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Birinci Hane

by SAVT

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Boğazkesen 05:16
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Maçka 02:39
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71-A 02:10
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Vaslon 04:04
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Mozaik 02:31
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Wind 03:05
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Bükül 03:29
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On The Fly 07:09

about

SAVT is an improvisation trio based in Istanbul and Strasbourg. The trio consists of tanbur by Merve Salgar, classical kemenche by Elif Canfeza Gündüz, and violoncello by Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu. Since their foundation in 2015, the trio has formed a repertoire bringing together improvisation and contemporary written music. SAVT seeks new ways to create a unique musical language that expands the Turkish makam music taksim tradition and encourage new music composition for traditional instruments.

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We have recorded our album in two days of studio improvisation sessions in Istanbul. Our main motivation was to explore some new sound possibilities around/above the Turkish makam music heritage. During our recording session, except for the piece ‘On the fly,’ the only predetermined aspect was the timing. We have recorded one shot of several tracks with different timings and instrument combinations (solos, duos, trios). The piece ‘Bükül’ is an excepted one; cello and classical kemenche improvise together and a separate solo improvisation by tanbur overlapped on it. We have shaped our album idea by referring to the tradition of Turkish music. The title of the album "Birinci Hane" (meaning 'first home' or 'first grade') and the track names inspired by the concepts of ‘home (ev, hane), space (mekân) and makam’.

All tracks in the album are improvised recordings by SAVT, except "On the Fly" composed by Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu.

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We would like to thank you Cevdet Erek and Tolga Balcı for their inspiration of realizing this collection as an album; to Şevket Akıncı and Anıl Eraslan and Stéphane Clor for their guidance on the releasing process. Special thanks to Laçin Şahin for recorded and mixed, Berk Falay and Oğuz Öz for their recording assistant, ITU MIAM Recording Studios, Gökhan Deneç for Mastering, Beste Türkön for CD Face Design, Yula Baskı Atölyesi for CD Cover Design and Print and Başak Erdem (@lines_dots_) for the final handwriting touches.

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credits

released February 21, 2021

Tanbur | Merve Salgar
Violoncello | Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu
Classical Kemenche | Elif Canfeza Gündüz

Recorded and mixed | Laçin Şahin
Recording assistant | Berk Falay, Oğuz Öz
Recording studio | ITU MIAM Recording Studios/
Mastering | Gökhan Deneç
CD Cover Design | Beste Türkön
Album Cover Art work | Yula Baskı

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SAVT is an improvisation band based in Istanbul and Strasbourg. The trio consists of tanbur, classical kemençe, and cello, proposes new possibilities to the Taksim tradition by their improvisations that seeks to build its unique language by exploring beyond the tradition. ... more

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