Isik Kural - Motorcycles and Cherry Wind - Vinyl

Isik Kural's Motorcycles and Cherry Wind is a sonic travelogue of stories waiting and wanting to be told, of seekers passing through a loop of time as they become witnesses to the glories of the ancient ruins. The album holds sounds of timeless quality-like inherited folklore, draped with secondhand nostalgia-taking the shape of whoever is eager enough to claim it as their own. Rich and full of character like the dusty mystery of an archeological site, Kural whispers to the living and the long gone alike in the poetic embrace of Motorcycles and Cherry Wind.

Of Turkish origin, composer and songwriter Isik Kural cut his teeth strumming nylon guitar strings in his adolescence, accompanied by playful lyrics composed solely of stumbled upon phrases and conversations. What began as a casual curiosity laid the foundations of his adult manifestations, inspiring him to pursue academic studies at the University of Miami for a life built around music. Inquisitive by nature, he grew into a frequent passenger, following rhythms and old wives' tales from Helsinki, to Glasgow (where he now resides), to historic landscapes. These escapades, particularly his wanderings through antique, golden hued old worlds, shape the emotional undercurrent of Motorcycles and Cherry Wind.Motorcycles and Cherry Wind's title, and it's animating spirit, trace back to a trip to Marrakech in 2022. As Kural observed the hustle and bustle of the town center, he was less keen on factual documentation than on the fleeting feelings entangled in sound.

Tracks:

• 1 Olives
• 2 Iki Kadiköy
• 3 Motorcycles and Cherry Wind
• 4 Many Only Manolyas
• 5 Altinoluk
• 6 A Single Bee on a Meadow
• 7 Vanilla Custard
• 8 Winter Sun
• 9 And a Petaled Side of a Road
• 10 Under the Canopy
• 11 Eliyana
• 12 Eliyana Ve Sonra Ay