Musik / electronica

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Folk radio UK

d. 13. apr. 2021

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Philip Thomas

d. 13. apr. 2021

"Sasa and Alin are firmly rooted in their native Romania and the wider Balkans. Sasa spent time travelling and exploring the music and culture of the Balkans and collecting tunes, stories and even instruments ... These (...) were used as the basis for new compositions that were fused with Alin's electronica skills in their home studios in Bucharest to create this intoxicating blend that creates a "groovy-Balkan storm" which is gaining them a reputation. The music takes unexpected twists and turns. 'Ușak Ekspresi' uses distorted elektro-­saz with heavy bass and ethnic drum samples to make a trance-like anthemic piece which I'm sure that festival-goers will love when they can dance again ... There is no doubt that Sasa and Alin set out their stall as purveyors of dance music, but (...) if it is possible for dance music to inhabit a meditative space then this does so admirably".


Songlines

2021 June

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Robert Rigney

2021 June

"Balkan Taksim are the latest act to push the Balkan sound into fresh and exciting Turkish territory, reminding one of the 500-year Ottoman heritage in the Balkans. The sound is a seductive, multi-textual mix of gnarly, fuzzed-out psychedelic electric saz licks à la Baba Zula and distorted electronica recalling Massive Attack, Pink Floyd and Kraut rockers Can ... One of the best tracks is 'Anadolka', a ruminative number that weds weird electronica and heavy bass with brittle, atmospheric saz lines and Bosnian lyrics rendered in a muted, incantatory and ritualistic vocal style".


Mojo

2021 May

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Andy Cowan

2021 May

"Bucharest duo's debut meshes ancient Anatolian instruments (...) and Eastern melodies with electronica. Beyond the vibrant Balkan psych of "Zalina" and "Usak Expresi", melancholic "Anadolka" merges Anatolian '70s acid rock with Massive Attack's menacing creep".