Almost three years ago, we passed with our bikes through Turkey, staying with this young student Eser in Aksaray. He turned out to be a rapper as well, and he showed us his new Cubase. We made a beat on the spot and recorded a song in two days ( I only played the Xaphoon, … Continue reading Respect!
Category: Turkey
Noise A Noise 19.2
I am happy to announce that we are appearing on a compilation of the Tehran based label "Noise A Noise". Despite the labels name it's not only noise music but a very eclectic variety of sounds, but with an focus on noisy and experimental approaches. We are contributing our track "Peyote", which was recorded live … Continue reading Noise A Noise 19.2
“We can’t stop here, this is Hazelnut Country!”
The next day, when we resurrected from our deep sleep, it was snowing in Akkuş. We still had 60km to go to the Black Sea, and it didn't exactly seem like it was all going down hill. So we hitched another truck going around halfway. The views out of the truck's window were spectacular, although … Continue reading “We can’t stop here, this is Hazelnut Country!”
On the way to the Black Sea, or Hitchbiking Part II
From Cappadocia, in Central Anatolia, it's still a long way to Georgia, our next step on our long way to Taiwan. Our 3 months visa was going to finnish in two weeks and we had to hurry up. Since the way along the Black Sea seems to be mostly flat, we decided once again to … Continue reading On the way to the Black Sea, or Hitchbiking Part II
Cappadocia
I have been to Cappadocia before and until now it is still one of my most favourite places on earth i visited (Maybe together with Mt. Bromo, the still active Vulcanoe in Indonesia). The tourist crowds in Göreme (the town at the center of it all, where every cave and house was turned into a … Continue reading Cappadocia
Salt Lakes, Whirling Derwishes and a Rap Song
It's been almost a month since i was writing here, and there was so much happening since then, that i don't really know where to start or how to split all this up in several posts. Since Ankara we hitchhiked and cycled already around 1500km. We went to Aksaray, where we originally just wanted to … Continue reading Salt Lakes, Whirling Derwishes and a Rap Song
Art is dead in Ankara
Artwork by Apoteke, Sketch by Thomas Buchanan In Ankara we had another event organized by the A.I.D.-Collective, who also hosted us in Istanbul. It got cancelled, but they found another venue, and it worked out well. Here is some footage of the Workshops, a meet'n'play concert Malikah had with a Kemence (little string-instrument played with … Continue reading Art is dead in Ankara
Eskişehir and Beyond
In Eskişehir we spend a couple of days, having a concert on a really nice sound system, but with almost no audience. Nevertheless, it sparked us to do a nice jam there, the other day. Together with the duo Dark'o'Bairo from Eskişehir. Besides, Eskişehir, is a nice medium-sized city, with many bicycles and bicycle-roads, also … Continue reading Eskişehir and Beyond
Hitchbiking
Wohoo we did it! Our first time hitchbiking on this trip! I was always very skeptical if it would work well, and although Hsiang-Hsin had already some experience with it in Germany, and France, it's a different story with two bikes and two people. But it worked like a charm and we arrived in Eskişehir … Continue reading Hitchbiking
Istanbul
Our time in Istanbul is coming to and end, and while we are looking forward to the adventures lying in front of us, we also had a really great time here. Thanks to our friend Hakan who hosted us, and played music with us, brought us to many interesting places, thanks to the A.I.D-collective who … Continue reading Istanbul
Tired on Tires 