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Ilisu
Mixing politics and abstract electronic music can be somewhat of a dodgy affair. How does one impart their side of the debate through a series of blips, bleeps, and booms? Does the artist constantly ruminate over the issue at hand whilst tapping away at his keyboards and drum boxes? One can only wonder.
Fortunately, Phonem's Ilisu comes packed with liner notes. It's virtually impossible to extract from the music alone but Ilisu's themes are heavily steeped in political activism. A quick read through the inserts will inform listeners of the environmental dangers of the Ilisu project, a hydroelectric development in the Tigris Valley of Turkey.
All politicizing aside, Ilisu doesn't take...
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