Serdar Ilhan Presents

07/19/2023

07/19/2023

Gaye Su Akyol - 'Anadolu Ejderi'
New album out now on LP & CD and all digital platforms

“Turkey had its own thriving rock scene throughout the 1970s. Here to revive it is this protest album, of sorts from an Istanbul-born free thinker who uses her sonorous, passionate voice to rail against her country’s encroaching mood of repression … This is psychedelic music repurposed for a new reality and it is fantastic.” **** The Times

“Turkish psychedelic singer Gaye Su Akyol brings a powerful blend of group vocals and driving guitar lines on her latest album.” The Guardian

“Intoxicating fourth album from Turkish psych-folk maven … She and her four-piece band have broadened their scope too, blending riffy psychedelia (“Yaram Derin Derin Kanar"; post-glam stomp "Sen Benim Magaramsin”) with percussive Middle Eastern grooves and making greater use of traditional Turkish instruments. The effect is enthralling.” 8/10 UNCUT

“Fourth outing for Turkey’s shapeshifting retro-futurist groover … On [‘Anadolu Ejderi’] she displays her belief in the righteous fury of Kurt Cobain, the grooves that spread like tentacles from Persia centuries ago, and that brief window in which forward-thinking pop stars spawned Turkish psychedelia … If you are looking for a contemporary voice from nearer to home to use as your gateway to this world, Nadine Shah comes to mind particularly on the slow-burning Bu Izdirabin Panzehiri. However, despite an orchestra of encyclopaedia-requiring instruments, no immersive prep is necessary.” **** MOJO

“Sonics from Turkey’s psych-folk breakout star.” Songlines

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Gaye Su Akyol US Premiere www.serdarilhan.com

Gaye Su Akyol is an Istanbul-based musician and artist, born in 1985. In her work, she redefines the concepts of power, desire, change and rebellion, hand in hand in tight-knit solidarity with women, q***r and outcast communities, and rebels against societal gender roles, patriarchy, censorship, and oppression. She creates a universe of imagination, in which she constructs her own "counter-reality" against the stifling realities dictated by power. Without alienating from the land she was born into, she questions its representations, defines new symbols, and, while struggling with the complexities and political chaos of the concrete world, she chases after the practice of transforming a conservative world through collective dreaming.

Gaye Su Akyol has created her own unique language, taking the contrasts of traditional Anatolian music, Classical Turkish music, psychedelia, surf rock and post-punk, and combining them with her futuristic approach. Akyol, who, in 2014, released her first album “Develerle Yaşıyorum” (“I Live With Camels”) in 2014, written and composed entirely by herself, defines her music as “universal in concept, local in spirit”. She expanded her audience through numerous concerts and festivals in Turkey, Europe, Middle East and the Far East, with the release of her first international album, "Hologram İmparatorluğu" (“Hologram Empire”) in 2016, released dually from German-based record label Glitterbeat, and Dunganga Records, a label which Akyol has co-founded with Ali Güçlü Şimşek. She had received rave reviews for her music and creations, from major media publications such as The New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Pitchfork and The Wire. In her third long play, “İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir” (“Consistent Fantasy is Reality”), released in 2018, a record which she names “a practice of dreaming”, she not only writes and composes the entirety of the album, but also takes on the role of producer in the stages of production, arrangement and recording, and art director to the visual aspect of the record. With this album, she became the first musician from Turkey to be featured on the cover of Songlines, one of the top music magazines in England, and was awarded the "Best Artist" title in 2019.

”Akyol is the futuristic figurehead of the revived Anatolian rock movement, which first flourished between military coups in the 1960s and 1970s. Fusing Turkish classical and folk music roots with mind-expanding psychedelic rock, it was embodied then by the likes of
Cem Karaca, whose voice was a wild flourish of insolent romantic freedom, and Selda Bağcan,
a rare female pioneer and early Akyol hero, who was jailed for her protest songs.
Financial Times
“Gaye Su Akyol has revived a style of music once thought deeply uncool, and she uses it to comment poetically on her country.
New York Times

03/27/2023

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03/20/2023

"Celebrating 100 years of the Turkish Republic and Helping the people who survievied from Turkish Earthquake"

02/27/2023

Hepimiz ilk gunden beri kendi hayatlarimizi dertlerimizi hastaliklarimizi isimizi gucumuzu bir kenara koyduk ve milyonlarca insanin hayatini iyilestirebilmek icin omuzomuza fayda saglamaya yardim etmeye calisiyoruz . Ben de en iyi bildigim seyi yaparak sarki soyleyerek yardim etmek ortak acimizi azaltmaya iyilestirmeye katkim olsun diye yola ciktim . Konser bilgilerimiz www.serdarilhan.com da
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02/21/2023

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02/19/2023

Türkiye, Yunanistan, Ermenistan, Makedonya, Filistin ve Suriyeli sanatçılar, New York'ta Drom adlı mekanda bir konser verdi. Konserin tüm geliri Türkiye ve Suriye’deki depremzedelere gönderilecek

02/12/2023

Fatma Turgut ve Demir Demirkan turnemizi iptal etmek yerine butun turneyi gerçekleştirip, gelirini Ahbap yolu ile depremde etkilenen vatandaslarimiza bagislamaya karar verdik. City Winery'ler de mekan kiralarını yarıya indirerek bize destek oldular.
Bu konsere destek olan herkese çok teşekkür ediyoruz.

02/08/2023

Impact Reports and Transparency:
We commit to transparent reporting and will update you on how we’ve used donations to this fund. Your contributions will go to TPF-vetted nonprofits at Afet Platformu, which is an umbrella platform consisting of various nonprofits such as Ahbap, ACEV, TOG, Ihtiyac Haritasi, TEGV that are directly involved in Kahramanmaras and its neighboring towns to help victims recover from the devastating effects of the earthquake and rebuilding efforts.

Grants made from the funds to date:
$100,000 to AKUT Foundation to local search and rescue team.
$100,000 to Needs Map to provide support for coordination, need analysis, and humanitarian aid.
$100,000 to Support to Life to disburse hygiene kits to affected people.
$100,000 to Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) for temporary relief and emergency supplies for displaced families.

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We are truly grateful to all who continue to support our efforts, share our message, and stand with us as we work to address urgent needs.

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