Welcome to Kraków
Unknown1/19/2014 07:03:00 PM 0 comments

After 5 months in Gliwice and Śląsk. We moved to Kraków. New life, new house, new work and new city. We also entered new year in Kraków with our friends. We were planning to go to New Year party in Rynek. But we decided to stay at home and watch party on TVN. And when we heard alcohol was not allowed in party area I think it was good idea to stay in warm flat. Maybe our table was not so rich as much as you had but we were not hungry at end of the night. :) Friends brought also great food. Check and get one of these from her blog.

We didn`t have so much time for touristic action since we moved but on the other hand we were visiting Kraków often before. But we went to Krakowski Kumpir. People who lived in Istanbul should know meaning of it. Ortakoy Kumpir Waffle Bosphorus Nargile Cay Ayran. This combination was one of my favourite for weekend. Maybe there is no bosphorus but Krakow has Kumpir :) It is kind of take way restaurant. There is no indoor seats but few seats outside. Which is minus for me. Because kumpir is not sandwich. You need fork or spoon. It`s not easy to eat on the way. But at least there are bar desk and seats. There is around 10 different type of Kumpir which you can choose from their board. I have chosen Krakowski Kumpir which has almost every kind of salad. They have Gas drinks and Kefir which can replace for your Ayran :) You can also have some hot tea.
Taste is maybe not so similar what you had in Turkey. I think t needs little more butter and cheese. And i forgot to tell they offer butter with garlic. But we didnt want that way.
As I can see Kumpir is pretty new food. When we were eating people on the way was looking with curious eyes. For a country which potato is very important(Poland) I think there will be more places for Kumpir.
Krakowski Kumpir is at Hala Targowa. Address is ul.Gregorzecka 3. and it opens 24/7 !! Facebook

This weekend we went to a concert. Actually I was curious about venue. Because almost every nice shows I interested was in this venue called Kwadrat. It is located on student neighbourhood. But really good for concerts. Fair enough for mid-size concerts. This place was host for so many important bands like Napalm Death, Sick of it All
, Biohazard, Dillinger Escape Plan, New Model Army, Anti-Flag, August Burns Red, Swans, Nazareth, Nouvelle Vague and thousands more. And every wall you can see posters. I think I will visit this place often. 
Our friends told us, there is aconcert of 2 polish bands maybe we would like to join to them. Name of the bands are Ampacity and Blindead. Blindead was headliner. They are playing stoner rock/metal and sludge with down to up tempo with scream and clean vocals. Ampacity was little amateur if you compare with Blindead but they had good tunes. Blindead is pretty old band . I think they started on 90s. And you feel experience on stage while they are playing. They have absolutely good drummer. All members were performing very well and and they were very active on stage. And this makes more fun in atmosphere. After they finished playlist as a tradition audience called them back to stage. After while they came and played 3 more long songs. There was also nice visual on stage wall for each song.
More information about bands, you can visit Ampacity website. and for Blindead youcan visit their Facebook page.
Entrance was 30 zl. Which is very reasonable price. Draft beer was 6 zl. Crowd was very nice. They enjoyed music. It was not packed. maybe 70% full. Show started on time and finished on time not lke in Turkey. 
I can say we had nice evening. and hopefully I will continue to post udates about concerts and of course food. :)  





Ampicity

Blindead


                                                                  Blindead video
 

Alternative Sounds from Poland 2
Unknown12/21/2013 11:06:00 PM 0 comments

On this post I want to share post-rock indie bands from Poland and their songs which I like...
Poland has so many independent post-rock bands. If you lke Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Arcade Fire etc. You should check these sounds. On our previous posts I wrote about Tides From Nebula. Lets go deeper now...

Our first guest is NAO from Warsaw. They are singing in Polish and call them self experimental rock. they have female vocal and just one album from 2011. They have very interesting and unique sound. But they should release more stuff.

If you like metal sludge with post rock together, Blank Faces is for you. Progresive post rock from Wrocław. Long songs, slow, deep and heavy riffs will take you a journey. They are using few vocals on their songs. Blank Faces has 5 songs record on bandcamp which can be listened online.

You want drama, sadness, suffering on songs? Here you have one of my favourite. Spoiwo. I always have chills when I listen their song. This kind of songs are usually very long but Spoiwo is keeping songs shorter. And this video is totally excellent. I also recommend the song called `Skin`

Frozen Lakes is another band from capital Warsaw. Mostly slow and mid tempo melodic music with little aggresive vocals. They remind me french band A Red Season Shade when I have listened first time. Thy have 4 songs EP which can be listened on bandcamp or soundcloud.


Our next band is one man project Klimt. No vocal, melodic, melancholic strong music. He should definitely make more songs. I think when he plays live he has a line up from several bands. Here you got great song and video clip.

One of another my favourite band from Łódz. Hunted by the Waves. They have 3 songs EP with 20 minutes. Slow to strong, sludge to loud, instrumental to metal sound. They are taking you open sea with their great music without any vocal.


Our last guest is from Chorzów. Keira is You. They just released new album and tour around europe including Turkey. This two men band has really strong riffs, mostly more than 5 min songs and really emotional sound. Im adding here one video and new album on bandcamp. Enjoy.



Alternative Sounds from Poland : Tides From Nebula
Unknown6/24/2012 01:10:00 PM 0 comments


Tides From Nebula is an instrumental, post-rock/metal band from Warsaw, Poland. The band formed in January of 2008

Their first album Aura was released on May 25th on the Lou&Rocked Boys.

Tides From Nebula’s new album entitled “Earthshine” was released on May 9th 2011.The writing of material for ‘Earthshine’ was completed in the first half of 2010. During recording to distance them from everyday life the band took to the remote Polish mountains. This new, inspiring environment proved to be the perfect setting to record, resulting in an album filled with emotional, ambient and energetic soundscapes.

‘Earthshine’ was produced by Zbigniew Preisner, renowned as one of the Worlds foremost composers of music for film and theatre. Zbigniew tracked the band down after hearing them on the radio and offered his experience and expertise. An offer that couldn’t be refused or understated ‘Working with such a great composer brought a new perspective to our compositions, Zbigniew’s invaluable experience has certainly enriched us as musicians’ states Maciej. ‘We put our all in to ‘Earthshine’ our very beings, what we have created makes us very proud’

Line-up:
Adam Waleszynski (guitar)
Maciej Karbowski (guitar, synth)
Przemek Weglowski (bass)
Tomasz Stolowski (drums)

for more, please visit their official website www.tidesfromnebula.com.
The Tragedy of Joseph Merrick. Live at Trix, Belgium

European Tour 2011 Teaser

Live at TVP

"earthshine" album teaser

Live show from Dunk Festival

Alternative Sounds from Turkey
Unknown6/03/2012 01:05:00 PM 0 comments


Baba Zula is a Turkish alternative musical group, founded in Istanbul in 1996. It's imposible to put their sound in one genre.Total unique psychedelic sound with Turkish folk, rock and playing with so many different instruments. They hab-ve been shown up Fatih Akin's documentry "Crossing the bridge". Here are brand new music video "Özgür Ruh" (Free Soul)


Gevende is a distinguished music band from the recently evolving music scene of Turkey, also grabbing the attention of music lovers and professionals abroad. Established in 2000-, Eskişehir. Their purely original works which transgresses all barriers can be defined as psychedelic folk or folk rock. Especially on stage, they are highlighting improvisations and let songs flowing the current mood : They build up a context, start playing around it and end up with an inconceivable performance constructed with simple musical elements, jubilant vocal inventions and an imaginary language coming from nowhere yet rooted everywhere. for more info visit http://www.gevende.com

Kardeş Türküler (Songs of Fraternity) was conceived in 1993 as a series of concerts given by the music branch of the Folklore Club at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey.
The diverse ethnic groups in this ancient part of the world initially gave cause for the concerts to have artists perform interpretations of Anatolian folksongs in Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian.Forthwith, the musical heritage of the Laz, Georgian, Circassian, Roma, Macedonian and Alevi cultures were all incorporated into the program.
The scholarly collection and research of the diverse folklore traditions of the region is an important part of BGST’s activities, but Kardeş Türküler has been intent on forging its own music tradition as well.
Buyuk Ev Ablukada is new band which founded at 2008. Although they have no album, they became so famous with their songs and video clips on internet. And they gave great concerts. Members of the band are also actors. They are using one man dialog in their songs. Check out their other songs from their website. http://www.buyukevablukada.com 
Kafabindunya is intrumental high volume post-rock band. Heavy, dark, deppressive.. Sounds like scream with instruments. If you like Mogwai, God is an Astrounout, Pelican, Explosions in the Sky as major bands you would like this band. Their brand new album Obi is just out. And here is their official video.
Kimkio (means "who is that anyway?") is two-girls band from Istanbul-2006 and making music with bass guitar and synthesizer. They are pretty active that you can catch them live in Turkey. They also had Europe tour as well and They have debut LP called "Dans" from a Dutch record label. Lyrics are mostly in Turkish. You can find more information from their website and here is a live performance from Peyote Club, Istanbul. http://www.kimkio.org/
Farfara is a band from İstanbul whose members are Etkin Cekin, Tolga Böyük and Eralp Güven. A band which has invented itself with a psychedelic brew of kraut drums, shoegazing guitars, airy synths, ethereal vocals, lots of Love and a clear commitment to pop. http://farfara.bandcamp.com/

123 is starting their musical journey back in 2004, 123, in other words "one, two, three", released their debut album "aksel" in November 2009. "aksel" is a cd/book with 230 pages of illustrations made by Huban Korman. After this they released 2 more albums and last as 4th album Lara was on stores at 2012. They involved so many event around the world. This is their first video from their  Lara album. http://www.123theband.com/



On Your Horizon
Unknown5/20/2012 09:31:00 PM 0 comments

Here is instrumental rock band On Your Horizon from Turkey. We will try to share tunes from both sides. On Your Horizon is great band if you like bands such as Appleseed Cast, Pelican, Explosions in the Sky etc.
Here's new video clip with nice pictures of Istanbul. You will also find short information about band below and Myspace link where you can listen more songs. Enjoy!

                                                            On Your Horizon Myspace

Band Info: Bright guitars, magical timbre of cello and plenty of nostalgia... On Your Horizon is an astral projection band!

Having its roots in Eskişehir in 2009 as a one-man-project and reaching its final band form in March of 2010, the living space of OYH is the stages, directly. The music of the band offers a different approach covered with experimental elements on post-rock axis.

On Your Horizon, with its "Home" titled DIY album released in February of 2010, having reached to many listeners in and out of the borders free of charge, has recently entitled to 3rd rank award in 15th Roxy Music Days (Roxy Müzik Günleri). 

Sensation Turkey 2012
Unknown4/26/2012 10:39:00 AM 0 comments

Sensation is rocking big arenas more than 10 years in the whole world. Best trance DJs are playing with incredible shows. This gorgeous open air party is coming to Turkey. Date is not announced yet. We will inform you as soon as we got more information.
http://www.sensation.com/

Tuborg Gold Fest 2012 Istanbul
Unknown4/26/2012 09:31:00 AM 0 comments

Istanbul always have so many open air festivals on summer. But this one is little heavy.
Rock'n roll Masters Guns n' Roses is coming 3rd time to Istanbul. Fans cant wait to see them again. 
You know Tuborg is second biggest beer brand after Efes in Turkey. And its kinda anniversary of Tuborg Gold. There will be +18 age limit according to new laws in Turkey. So be sure you have no age-limit problem before buying ticket.
Days of the festival is different than usual. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday... Im really curious about line-up. Because most of people are worlking on weekdays.
Name of the organization company is Purple Concerts. They made famous metal festival series called Sonisphere 3 times in Istanbul. But I guess last year was last.
ONE DAY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!!
Normal ticket (all day pass) is 150 liras, Front of stage is 375 liras, VIP area is 530 liras. And of course VIP guests have acces to get Front of stage area. You can buy your ticket from leading ticket company of Turkey, www.biletix.com
Here are list of bands.
Guns N' Roses
Evanescence
Şebnem Ferah
Within Temptation
Apocalyptica
In Flames
Pentagram
Lacuna Coil
Godsmack
Ugly Kid Joe
Skindred
Heaven Shall Burn
Redd
Sweet Savage
Ayse Saran
Pleneur
Erdem Yener
Gurcan Ersoy



KRAKOW LOVES ADANA
Unknown4/15/2012 06:36:00 PM 0 comments

Krakow Loves Adana is music project by a girl from Turkey who lives in Germany and her Boyfriend. I have no idea why they made this name. But i will look for answers :)





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