Artist/writer Jim Haynes first turned me on to the records of Turkish musician Ekin Fil in 2016 when his label Helen Scarsdale Agency released Being Near. I was immediately taken by this ambient, droney creator, whose record showcased soundscapes that were beautifully dark, sparse…lonely yet comfortable…like a heavy cloud slowly breezing through a foggy bay. Her music reminded me of the quiet parts of the darkest This Mortal Coil and Eno records: a soundtrack to a journey through an ancient cave or a deep old-growth redwood forest, coming from the school of Jóhann Jóhannsson (she, like Jóhannsson, has scored films) with delayed keyboard and guitar reverberations, and Ekin’s voice distantly echoing through.
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Reverberations from Istanbul
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Artist/writer Jim Haynes first turned me on to the records of Turkish musician Ekin Fil in 2016 when his label Helen Scarsdale Agency released Being Near. I was immediately taken by this ambient, droney creator, whose record showcased soundscapes that were beautifully dark, sparse…lonely yet comfortable…like a heavy cloud slowly breezing through a foggy bay. Her music reminded me of the quiet parts of the darkest This Mortal Coil and Eno records: a soundtrack to a journey through an ancient cave or a deep old-growth redwood forest, coming from the school of Jóhann Jóhannsson (she, like Jóhannsson, has scored films) with delayed keyboard and guitar reverberations, and Ekin’s voice distantly echoing through.