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Dunya

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1.
Set out free all the demons inside of me. For the first time I can see, for what I used to be blind. Life is sweet, under the sugar sky. Everything is alright. Everything is alright, I'm alive. Come with me Up to the sugar sky. Like the bee, I'm floating over the flower field. Through the third eye I can see what's invisible to my eyes. Paradise is a set of mind. And I'm the queen of the sugar sky. Everything is alright. Everything is alright, I'm alive. Come with me Up to the sugar sky. Everything is alright. Everything is alright, I'm alive. Come with me Up to the sugar sky.
2.
Toprak 03:31
Toprak kara Toprak Erde, schwarze Erde bütün hayatin kaynai sensin du bist der Ursprung allen Lebens dünya ah ölümlü dünya Ach du todbringende Welt senin güzeline gözlerimiz kör für deine Schönheit, sind unsere Augen blind kuslarin sarkilari Der Gesang der Vögel ahududunun tadi der Geschmack von Himbeeren yapraklarin hisirtisi Das rascheln der Blätter her şey yalnızca senden kaynaklaniyor All das entspringt nur aus dir suyundan iceriz wir trinken von deinem Wasser bu her zaman böyleydi So ist es immer gewesen dünya değişiyor ama sensiz asla hayata kalamayiz Die Welt ändert sich, aber ohne dich können wir nicht überleben Gideceğimiz o gün gelecek Der Tag unseres Abschiedes wird kommen geri dönmek istemeyeceğim ich werde nicht zurückkehren wollen sadece bir avuc toprak kalir geride Was bleibt ist nur ein häufchen Erde ve bütün farkliliklar kaybolur ölümün gözünde All unsere Unterschiede, verschwinden im Auge des Todes.
3.
Same Sky 03:09
The same sky over us. Ages past and thoughts got lost. In my heart, is a room I build it up just for you. Endless times we sat together, And dreamt the days away. The same sky, the some home Thought that I just shared with you. I know you, you know me Days to years to history. Endless times we sat together, And dreamt the days away. There is No one who knows my deepest fears. No one who knows what brings me tears No one who knows how to heal No one who knows how I feel, But you Endless times we sat together, And dreamt the days away. Another time and another place. The sun rises thinking of you.
4.
Moonkeeper 04:34
I'm lying awake, Somewhere in between. Turning for hours, Can't find sleep. Inside my brain, There is a war. Trapped in this thought, Can't let it go. Like a Moonkeeper, Nightseaker, I'm wide awake.

about

Dunya means world. This world, which the 5-piece band wraps in a dream robe with their debut. The self-titled EP sounds as if it had sprung from the lines of a storybook to gently invite you into a mystical world. Sometimes in Turkish, sometimes in English - The formation around Banu, Lukas, Mike, Seb and Christian creates colorful contrasts both lyrically and musically.

In the 4 songs bright psychedelic rock dances around tender dream pop passages. But Dunya always keep both feet firmly on the ground. The first release of the Hamburg-based band is a groove-laden dialogue between the psychedelic and kraut rock of the 70s.

Dunya show that they are not only good at dynamic riffing and creating broad soundscapes, but can also seamlessly harmonize them. In a precisely orchestrated symbiosis, playful synthesizers and barbaric fuzz guitars make peace; the peace the band tangibly longs for in their lyrics.

Thus Toprak comes across as a desperate wake-up call:

"Toprak, kara toprak
(Earth, dark earth)
bütün hayatın kaynağı sensin
(you are the source of all life)
dünya, ah ölümlü dünya
(Oh, you death-bringing world)
senin güzelliğine gözlerimiz kör
(for your beauty our eyes are blind)."


Singer Banu Sengül's voice holds an urgency and strength that captures and decisively exposes your world-weariness at its core. Toprak reveals his melancholy without seeming passive or powerless. Instead, the song has something revelatory, almost opening, in its tension. The melodic runs bring to mind bands like Altin Gün or Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, without losing anything of Dunya's own musical essence in the slightest.

Where Toprak is still an epic venture, Moonkeeper takes us into a fog of lucid dream images. Stoic guitar runs revel here in contemplative vibraphone - melodies that create a trance-like maelstrom. Dunya let this maelstrom fulminantly implode in a sound nova, to let the listener consciously breathe again after the climax.

"Like a Moonkeeper, Nightseaker, I'm wide awake."

In Everything a real psy maelstrom arises from a playful and carefree mood. Shallow organs and high-pitched guitar walls skillfully shake hands to dance together around the fire in a mighty crescendo after a well-arranged build-up.

A detached mood blossoms from Same Sky, in which one nostalgically surrenders to one's own thoughts. The floating melodies invite you to daydream and make Dunya's debut EP a well-rounded, impressive listening experience.

The 4 songs were recorded by guitarist Christian in a small construction trailer in a rural idyll. Benedikt Brands (My Friend Peter) mixed the whole thing, the EP will be released on May 7th 2021 on La Pochette Surprise Records in Hamburg.

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released May 7, 2021

All Songs written by Dunya
Recorded by Christian Lincke
Mixed by Benedikt Brands
Mastered by Wellenbrecher Audio
EP Artwork by Lukas Tietkens
Single Artwork Photo by Lukas Drude / Layout by Lukas Tietkens

℗ 2021 Released by La Pochette Surprise Records
© 2021 Published by La Pochette Surprise / Community Publishing

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