{"id":5706,"date":"2013-06-20T17:29:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=5706"},"modified":"2013-06-20T17:29:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:29:47","slug":"esmerine-announce-new-album-and-share-first-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=5706","title":{"rendered":"Esmerine announce new album and share first taste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Esmerine-Dalmak-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Esmerine - Dalmak\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Esmerine-Dalmak-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Esmerine-Dalmak-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Esmerine-Dalmak.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esmerine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Esmerine<\/a> have a new album coming out on September 3rd via <a href=\"http:\/\/cstrecords.com\" target=\"_blank\">Constellation<\/a>. <em>Dalmak<\/em>, their fourth full-length album, takes its name from the Turkish verb meaning to dive into, to contemplate, to lose oneself in, to be absorbed in, to bathe in, to plummet. The Turkish presence and influence on the album goes beyond the name. Esmerine, now comprising co-founder and cellist Rebecca Foon (Saltland, Silver Mt. Zion, Set Fire To Flames), former Godspeed You! Black Emperor drummer Bruce Cawdron on marimba, percussionist Jamie Thompson (Unicorns, Islands) and multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson, recorded most of <em>Dalmak<\/em> in Istambul. After their European tour in 2011 and 2012 with stops in the city, the group was invited over for an artist residency, where they were joined by another four Turkish guest players, Hakan Vreskala, Baran A\u015f\u0131k, Ali Kazim Akda\u011f and James Hakan Dedeo\u011flu on various instruments, including some unknown to us like bendir, darbuka, erbane, meh, barama and saz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The album&#8217;s press release describes <em>Dalmak<\/em> as &#8220;a tour-de-force of cross-cultural music-making, emotive but unsentimental, deeply textured and detailed but never precious, superbly guided throughout by a balance of DIY rock, new folk and modern classical\/contemporary sensibilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barkin Engin and Metin Bozkurt initially recorded the album in Istanbul, and later in Montr\u00e9al, Jace Lasek (Wolf Parade, The Besnard Lakes, Suuns) and Ian Ilavsky achieved &#8220;the album&#8217;s gorgeously saturated warmth, depth and pulsing grit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Esmerine have shared an edit of the outstanding &#8216;Translator\u2019s Clos II&#8217;, the first taste from the album. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96814258&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;color=C41709\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esmerine have a new album coming out on September 3rd via Constellation. Dalmak, their fourth full-length album, takes its name from the Turkish verb meaning to dive into, to contemplate, to lose oneself in, to be absorbed in, to bathe in, to plummet. The Turkish presence and influence on the album goes beyond the name. 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