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Melodi

by Kit Sebastian

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mattogravy What a fantastic party band. Even your most arrogant metalhead friends will love them. Something about them reminds you of an exotic drug from a fictional book.
mcdan77
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mcdan77 excellent! heard "melodi pt 2" in a second hand record shop here and honestly thought it was some long lost French jazz groover from about 1968. real music, beautiful tunes and vocals 👌🎶 Favorite track: Melodi Pt 2.
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RochAtma Wonderful song and album. Thanks a lot! Favorite track: Yeter.
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dj-yogi It's quite daring to use an out-of-tune piano. But I'm sure it was a very deliberate choice. It adds some special atmosphere to the whole album. Especially to Elegy For Love. Its second chord sounds so weird that I was immediately hooked :-) Then all the musicality, perfect connection with lyrics. Then horns like from some other era. Then light chimes, background vocals, funky guitar, string section. The whole thing escalates with a haunting piano solo. This track is a true masterpiece. Favorite track: Elegy For Love.
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    / Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly

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    Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
    / Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly

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1.
Yalvarma 05:10
Yalvarma Bir büyü artık sen de Dön de bak aynalara Yok yok evet daha harcamadan Bitti bu iş daha başlamadan Bitti evet Başkası yok aklımda Birkaç adam dışında Bir de birkaç film 60’lardan Aklım hep o eski şarkılarda Uçuyorduk evet, başlamadan Yalvarma, çok geç yorulma Yalvarma, aklın havada Boşver Olmaz Asla Bitti Hislerin hep karışık, Gel bir otur yanıma Dedin ya bana Ruhun toz duman Kim değil ki Kırık oyuncak Kaçıyorduk evet Kendini kandırma sen Sözlerinin içi boş Yoktun evet daha en başından Yitti evet, o büyük heyecan Geçiciydi heves, geçti tabi Yalvarma, çok geç yorulma Yalvarma, aklın havada Ya da yalvar Yalvar * 4 Keşke şu hisleri sen de bir becerebilsen Sorun yok yine de arada bir gelsen Yalvarma Eng: Don’t Beg It’s time for you to grow up Time to look at yourself in the mirror Before it even started Before we could consume it it was over There's no one else Except a few men And some films from the sixties I keep thinking of those old songs We were flying, yes, before it even started Don't beg, it's too late, don't bother Don't beg, your head is in the clouds Forget it It won't happen Ever It's over You were always confused About your feelings Come sit by my side Your soul is crushed, you said, Crushed toys - aren't we all? Yes, we were running away Don't fool yourself Your words are empty You weren't there from the very start The thrill is spent, yes The excitement was fleeting It's gone now, of course Don’t beg, it’s too late, don’t bother Don’t beg, your head is in the clouds, Or you could beg Beg for it x4 If you could but handle those feelings of yours You could come over occasionally, or perhaps not
2.
Agitate 04:37 video
Agitate Don’t try To hide You’re here To die Burn their busts and Dance in their hell Yell their names and Dust off their spell Lay bare Their lies Fear their Big smiles Ah, bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Hatırla, kaybolma (Remember it, don’t get lost) Bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Unutup, yok olma (Don’t forget, don’t fade away) Now, fire! Your arms This storm Saves us Wash yourself of Their laws and crowns Move in the dark Purer than clouds Ah, bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Hatırla, kaybolma (Remember it, don’t get lost) Bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Unutup, yok olma (Don’t forget, don’t fade away) Ah, bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Hatırla, kaybolma (Remember it, don’t get lost) Bu bir büyük rüya (This is a big dream) Unutup, yok olma (Don’t forget, don’t fade away)
3.
Yeter 03:41 video
Yeter Küçücüktün, pek zayıftın İsimsiz bir semtte doğdun Aklı açık, gözü kara bir kızdın Amaçsız bir serüvenin Korkusuz kahramanıydın Gözlerinde deli bir hırs Yalvardın Yeter yeter Beni de duy koca dünya Yeter yeter aah Yeter yeter Beni de gör zalim dünya Yeter yeter aaaah Çalışıp didiniyordun Olmak için özel biri Kalabalıktan sıyrılmak çok zordu Denedikçe deniyordun Yitiyordu tüm anlamlar Sıkılıyordun kendinden, bıkmıştın Yeter yeter Onu da duy koca dünya Yeter yeter aah Yeter yeter Onu da gör zalim dünya Ya da kapat gözlerini hiç açma Kaçıyor ellerinden ömür Yeter Bak siliniyor gölgen yeryüzünden Yaşadın, geçtin tarihten Yeter, yetsin! Yeter Eng: Enough You were tiny and skinny Born in a nameless neighborhood You were a bright, fearless girl You were the hero Of an aimless adventure You prayed With mad passion in your eyes: Enough, enough Hear my voice, big world! Enough, enough aah! Enough, enough See me, cruel world! Enough, enough aah! You kept slogging away To become someone special It was hard to stand out in the crowd You kept trying As meaning kept slipping You were tired of yourself, you were all fed up Enough, enough Hear her voice, big world! Enough, enough! Enough, enough See her, cruel world Or close your eyes and never open them again Life is slipping through your fingers Enough! Your shadow fades from the face of the earth You lived, you played your role It is enough, enough!
4.
Melodi Pt 1 01:57
Puslu bir gecede Yalnız yitik bir melodi inlemekte Kuytu bir köşede Yalnız yitik bir melodi takibimde Saklanırım gökyüzüne Bulur beni o yine de ENG The lonely sound of a lost melody Groans on a murky night The lonely sound of a lost melody Follows me to my alcove I hide in the sky Yet it finds me
5.
Melodi Pt 2 03:38
Düşler yanıyor gecenin alevinde Sesler yitiyor uykunun derininde Varsın yok olayım anlamlar denizinde Varsın yok olayın anlamlar denizinde Yitme stay! Yitme stay! Bu melodi hiç bitmez mi? Düşler yanıyor gecenin alevinde Sesler yitiyor uykunun derininde Varsın yok olayım anlamlar denizinde Varsın yok olayın anlamlar denizinde Yitme stay! Yitme stay! Bu melodi hiç bitmez mi? Bu melodi! Yeter bırak beni yeter Kurtulmam lazım senden yaşamak için Düşler yanıyor Sesler yitiyor Varsın yok olayım Varsın yok olayım Bu melodi hiç bitmez mi? Bu melodi! Yeter bırak beni yeter Kurtulmam lazım senden yaşamak için ENG Dreams are alight in the night’s blaze Sounds fade away into the depths of sleep Let me fade into the sea of meaning Let me fade into the sea of meaning Don’t fade away, stay! Don’t fade away, stay! Does this melody ever end? This melody! Enough! Leave me, enough! I need to be rid of you In order to live Don’t fade away, stay! Don’t fade away, stay! Dreams are alight in the night’s blaze Sounds fade away into the depths of sleep Let me fade in Let me fade in Does this melody ever end? This melody! Enough! Leave me, enough! I need to be rid of you In order to live
6.
4.50 in the morning. Walls around me. Dreary and wrinkled. The phone rings. It’s you. Fill all my fears with your shining water, Again. An elegy for love A dim light on my face, my mind covered in flames Full of unimagined darkness, heavy earth slips underneath our legs. I taste the last sweetness of autumn rain. Reflected on the pale curtains is your flesh, Illuminated in my elusive serenity. So much silence comes from your voice. An elegy for love A dim light on your face, your mind covered in flames A dim light on my face, my mind covered in flames 6.30 in the morning. My dreams vanish in the embrace of your weakness. Remembering a distant past we both despise.
7.
Affet Beni 03:38
Sonsuz bir çöl içinde Nefesin nefesimde Bitmeyen bir gecenin Işıltısı içinde Açılıyor kapılar Beliriyor seraplar Süzülüyor duygular Gözden kaybolana dek Kusursuz bir hülyada Sessiziz korkusuzca Genişliyor evren ve Kayboluyoruz sonra Bulutlar ve gözleri Kamaştıran bir rüzgar Süpüyor sesleri Çorak dipsiz boşluğa Yanıyor gölgelerimiz boşlukta Yanıyor ah Don’t leave me Yanıyor gölgelerimiz boşlukta Yanıyor ah Don’t leave me Hava aydınlanınca Her şey anlamsızlaştı Bedenimiz uyumsuz Çöl ortadan kayboldu Affet beni sevgilim Aşkım uzun sürmedi Uyanınca yanında Dünyan bana dar geldi Affet beni sevgilim Aşkım uzun sürmedi Affet Beni Eng: Forgive Me In a boundless desert Your breath melts into mine Doors open, visions appear In the glow of an endless night Feelings float Around and away In a perfect dream We are boldly silent The universe expands And we are lost Clouds and a blinding wind Sweep sounds away Into the barren void. Our shadows are ablaze Ablaze in the emptiness Ah, don’t leave me Our shadows are ablaze Ablaze in the emptiness Ah, don’t leave me As it grew light The spell faded The desert was gone Our bodies ill-fitting Forgive me, my darling My love was brief Awake at your side Your world felt cramped. Forgive me, my darling My love was brief
8.
Inertia 03:40
Oh concrete sighs find you reposed Smoking a blend of doubt disguised as hope Inertia fills the culture I must breathe To feel connection to disease Past the statues, ‘scuse you’s’ and the tears of old and the thoughts of man who appeared so bold Woe becomes the drug and the dreams decay Though the absence comes the tears obeyed
9.
Ahenk 03:29
İsimsiz bir ideal bu Bir ateşkes bozumu Tertibi olmayan bir buhran Rehavetli bir suçluluk Kahkahalar, tesadüfler, mesafeler Yatıştırıcılar, uyuşturucular, anlamsız çığlıklar, sonu gelmez meraklar Uzuvsuz bir beden sanki varoluşun somutluğu Birilerinin acısı, tarihin yıkıcılığı koynumuzda Yüzeysel yorgunluklar, müstehcen temaslar Tarihin sayfalarından sözlere taşan yitik vaatler Ahenksiz, uyumsuz gölgeler. Ahenk, uyum yok. Harmony It’s a nameless ideal A broken ceasefire A crisis without order A lethargic guilt Laughter, distances, coincidences, Sedatives, narcotics, empty cries, insatiable curiosities The concreteness of existence is mimetic to a body without organs The burden of others’ suffering and the destructiveness of history on our shoulders, Shallow exhaustions, obscene connections Threadbare promises spilling over into words from the pages of history Disharmonious, discordant shadows. No harmony, no concord.
10.
Please don’t take this badly, But I love you madly, When the dreams disperse, seeds of ash, Settles on voiceless grounds, Heaven’s embers, hell remembers, I can be with you Please don’t take this badly, But I say this gladly, Gazes of lost words hidden into eyes, Bouncing off our good-byes, Shouting softly passing through my lips, I can be with you Mais n’importe quoi, Laisse-moi, laisse-moi Le kozmos est noir, Laisse-moi, laisse-moi Please don’t take this badly, But I hear you sadly, From the darkening stars crying in my arms, To the mist of our psalms, Reads the truth that holds through our lies, I can’t be with you

about

‘Melodi’ is the second album from captivating duo Kit Sebastian (aka Kit Martin and Merve Erdem). Those familiar with the band's cult classic 2019 debut record 'Mantra Moderne' will instantly recognise their unique sound that blurs boundaries of world music, jazz and psychedelia. Not to be content replicating the same album, sonically the feel of ‘Melodi’ is a maturation. It is more diverse and provides glimpses into many different worlds from the Italian Riviera to the mountains of the Caucasus, the beaches of Bahia to the city streets of Istanbul and Paris. This joyous merging of soundscapes evokes a borderless planet with music as an international language, belonging everywhere and nowhere.

‘Melodi’ is imbued with Kit Sebastian's love of vintage records and world cinema, but it is not a retro homage. It celebrates its influences but is very much a modern record, being simultaneously brand new and retro. This is a credit to the duo's craft as musicians and songwriters, presenting their influences as a circular interaction between the present and the past rather than a linear one.

The music was written during the first UK lockdown and recorded that summer, a time of opening up that only briefly existed. In a world with a slower pace than before the Covid crisis, the band were able to spend more time experimenting in the studio. The album’s range of instrumentation has expanded from the previous record to include zithers, harpsichords, congas, bongos, bulbul tarang, and a mock-up choir on top of the synthesizers, balalaikas, organs, and saxophones. Session musicians and friends were also booked to introduce trumpet and string sections giving the album an added depth and orchestral texture. Despite the added complexity, the album was recorded using the same techniques employed for the previous album with various tape machines, bouncing back between cassette and ¼” tape for practicality and sonic abstraction. To pierce through this abstraction, the vocals are intentionally more expressive. Merve took cues from the Turkish singers of her youth, adding a slightly more melancholic, darker and more reflective style than 'Mantra Moderne’. Rooted in observations from everyday life, they speak often about the worlds and thoughts that arise from the end of the night.

Like with many of the best albums, the record seems over all too soon and has you instantly wanting to play it again. On each listen you decide on a track that you think is your favourite from the album only for it to be replaced with a different one on the next listen. The songs and production have hidden depths that seem to evolve and morph the more you devour them. Moments of pure pop, moments to fall in love, moments to contemplate. This journey is rich in musical vitamins and nourishment, but like all the best things still leaves you wanting more.

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released October 1, 2021

PERFORMERS - Merve Erdem / Kit Martin
WRITER/AUTHOR - Kit Martin / Merve Erdem
COMPOSER - Kit Martin / Merve Erdem
PRODUCER - Kit Martin
MIXING ENGINEER - Shuta Shinoda
Mastered by Pete Norman at Finyl Tweek
Published By: Mr Bongo 2021

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Kit Sebastian is a duo formed in London by Kit Martin and Merve Erdem, spread between Turkey and France. Their music is a meeting point of different genres from Anatolian Psychedelia and Brazilian Tropicalia to 60’s European pop and American jazz.

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