Helm
The record
01Ovule+
01 / 07 · Ovule
fall back undone, fall back undone surveillance and guidance through our hearts, through our hearts through all, fall back undone disappearance of them culled words oh gentle mother in the old sea remind me of all the wonder grant deathly comebacks to ourselves my nakedness a lush lure fall back undone a love made lure
02Abasom+
02 / 07 · Abasom
अभिप्रमुर् easier said than done the war has just begun liars by the sun begone easier said than done the war has just begun nefarious hue be done humanoid fun अभिप्रमुर् burn it all with all अभिप्रमुर्
03Göçebe I+
03 / 07 · Göçebe I
nereye göçebe? allı turnayla evime güneş, uyanınca hayatı alnından öp ışığınla ok şeklinde ve güneyden yana hece öttü gündüze başka hamam başka tas selviler bağlar yası süt gibi ardımızda kalan yüz bin yıllık bir gam kamçılar teni aynı nehir aynı taş beklenen olur ummadık hallerde anadan üryan yıkansam kokusuz kendime ve perhize güne bulanan doygun duman eşele ağacın kökünü bilmeden bilinen bu an aradıkça bulunan baş ucunda bir senetsiz nihai delil devinim nerede göçenler? hiçin karnına düşenler
04Göçebe II+
04 / 07 · Göçebe II
gidenin ahı yarım nafile ve uyku safi merak rüyaya binip inmeyen meczup ishak şafağın hüzmesine dek dua ve muhabbet gidenin anı erir yol üstünde vecd dolup her bir nefese yağ ve bal sürüp biner altın güneşe aklın kabri kalbin evi bir anlık, aydınlık
05Somatique+
05 / 07 · Somatique
oh my love oh my loins and crown comprehension of un par un notre corps et ame ils en font deux we are the fog another man's confusion of his resemblance to us all oh my lord what we've done to her torn in two and embraced no repent, dynamic and sad whirling to her end comment est ce la fin pour nous tournoiement verse notre morte et amour oh my lord oh sweet hound of rot
06Melting Furnace+
06 / 07 · Melting Furnace
I have been noticed and not I have been stitched and sewed whole I have been here and there I have been nowhere at all I have been knowing you well I have been feeling the sea I have been knowing you well I have been driftwood on the shore I have been wretched, oh without well I am here for you now and these callouses of mine watch your hands from afar pickling roses and flies who'd kill my words or they'd just not fall away a black sea in our mosque where the drowned call and pray who'd clean my eyes or they'd just not simply see a white mosque in our brine a crowned jewel full of pity who kills my words for them to melt in and fall out
07Damda Dans+
07 / 07 · Damda Dans
bir anlığına sandım ki, bendim aşkın düşü mendebur talihim ki, safi balıkmışım süzülen ve yalnız incecik bir suda bir anlığına hülya şarabında gül mendebur, tezat koku incecik bir su ve arzu tezek ve yasemin vebal arsız gaspard, gece çıkar arşın çatıya bir anlık gam ve rüya kabus ve yanardağ meni, zehir ve manolya
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saraph
Helm
The album
Helm is the forthcoming seven-track album by saraph, a musical project seeking to explore folk music and beyond through intricate, interwoven acoustic compositions; it follows the trail of sounds where East and West, the new and the ancient, light and darkness, and diverse languages and tonal approaches merge into one another.
Saraph is a musical project born in Ankara. It initially emerged as a Brit-folk-inspired solo act by Serim Tağar, characterized by finger-picking guitar techniques and its quiet, evocative mood. While releasing its debut album, Sadaf Bazaar, the record preserved and integrated the very textures and depth of the East and Anatolia, doing so sometimes consciously and at other times instinctively.
As Sadaf Bazaar approaches its third anniversary, the project is preparing a second LP—a journey made of over a year of shared dreams and hard work alongside Hazel Kılınç and Cihan Akün—where the visual and the auditory elements intertwine and melt into each other.
The whole project is elevated by Cihan Akün’s exquisitely crafted guitar compositions and performances, which is in search of the meeting point where technical precision and raw emotion reach their respective zeniths;
and by Hazel Kılınç’s curation—drawing from imagery that blurs the line between fantasy and reality to capture the essence of the world, and treating these images as the visual counterparts to the audio compositions.
Leveraging the diversity and expanded scope gained both quantitatively and qualitatively, the project aims to produce a tangible, hybrid creation—combining a photobook and a music album—upon the completion of the new record.
Prior to finalizing the album recordings, they undertook an album pre-listening tour in September, performing four concerts across three different cities, playing the whole album from the beginning to the end with the accompaniment of the Video-work specifically created for the tour by Hazel Kılınç.