Esmerine "Dalmak"

Country: Canada
Sub Genre: Instrumental Classical, Chamber, Ethnic, Post Rock
Label: Constellation Records
Release date: September 3, 2013
Tracklist: 
01. Learning To Crawl (03:21)
02. Lost River Blues I (07:24)
03. Lost River Blues II (03:16)
04. Barn Board Fire (04:06)
05. Hayale Dalmak (03:53)
06. Translator's Clos I (03:51)
07. Translator's Clos II (06:50)
08. White Pine (03:57)
09. Yavri Yavri [05:19]

Line-up: 
Bruce Cawdron (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) -  Glockenspiel, Marimba, Music Box
Rebecca Foon (Silv  er Mt. Zion, Set Fire To Flames) - Cello
Jamie Thompson (Unicorns, Islands) - Drums, Glockenspiel, Marimba
Brian Sanderson - Bass, Tenor Banjo, Violin

    with
Hakan Vreskala - Bendir, Vocals
Baran Aşık - Duduk
Ali Kazim Akdağ - Saz
James Hakan Dedeoğlu - Electric Guitar
Sarah Neufeld - Violin
Aaron Lumley - Contrebasse

Description/Reviews: 

Dalmak is a Turkish verb with many connotations: to contemplate, to be absorbed in, to dive into, to bathe in, to rush into, to plummet. As a title for Esmerine's new album, "dalmak" refers in a literal sense to immersion in the culture and music of Istanbul but also appropriately evokes the range of music that emerged from this immersion: a collection of songs that shift between meditative pulsing and enveloping restraint to headlong flights into rhythm and groove. With Dalmak, Esmerine presents some of its most richly minimal and intimate music alongside what is surely its most explosive, energized and ornate. The album is 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. 

Media/Samples 
Barn Board Fire
Translator’s Clos II

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