AFAR, Anadol

psychedelic | krautwave | experimental | electronica

Psychedelic Krautwave wrapped in analog synth warmth, raw guitar bursts, and machinedriven pulse, carried by a mesmerizing voice. The berlin based duo AFAR move in their sound between Grunge, Trip-hop and electronic-technoid worlds. Their concerts are always a journey, intensified through their magnetic presence and a performance that feels both intimate and immense. Changing Rules is the third studio album – a sonic manifesto of presence, eruption, and resistance. A romantic revolt against the noise and slop, for those who still long to long and crave the real.

Anadol, named after an old-fashioned Turkish automobile brand, is an instrumental synth-pop project by Gözen Atila, an artist, dj and keyboard player. She records with mini organs manufactured during the 70s and 80s, the built-in rhythms and arpeggios of these machines provide the backbone of her sound, and her melodies are influenced by pop music and soundtracks from France, Italy and Turkey from the same period. Anadol is a continuation of the tradition of lone synth experimentalists like Bruce Haack and The Space Lady with their childlike curiosity for electronic sounds, and of the keyboardists pushing the boundaries of minimal equipment to entertain middle aged drunk couples in pubs and wedding parties of Istanbul.