Pre-order of Melodi. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases October 1, 2021
£7GBP or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order of this record, and will be shipping around the 01st October*
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes digital pre-order of Melodi.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around October 1, 2021
Purchasable with gift card
£18GBPor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order of this record, and will be shipping around the 01st October*
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes digital pre-order of Melodi.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around October 1, 2021
Purchasable with gift card
£9GBPor more
Cassette + Digital Album
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order of this record, and will be shipping around the 01st October*
100 copies - extremely limited edition cassette.
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes digital pre-order of Melodi.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around October 1, 2021
edition of 100
Purchasable with gift card
£8GBPor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order of this record, and will be shipping around the 01st October*
Hand-Numbered edition, includes Obi Strip and set of 4 x 120mm x 120mm photo postcards selected by the band.
Yalvarma / Agitate / Yeter / Melodi Pt 1 / Melodi Pt 2 / Elegy For Love / Affet Beni / Inertia
/ Ahenk / Please Don’t Take This Badly
Includes digital pre-order of Melodi.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
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
4.
Melodi Pt 1
5.
Melodi Pt 2
6.
Elegy For Love
7.
Affet Beni
8.
Inertia
9.
Ahenk
10.
Please Don’t Take This Badly
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.
credits
releases 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
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 Pyschedelia and Brazilian Tropicalia to 60’s European pop and American jazz.
Each Sven Wunder album is a masterpiece to my ears. Rich compositions, beautiful rhythms and incredible talents on each instrument. Each song takes you on a journey. This album paints beautiful pictures in my mind with every track. Thank you for the music. Justin
Smooth, luminous pop from this Atlanta singer-songwriter, whose guitar playing is heavily influenced by tropicalia. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 15, 2018
I hear this album for long rides, on calm sundays or early mornings. My favorite album for those moments when there's no rush and you remember you still got time, so great! moichavez