Canadian producer David Psutka has been known for the work under his Egyptrixx alias—thanks to EPs like The Only Way Up back in 2010 or the more recent albums on Halocline Trance—and Ceramic TL represented a further step into more abstract territories. The name Ipek Gorgun on the other hand is probably not as familiar. However, Gorgun’s wide spread interests in various fields might make her work more known to people in other disciplines of the arts. According to the press release of her debut album Aphelion released in 2016, she is enrolled in a PHD program in sonic arts at Istanbul technical university, has been participating in various band projects, did soundtracks for documentaries and practices photography as well as poetry. On Perfect Lung, she added layers of abstract soundscapes to Psutka’s crystal-clear synth plucks.
The mix Gorgun recorded for zweikommasieben shows that beside her multiverse of projects, she also managed to accumulate a wide ranging knowledge of experimental music. The mix starts in an almost collage-like manner and moves into calmer territories by its second half, all while the Turkish composer combines four decades of ambient, noise and free jazz. Within the 50 minutes, Gorgun presents classics by Charlemagne Palestine or Laurie Anderson, evergreens by Matana Roberts or Kevin Drumm and new material by Kareem Lofty or Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement. Enjoy—tracklist below!
Tracklist:
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Battle Against The Clowns – Victor
- Signal – Zeche – Raster Noton
- Zoat Aon – Infra-Saturn – Aural Hypnox
- Curtis Roads – Volt Air, Part IV – Asphodel
- Horaccio Vaggione – Nodal – INA-GRM
- David Sylvian – There’s a Light That Enters Houses With (…) – Samadhisound
- Caterina Barbieri – Traum_abc – Cassauna
- Asmus Tietchens – Teilmenge – Ritornell
- Kareem Lotfy – Fr3sh – PAN
- Andrew Lahiff – Silent Valleys – (not on label)
- Duane Pitre – mvmt. v, sun pm – Root Strata
- Orphyx – Radiotherapy I – Hands Productions
- Laurel Halo – Like an L – Hyperdub
- Iasos – I Passion You a Leap of Love-Flame – Numero Group
- Charlemagne Palestine – One+Two+Three Fifths – Sonnabend Gallery
- Dedekind Cut – So Far.. So Good – Hospital Productions
- Hecq – 0013 – Hymen Records
- Patten – LL2 – Warp
- Barnett + Colloccia – Harbor – Blackest Ever Black
- Kevin Drumm – Dilemma 1 – Pica Disk
- Amnesia Scanner – Gardens Need Walls – Young Turks
- Jessica Rylan – Untitled – DroneDisco
- The Bug vs. Earth – Other Side of the World – Ninja Tune
- Kryztof Penderecki – Song of Cherubim – WERGO
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – Before the War – London Records
- Matana Roberts – River Ruby Dues – Constellation
- Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox – Whipped Silk – Editions Mego
- Egyptrixx – Start From the Beginning – Night Slugs
- Andrea Belfi – Poaofbp – Room40
- Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement – Chile’s Crimson Tide – Hospital Productions
- Laurie Anderson – The Puppet Motel – The Voyager Company
- Roly Porter – Sequence – Subtext
- Kara-Lis Coverdale & LXV – Tunnel Vision – Umor Rex
- Brian Eno – Fickle Sun (II) The Hour Is Thin – Warp
- Who Are We Who We Are – The Who – (self released)