Born and raised in Istanbul, studied in London, and relocated to Paris in 2005, cosmopolitan producer Tolga Fidan still considers himself Turkish above all else. At the age of 14, Tolga was playing bass and guitar in post rock bands. Always drawn to experimental music, he was taken with the sounds of Sonic Youth, Autechre, Pansonic, and Austrian experimentalists Fennesz. From this past, Tolga's musical interest organically morphed into deep techno, signed exclusively with Vakant, and became the label's youngest-ever artist.
The EP Berg EP
is featured in Update #055:
Ramadanman, Soul Clap, Gold Panda
March has marched on by, but not without pouring a vernal cornucopia of fantastic releases upon us. As usual our newsletter is filled to the brink with our personal favourites of the month, neatly split into genres for your browsing comfort.
In techno and more...
The EP Berg EP
is featured in Update #052:
Lucy, Efdemin, Romboy vs. Bodzin
We survey the state of club nation this week with Lucy's stunning album debut, Marc Romboy and Stephan Bodzin's massive 'Luna' project and DJ Koze and Portable remixing Efdemin. Fans of the latter should also check our new podcast by Dial's Rndm, Efdemin's more...
The EP Berg EP
was reviewed:
Tolga Fidan's unique productions are all ways something to look forward to, as are New Kanada's releases, and the first team-up of the Parisian producer and Adam Marshall's label couldn't have turned out better: Two cuts of gripping, subtly melodic techno meet two great drumless synth pieces on the flip. Excellent!
