOGO 9 GIUGNO – PLANETARIO DI TORINO
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Babylon
Anadolu ezgileri ve 70’lerin arabesk ruhunu, fütüristik ve psikedelik sound’larında harmanlayan üçlü Lalalar; 26 Mayıs akşamı konuğumuz oluyor!
Ali Güçlü Şimşek, Barlas Tan Özemek ve Kaan Düzarat’tan oluşan Lalalar; 2019’un Şubat ayında yayımladıkları “İsyanlar” teklisiyle yerli psikedelik sahneye hızlı bir giriş yaptı. 70’lerin arabesk ruhunu fütüristik bir yaklaşımla bugüne taşıyan grup; sound’unda sinematik retro basları, elektronik beat’leri, özgün vokalleri ve güçlü kirli gitarları, Anadolu ezgilerinin nostaljik ögeleriyle buluşturuyor. 2018’den bu yana “Hata Benim Göbek Adım”, “Yalnızca Ölü Balıklar Akıntıyı Takip Eder”, “Hiç Mutlu Olmam Daha İyi” ve “Ninja Partisi” gibi birçok teklisini dinleyicisiyle paylaşan Lalalar, canlı performanslarıyla da dans pistinin iddialı isimleri arasına girdi. Mayıs 2022’de “Bi Cinnete Bakar” isimli ilk albümlerini yayımlayan grup, özgün eserleriyle hem Türkiye’de hem de dünya sahnesinde adından söz ettirmeye devam ediyor.
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Bee Bop Cafe
След няколко успешни участия на известни фестивали и редица концерти в Европа, психеделичното трио Lalalar пристига в града под тепетата за ексклузивен клубен концерт в Bee Bop Cafe на 19.05.23.
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The psychedelic band from Istanbul – @lalalarspor, which quickly became a hit, is coming to Plovdiv on May 19th. The exclusive boutique concert will be held at Bee Bop Cafe starting at 21:00 EET.
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Plan B
Bongo Joe present brand new sounds from the cutting-edge of the 21st century Istanbul underground by powerhouse Turkish trio Lalalar. Riding a wave of fierce energy and acclaim generated by their show-stopping festival performances at Le Guess Who and Trans Musicales, they now unleash their hotly-anticipated debut album, Bi Cinnete Bakar. The brainchild of three of Turkey’s most active and innovative alternative artists – Ali Güçlü Şimşek, Barlas Tan Özemek and Kaan Düzarat – the album is a thrilling mix of punk energy, dark electronics and Turkish instrumentation and samples.
You can learn a lot from the names bands give themselves – and Lalalar is no exception. Principle songwriter, Ali Güçlü Şimşek, explains: “Lala is the wise man, the teacher of sultans in Ottoman history. And at the same time, in slang, the one who doesn’t know what he is talking about.” Make it plural by adding ‘lar,’ and you’ve got a moniker that might translate as “the wise guys,” delivered with a punkish sneer. That’s the kind of streetwise, confrontational attitude that crackles through Lalalar’s first, uncompromising full-length offering.
For listeners whose knowledge of Turkish music extends only as far as 70s Anatolian rock, Lalalar might come as a surprise. Though Şimşek suggests that those psychedelic classics are “in the veins” of all three members, Lalalar are much more than just another retro outfit. Instead, they weave subtle samples of timeless Turkish folk music into their electronic stews. Listen to how “Abla Deme Lazim Olur” begins with a flash of Arabesque strings before hunkering into a lumbering industrial-funk groove. Or the way a plaintive whine of Middle Eastern strings starts “Abla Deme Lazim Olur,” quickly giving way to a sultry theme with tense, spaghetti- western guitar.
In fact, the sounds of the 80s are a much more important point of reference for Lalalar – and for an underground Istanbul scene that for Şimşek says is currently fixated on “dark wave and dance.” You can hear it in tracks like “Isyanlar,” which revs up a turbo-charged electro-funk with echoes of the Night Rider theme, powered by hypnotic bass, a killer guitar hook, hand- claps and Şimşek’s somnolent, serious vocals. If pressed, Lalalar will admit to being influenced by the likes of Secret Chiefs 3, Rage Against The Machine, Neşet Ertaş, Pantera and Portishead. But, on tracks like “Sol Şeritte,” you can also hear traces of the gothic glamour David Sylvian brought to New Wave pioneers, Japan. “It’s deep waters, sometimes dangerous ones,” Şimşek explains. “It’s mostly fragile. There’s always something extra human even with all the robotic stuff we bang.” Turkish-speakers will also sense a certain intensity in Şimşek’s lyrics, which he describes as “sarcastic, dark humoured, political and heavily metaphorical.”
But for all their brooding mystery, Lalalar are anything but a bunch of shoe-gazing introverts. Over the last few years, they’ve forged a formidable reputation for their wildly ecstatic live performances. There as comfortable playing high-profile festival gigs – like the barnstormers they delivered at Le Guess Who in 2019 and Trans Musicales in 2021 – as they are rocking a DIY show in an Istanbul car park. This actually happened at the beginning of 2022, when they were chosen to kickstart a series of events organised by Kültür AŞ, an organisation with links to the social-democratic political party that currently stands as the main opposition to Turkey’s right-wing government. Shows like this have helped to position Lalalar at the vanguard of Istanbul’s extremely vibrant and volatile music scene where, according to Şimşek, “you can easily find new bands popping up every day.” Just as the UK’s 70s punk scene was fuelled by youthful discontent with Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, Turkish youth living
under President Erdoğan’s rule are hungry for new sounds: “From underground amusement to posh clubs, there is always a crowd if you are doing something special as a musician,” says Şimşek.All three members of Lalalar have been active on this scene for years but, although they’ve been friends since way back, they didn’t start playing together till Spring 2018. It was a long overdue meeting of minds, with a deep foundation of mutual respect. Şimşek says of his band mates: “To me Barlas is not only a guitar hero but also a magician when it comes music production and Kaan is a truly exceptional eye with his enormous musical knowledge.” In fact, Şimşek and guitarist Barlas Tan Özemek first worked together in 2014 on the debut album of another doyen of the current Turkish scene, singer Gaye Su Akyol – “one of the great things happening in Istanbul,” according to Şimşek. He’s been a member of her band every since and has worked on all three of her albums to date.
But now it’s Lalalar’s time to shine. They’ve been building a buzz for the last few years, with a total of seven scorching singles released by Bongo Joe since their debut, Isyanlar, in 2019 – and now, at last, they’re ready to unleash their first full-length album. Following on from Bongo Joe’s recent triumphs releasing albums by Altin Gün and Derya Yildirim, the label is thrilled to present Bi Cinnete Bakar, a gripping bulletin from the heart of the contemporary Turkish underground. Fans of Lalalar’s discography so far won’t be disappointed. The album collates all the tracks included on their singles, including B-sides, with almost all of them transformed into extended, remixed versions that allow Lalalar to stretch out and develop their urgent yet darkly transporting sound.
At its heart, the album Bi Cinnete Bakar is a rebel cry. The title translates as “all it takes is a frenzy” an expression coined by Simşek as the positive affirmation we all need in these sometimes troubled times: “It’s a jump-starter. It’s something like ‘You can do it!’ Let’s say you are depressed, at the end of the world, at the bottom of the sea –all it takes is a frenzy! Come on!”
It’s time.
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Debaser Hornstulls Strand
Den Istanbulbaserade trion Lalalar rider just nu på en våg av hyllningar som kommit efter deras hyllade festivalframträdanden på Le Guess Who och Trans Musicales och den efterlängtade releasen av debutalbumet Bi Cinnete Bakar.
Skapat av tre av Turkiets mest aktiva och innovativa artister Ali Güçlü Şimşek, Barlas Tan Özemek och Kaan Düzarat, bär albumet Bi Cinnete Bakar på en spännande kombination av punk, mörk electronica och turkisk instrumentering och samplingar.
Men för lyssnare vars kunskap om turkisk musik bara sträcker sig så långt som till 70-talets anatoliska rock, kan Lalalar komma som en överraskning. Detta trots att Ali som är den främsta låtskrivaren i bandet, beskriver att dessa psykedeliska klassiker sitter “i venerna” hos de alla tre medlemmarna så är Lalalar mycket mer än bara en retrooutfit.
Istället väver de in subtila smakprov av tidlös turkisk folkmusik i sina elektroniska grytor. Faktum är att 80-talets sound är en mycket viktigare referenspunkt för Lalalar, och speciellt inom Istanbuls undergroundscen som just nu är fixerad vid en mörk våg av dans.
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BLÅ
Psykedelisk rock fra Istanbul !
Fresh psychedelics from Istanbul! Lalalar simply offers you a future-nostalgia through some retro-cinematic bass lines, electro-dirty beats, rebroken vocals, self-flirting guitars and kindly digged out samples from the legacies of Anatolia.
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ALICE
Skaber Lalalar fra Istanbul retro-futuristiske møder mellem tyrkisk psych, elektronisk musik og anatolsk funk. Efter en kæmpe fest af en koncert på ALICE tilbage i 2019 glæder vi os til at præsentere dem på ALICE på Stairway.
Lalalars lyd sender tankerne mod soundtracks til 80’ernes syrede kult-gyserfilm, med gruppens både fængende og flabede møder mellem nådesløse diskante retro-basgange, støvede elektroniske beats, dunkel reverb-vokal og nøje udvalgte samples fra anatolsk funk. Gruppens fremtidsnostalgiske elektroniske musik sender varmebølger gennem kroppen og kan få selv de stiveste dansegulvs-fornægtere i omdrejninger. Titlen på Lalalars debutsingle “İsyanlar” (Dunganga Records, 2019) kan oversættes til “oprør”, og det er mere eller mindre kernen i hvad man kan forvente af bandets live-optræden. Når de gæster ALICE på Stairway har de deres nye album “Bi Cinnete Bakar” (2022) med.