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In a Dark House

by Zeynep Toraman

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1.
Poems 09:12
2.
Nocturnes 09:45
3.
Chimes 05:38
4.
Gardens 13:13

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Obscure & Terrible is proud to present the debut album from composer and scholar Zeynep Toraman. Having grown up in Istanbul, Toraman currently resides in Berlin and is completing her doctorate in composition at Harvard University. Her compositions have been performed and celebrated internationally, creatively combining acoustic and electronic instrumentation and drawing inspiration from text-based media, including her own library, archive and developing autobiography.

Speaking with Toraman, she describes her work almost as a curator rather than musician. "Full of allusions to 19th century repertoire and imagination, In a Dark House-my work akin to an archivist-brings together synths, field recordings, e-guitar, samples from a fortepiano that is very dear to me, and various perfect and imperfect string samples gleaned over the years. These various acts of gathering and organizing became a method for self-determination in my musical practice, while also a way of entering into untimely and unconscious collaborations with many others."

In a Dark House conjures a uniquely cryptic experience, at times blending in with the listener's surroundings by creating an extension of the organic environment in which it presents itself. However, far from a passive experience, the album’s four tracks weave together drones and synthesis, with found sounds, to envelop the participant in Toraman's own sonic language. Standing alongside her contemporaries in the fields of minimalism and deep listening, Toraman's electroacoustic compositions are equally alluring as they are challenging. In a Dark House will be released July 14th digitally and on limited edition cassette, with an accompanying performance by Toraman in her adopted city of Berlin.

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released July 14, 2023

All tracks composed and recorded 2020-2022 in Berlin & Ghent
Viola samples in Chimes performed by Julie Michael
Concept and production by Zeynep Toraman
Mastered by Queer Ear Mastering
Cover art by Andrea Pecatikov
Layout by Kole Galbraith

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