When »Loopworks« by Koray Kantarcıoğlu was released in 2018, it was at the same time an extraordinary album while it actually working with familiar formulas: the visual and sound artist created eerie, sustained ambient pieces based on loops that had been manipulated almost beyond recognition, reminiscent in their style of William Basinski and even more so of the British representatives of the Hauntology principle. But by concentrating on recordings of Turkish music from the 1960s and 70s, Kantarcıoğlu created a completely different sound aesthetic that drew on their tonal characteristics. »Loopworks 2« picks up where it left off, yet draws on a wider range of source material that includes new age and jazz releases plus occasional musical additions from Berke Can Özcan on drums or drone-folk artist Ekin Fil. The eleven pieces, accompanied by just as many outtakes on a bonus CD, sound accordingly more nebulous and at times more esoteric, but sometimes all the more focused than on the previous album. It seems as if the contours of Kantarcıoğlu’s music vanish at the same time as new structures develop from them. The result of these circular processes of the sound fading away and new forms taking shape is nothing less than outstanding.
Loopworks 2
