Yumusak G(Ğ), was one of the few exciting things that happened in 2011. Three friends from Ankara, started this in order to “resurrect a dead city” as they say it.  It turned out to be a quiet rapid movement that received positive feedbacks in a really short term. Cem Kahyalı and Özge Horasan came to Istanbul last week for a DJ Set at Arkaoda. During their stay in Kadıköy, they inspected the subway construction site and talked to the authorities for further information. And later on, they showed Arkaoda how to have fun on a Thursday night.  But before all this, they answered Offprint’s questions. As a matter of fact...

Scottish band Errors first attracted our attention with their debut EP How Clean is Your Acid House? and they kept on releasing amazing records. As soon as they released their latest album Have Some Faith in Magic, the band started their long tour and played in Istanbul for the first time on April 18th.  Stephen Livingstone from the band, who looks exactly like our friend Ömer Balyalı, answered our questions.    Earthscore from Errors’ latest release Have Some Faith in Magic     Offprint: As a huge fan of your first EP How Clean Is Your Acid House? I’d like to hear your feelings about it and also would like you...

Pelican played live yesterday at Garajistanbul and left the audience with hearing disabilities with their songs that seemed to be written to facepunch the...

Bora Başkan has been on the spotlights of offprint with both his visual fine art works and his music performances as Ventochild. We met with him at Kadıköy on a bright Saturday to talk about cosmic Turkish architecture and contemporary cityscapes. On a side note, we also had the chance to visit the infamous “duck head children’s playground”   Ventochild – Mendil(Ankarastep)   Offprint: What exactly is Anatolianstep and Ankarastep? Can you enlighten us about those? Bora Başkan: Before Ankarastep, we were into Anatolian music with Koray(Grup Ses Beats) around 2007. We thought Anatolia and foreign lands should be...

With his each new album, Hauschka manages to embody intangible perspectives and present it to his audience. Last year with his Salon Des Amateurs release, Hauschka once again created a novelty. We had the chance to talk with Volker Bertelmann(a.k.a. Hauschka) just hours before his first ever concert in Istanbul at Borusan Müzikevi. It turns out Hauschka had traces from his  rich and versatile musical past from hip-hop to rock.   TwoAM from Salon Des Amateurs      Offprint: First of all, I’d like to talk about your last album, Salon Des Amateurs. Your sound has apparently changed with that album, rhythm and bass are...

  tUnE-yArDs is probably one of the most recognized bands of 2011 with their album ”w h o k i l l”. In addition to the hits from the album like “Gangsta” and “Bizness”, Merrill Garbus manages to gratify the audience with her stage shows as well. Last stop for the band’s long-running European tour was at Salon IKSV , Istanbul. The band stayed a little longer to enjoy Kadıköy and record three songs at Studio Bee. We caught Merrill on her last day in Istanbul at Arkaoda, while enjoying their tour manager Fitz’s DJ set with a glass of rakı, then with a rakı in hand we took a...

Our beloved band Kafabindünya’s debut album Obi, finally launched last month. We caught Kafabindünya, who are known to do non-music related activities in order to strengthen the bonds among band members, while ice-skating. It seems that the release of Obi, has improved the life standards.   Kafabindünya’s secret track from Obi Kafabindünya – Pin Oaks Talk(Secret Track)     Offprint: You have said that you finished all of the...