News/Events
02 June 2023 - Concert: Pitohui @Salon IKSV
07 May 2023 - Concert: Pitohui@Arkaoda
04 May 2023 - Concert: Entendre BAU Electroacoustic Music Concert @BAU Conservatory
23 April 2023 - Concert: Solidarity Concerts: Pitohui@Moda Sahne
28 January 2023 - Concert: Pitohui & Basar Ünder @Karga
02 December 2022 - Concert: Pitohui @ODTÜ Müzik Toplulukları 8. Alternatif Müzik Günleri
23 September 2022 - Reworks'' by Pitohui & wipeç is out now via Shalgam Records.
Afrobars (Pitohui Rework)
“Afrobars” from wipeç’s debut LP E.V. is built on a short but catchy synth loop. Pitohui reimagined the original track by adding more layers, more tension, and some new dynamics.
Credits:
Samples from: wipeç
Guitar: Barkın Engin
Synthesizer: Burak Tamer
Bass: Cem Kayıran
Drums, drum machine, fx: Berkay Küçükbaşlar
Mix & mastering: Barkın Engin, Burak Tamer
Cover art: Deniz Bankal, Aylin Güngör
Buhid Gallspat (wipeç Gallo EP Rework)
wipeç's twist on the full Gallo EP by Pitohui. The rework contains sounds from the entire EP, with no additional material. Sounds from the EP are used as samples, textures and made into instruments to create the track.
Credits:
Samples from: Pitohui
Composed, arranged, produced, and mixed by: Ahmetcan Gökçeer
Mastering by: Barkın Engin
Cover art: Deniz Bankal, Aylin Güngör
09 July 2022 - Concert: Seslerde (Karen Willems, Zeynep Kaya Breaud & Ehsan Yadollahi) @Bos! Festival
10 May 2022 - Concert: Öykü Aras @Blind
6 March 2022- Concert: RFOA @ Hoş Atölye
19 November 2021 - Şevket Akıncı's new album "Dünyada Saat Kaç?" is out now via Tarla Records. I had the pleasure to perform on the track "Denya Sub Ether Radio".
19 March 2021 - New Yerçekimi Ep "Tutulma" is available on all digital platforms!
12 March 2021 - The final Yerçekimi single "Yağmur" is available at Bandcamp.
5 March 2021 - The debut single "Uyan" by Öykü Aras is released by Shalgam Records. Recorded and mixed by me. The full album will be available on March 29th.
26 February 2021 - Fourth single "Jüpiter Yıldızı" from the upcoming Yerçekimi
EP "Tutulma" is out now!
18 February 2021 - Maçka Müzik Teknolojileri Günleri V Programı
12 February 2021 - Third single "Budala" from the upcoming Yerçekimi
EP "Tutulma" is out now!
29 January 2021 - Second single "Fall" from the upcoming Yerçekimi
EP "Tutulma" is out now!
15 January 2021 - First single "Güzel Bir Gece" from the upcoming Yerçekimi
EP "Tutulma" is out now!
25 December 2020 - New Reverie Falls On All single "Elusive Self" out now!
Illustration by Duygu Tamer Cover Design: İpek Torun
20 December 2020 - New Reverie Falls On All single "Elusive Self" will be out on December 25th.
20 November 2020 - Pleased to be a part of dearest Karen Willems' latest tape release Schreve.
Pre-orders start today.
08 September 2020 - Concert: Pitohui @27th Istanbul Jazz Festival
04 September 2020 - New Pitohui single Foton is out know via Shalgam Records!
19 June 2020
“Seslerde”, our collaboration with my dear friend Karen Willems is out now! ❤
It’s available on Bandcamp: https://karenwillems.bandcamp.com/album/seslerde-02
If you like to purchase the limited edition cassette version, you can visit W.E.R.F Records Bandcamp page. https://werfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/seslerde-02
8 June 2020
"Seslerde" limited edition cassette, pre-order now available at WERF Records!
https://werfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/seslerde-02
4 June 2020 - Seslerde, a coloboration with Karen Willems.
As a part of Karen Willems’ tape releases, I have the pleasure to collaborate with her once again. The result is titled Seslerde; which is kind of a sonic journey of the days we spent performing together in Istanbul back in February. My dear friends Zeynep Kaya Beraud and Burak Tamer are also guests on the record. The tape will be released by WERF Records based in Bruges.
Graphic design by Dominiek Claeys.
Pre-orders 8/06
Official release 19/6
16 March 2020 - Back To The Sound Interview (in Turkish)
26 February 2020 - Concert: Akıncı, Engin, Willems @Anahit Sahne
26 February 2020 - Concert: Ertel, Engin, Willems@Arkaoda
27 December 2019 - New Pitohui Ep Gallo is out know!
07 December 2019 - New Reverie Falls On All single "Everlasting Ripple" is out now! Everlasting Ripple represents the sustaining existence of a painting created in 1967, merged with sounds of the present. Comprised solely of electronic sounds, the combination of abstract layers with rhythmic textures alters the time perception of the audience.
22 November 2019 - Third Pitohui single of 2019, "Hid", is available on digital universe now. The track also features our old friend Tolga Tres.
18 October 2019 - Concert: Pitohui @Salon IKSV.
11 October 2019 - Second Pitohui single of the year, "Bufo" is now available on digital platforms via Domuz Records.
13 September 2019 - New Pitohui single "Feldspat" is out now!
12 September 2019 - Asparagaste (Reverie Falls On All Remix) is out now!
11 September 2019 - Bina'da Bant Mag Radyo!
26 July 2019 - Concert: Pitohui @ Bomontiada
02 June 2019 - Sevgili Müjde Yazıcı Ergin ile uzun zaman sonra Diken için sohbet etme fırsatı yakaladik. (Interview in Turkish.)
09 May 2019 - Concert: Pitohui @ Nayah
20 April 2019 - Concert: Şevket Akıncı & Hezarfen Ensemble @Borusan Müzik Evi
I will be doing live electronics for the debut performance of "Escher Chronicles".
18 April 2019 - Sevgili Ufuk Önen'in "Miks Üzerine" serisinin ikinci kitabı yayımlandı. Deneyimlerimi paylaşmaktan mutluluk duydum.
10 April 2019 - "Rest", a piece from our second album with TUNA PASE, has been included to the compilation Resonancias Atmosféricas III.
20 March 2019 - "Clouds", a documentary film by Osman Nuri İyem, which I did the sound design and the mixing, will make its premiere in 38th Istanbul Film Festival.
01 March 2019 - Concert: Pitohui @ Karga
24 February 2019 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Bina
19 February 2019 - My dear friend Nihan Devecioglu's debut solo album "Ozean" is out via Barcelona based label Whatabout Music and can be found in the digital universe now. The track titled "25", which we recorded together back in the summer of 2017, has made its way to the album too.
23 November 2018 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Mecra
17 November 2018
I'm so delighted to announce the very first music video Descent, by Reverie Falls On All. Heartfelt thanks to our directors Burak Yıldrım & Emre Aypar, producers Esra Seyrekbasan & Çağlar Caner (Shortcut) and everyone who made this possible.
04 October 2018 - Rest on Spotify!
03 October 2018 - Rest on iTunes & Apple Music!
01 October 2018 - Rest is out now!
25 September 2018- Rest Teaser II
18 September 2018- Rest Teaser I
“Rest”, our second album with TUNA PASE, will be available on digital platforms on 10.01.2018.
First teaser!
08 September 2018 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Arkaoda
31 July 2018- “Dead Horse Nebula”, debut feature film by Tarık Aktaş, will be premiered on Locarno Festival 2018.
25 July 2018 - My thoughts about the Roli Seaboard Controller for Bant Mag.
22 June 2018 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ kargART
May 2018 - Tour with Inwolves
New Inwolves album “Color in the Zoo” is out now and I will join the band for the upcoming Belgium tour! Here are the dates and venues…
May 4 – Cactus Brugge
May 5 – Ha’fest / Handelsbeurs
May 6 – La Halte
May 10 – Nosta
May 11 –De Studio
Also Karen Willems, Nils Gröndahl and I will perform improvised sets as a trio. Here is the first date.
May 9 - Het Narrenschip Vaart
May 11 - S.M.A.K
28 April 2018 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Bina
03 April 2018
"She Needs Air", the first track from the upcoming Inwolves album “Color In The Zoo” is available on Youtube now! It was a pleasure for me to contribute and I will also join the band for the album tour in May. Dates soon…
30 March 2018
Pitohui made the sound design for Begüm Yaman's video "Sahne / The Scene". Available in Art-On as a part of the exhibition "Parça-Bütün” throughout April.
28 February 2018
Scattered Sounds - Salt Beyoglu 22.04.2015
Live performance of the album "Hazy Stars".
22 January 2018
New track "After A Bleak Second" online now!
6 December 2017
10th anniversary of the İMÇ EP!
11 November 2017 - Rfoa @ "An Anthology of Turkish Experimental Music" / Borusan Müzik Evi
27 October 2017 - Stellar Stream on Bandcamp!
26 October 2017 - Second Yerçekimi album "Daha Uzak" has been released! Available on digital platforms.
11 October 2017- New Reverie Falls On All record "Stellar Stream" is now available digitally!
23 September 2017 -Yerçekimi albümünden ilk single "Başka Bir Rüzgarda" dijital platformlarda! // First single from the new Yercekimi album is available on digital platforms!
20 September 2017 - Teaser from the upcoming record Stellar Stream!
18 September 2017 - Bant Mag. Yeni albümler, konseptler ve yaratıcı süreçler üzerine: Goralı ve Reverie Falls On All
08 September 2017 - New Yerçekimi album "Daha Uzak" will be released soon.
12 August 2017 - Live Soundtrack: Metropolis @Restore Film Günleri
09 April 2017 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @Peyote Teras
25 March 2017 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @Sonar Istanbul 2017
07 March 2017 - New Pitohui video for the track "Vatoz" is online now!
26 February 2017 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @Take the AID Train!
25 August 2016 - New piece "Ripples of July" is online now.
03 July 2016 - New Pitohui Ep "Enspektör" is released via Domuz Records.
29 May 2016 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Yerli Baskı Festival - Arkaoda
13 April 2016 - Reverie Falls On All is included in Sub Rosa's compilation "Anthology of Turkish Experimental Music 1961-2014". It is available as double CD & vinyl.
6 April 2016 - I'll be joining Kinesis on stage for three songs at their "Miasma" EP launch concert.
29 February 2016 - Our mix for Frequency Asia is now on Mixcloud!
17 February 2016 - I contributed "East [hyphen] West, Sound Impressions of Istanbul" project with a short essay titled "Our Sonic Territories". You can purchase the vinyl edition or listen/read from the project website.
18 January 2016 - Brand new Reverie Falls On All live videos are now online!
"A Dark Star" "Valediction II"
04 December 2015 - Live Soundtrack - Menschen am Sonntag: 2nd International Silent Film Festival @ Istanbul Modern
21 November 2015 - Concert: Electric Yolda @Handelsbeurs (+Ayyuka & Baba Zula)
20 November 2015 - Concert: Reverie Falls On All @ Trefpunt vzw
16 October 2015 - Reverie Falls On All @ MIAM Electroacoustic Retrospective concert!
16 October 2015 - Concert: Electric Yolda @Peyote
15 October 2015 - Tuna Pase's new album Under The Tree,mixed and mastered by me, is available now on iTunes.
19 September 2015 - Rebloom vinyl is out in Istanbul! Worldwide distribution will start on October 2nd by Cargo Records UK.
12 September 2015 - Red Light Radio Meets Turkish Jams - DJ Set
22 August 2015 - Concert: Pitohui@Minipax Festival
3 July 2015 -New Yerçekimi single "Olmuyor" is out now!
19 June 2015 - Concert: Yerçekimi@Peyote
06 June 2015 - Play List for Hafif Müzik
22 May 2015 - Concert: Yerçekimi@Karga
15 May 2015 - Red Bull Video Interview
12 May 2015 - New record Rebloom is out now on i-Tunes & Spotify via Shalgam Records.
07 May 2015 - Panel: Sound Design Education in Turkey @ Kadir Has University
06 May 2015 - Reverie Falls On All - "Rebloom" Teaser II:
02 May 2015 - Reverie Falls On All - "Rebloom" Teaser:
22 April 2015 - Concert: Tuna Pase & Barkın Engin - Seslerarası /Scattered Sounds (Salt)
21 April 2015 - Red Bull Interview
26 March 2015 - Concert: Yerçekimi@Peyote Istanbul
11 March 2015 - Music video for "Dünyanın Son Günü" is now online!
10 March 2015 - Concert: Pitohui@Papazerik Sound System (Roxy)
28 February 2015 - New Yerçekimi single "Dünyanın Son Günü" is out now! Besides recording and mixing, I also played guitar on this one.
02 February 2015 - Concert: Pitohui@Paradisos Session (Roxy)
30 January 2015 - New Pitohui single "Nar Nar" is released!
30January 2015 - Concert: Pitohui@Peyote Istanbul
15 January 2015 - Concert: Pitohui@Mojo
13 December 2014 - Concert: Pitohui @Peyote Eskisehir
06 December 2014 - Concert: Pitohui @Peyote Istanbul
28 November 2014 - Devin RMX is out!
25 November 2014 - Guest @ Dinleme Odasi
15 November 2014 - Concert: Pitohui @Karga
08 November 2014 - Concert: "Yolda" @De Centrale
24 October 2014 - Concert: Pitohui @Peyote Istanbul
17 October 2014 - Pitohui released second EP "Devin" via Bandcamp!
16 October 2014 - Concert: Breath, Song @Bilkent University
15 October 2014 - Concert: Tuna Pase & Barkın Engin Album Launch @Dunia
13 October 2014 - "Hazy Star", collaboration album with Tuna Pase, released via Bandcamp!
4 October 2014 - Concert: Breath, Song @EINSTEIN KULTUR
21 September 2014 - "Golden Boll’s biggest prize awarded to ‘Spirit of Dust’"
Barkın Engin is a musician, audio engineer, and academician from Istanbul, Turkey. He received his M.A. & Ph.D. degrees from Istanbul Technical University Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM) program. His research areas include music production, sound design for various media, and sonic arts.