Fahrettin Aykut, Umut Çağlar & Jone Takamaki
Myth of the Drum. Urban Transformation
Fahrettin Aykut, Umut Çağlar & Jone Takamaki
Myth of the Drum. Urban Transformation
Boomkat Product Review:
Another fascinating expo of modal out-jazz from the Zehra Records sibling of Karlrecords; Konstrukt’s Umut Çağlar explores mystic blends of free-jazz and east Asian zen sounds with Baba Zula drummer Fahrettin Aykut and Jone Takamaki’s haunting shakuhachi
Kitting multi-instrumentalists from Turkey and Finland with Japanese wind and cues from the farthest lessons of US jazz, ‘Myth of the Drum’ hits square between the eyes of styles explored by Pharoah Sanders, Ghédalia Tazartès and Keiji Haino, but best compared with the unique explorations of Konstrukt, the Istanbul unit revered for their guess-again approach since 2008. That should be no surprise as Umut Çağlar is a long-time member of Konstrukt, and Aykut has long been in their orbit, but the addition of Finnish jazz titan Takamaki really sets this trio off on their own angles, sprawled over two durational, improvised sides that resemble a shamanistic trip from the old ages.
Rent with echoic acoustics that make it feel like they’re playing in a cave in the ancient middle east, ‘Myth of the Drum’ transitions from utterly haunting duet for shakuhachi, sax, clarinet, and flutes to pick up a sloshing groove of subtle electronic percussion and inkling kalimba, growing in density and intensity ’till the pipes burst in freely expressive song, jagged strings and resonant drums driving the sax to spiralling shrieks and plangent blasts by the end of side 1. They eaze off in the 2nd part to a lokey tension, drums roving and tumbling, prepping the scene for a gripping vocal in the final 3rd that’s clearly Keiji-via-Ghédalia, and then some. Thumbs up from Thurston Moore, apparently, “who attended the show and confessed afterwards that he was very touched emotionally.”
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Boomkat Product Review:
Another fascinating expo of modal out-jazz from the Zehra Records sibling of Karlrecords; Konstrukt’s Umut Çağlar explores mystic blends of free-jazz and east Asian zen sounds with Baba Zula drummer Fahrettin Aykut and Jone Takamaki’s haunting shakuhachi
Kitting multi-instrumentalists from Turkey and Finland with Japanese wind and cues from the farthest lessons of US jazz, ‘Myth of the Drum’ hits square between the eyes of styles explored by Pharoah Sanders, Ghédalia Tazartès and Keiji Haino, but best compared with the unique explorations of Konstrukt, the Istanbul unit revered for their guess-again approach since 2008. That should be no surprise as Umut Çağlar is a long-time member of Konstrukt, and Aykut has long been in their orbit, but the addition of Finnish jazz titan Takamaki really sets this trio off on their own angles, sprawled over two durational, improvised sides that resemble a shamanistic trip from the old ages.
Rent with echoic acoustics that make it feel like they’re playing in a cave in the ancient middle east, ‘Myth of the Drum’ transitions from utterly haunting duet for shakuhachi, sax, clarinet, and flutes to pick up a sloshing groove of subtle electronic percussion and inkling kalimba, growing in density and intensity ’till the pipes burst in freely expressive song, jagged strings and resonant drums driving the sax to spiralling shrieks and plangent blasts by the end of side 1. They eaze off in the 2nd part to a lokey tension, drums roving and tumbling, prepping the scene for a gripping vocal in the final 3rd that’s clearly Keiji-via-Ghédalia, and then some. Thumbs up from Thurston Moore, apparently, “who attended the show and confessed afterwards that he was very touched emotionally.”
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