Episode Details

Sunset Grooves love thds and love Tropical Twista Records. Put both of them together and you get Istanbul on their new EP "Two Sides of a World". This EP is inspired by people. On the track "Mamyda", I recorded my Portuguese grandmother having a hard time talking about her life under Salazar’s dictatorship. I had been hearing plenty of those stories for all my life and I wanted to express them, while honoring and keeping track of my beloved 92 year old grandma’s life and voice. This process was inspired by the track «Walonreye» [Akumandra 2018], for which I recorded my Belgian grandmother talking about survival during World War II. "Istanbul" was composed after playing at Klein Garten, Istanbul. The promoters generously offered a reflective 3 day - tour of the city with meaningful discussions about the country’s history, multicultural heritage and contemporary political issues (and Turkish music, of course). Furthermore, they kindly helped me buy a good "Zurna", which is a traditional Turkish wind instrument I’d always been fascinated about, that I decided to use on this song honoring both Turkey and its diversity, as well as the nice people I’ve met there. Cover Artwork by Ibu Selva LINKS: Tropical Twista Records https://tropicaltwistarecords.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/tropicaltwistarecords https://www.facebook.com/tropicaltwistarecords https://www.instagram.com/tropical_twista_records/ thds https://www.thds.eu https://soundcloud.com/thdsmusic https://www.facebook.com/thdsmusic https://www.instagram.com/thdsmusic/ https://www.beatport.com/artist/thds/689721 https://www.youtube.com/user/thdschannel https://twitter.com/thdsmusic