An aurally stunning collaboration between Turkish guitarist/composer Erdem Helvacıoğlu and American percussionist Stuart Gerber that merges the guitarviol with a variety of percussion to create a sound world unlike any other. Recorded during two days of improvising, Esther’s Memory explores the line between reality and illusion, memory and hallucination through the eyes of an elderly lady with dementia.
Main contributers for the album :
Eppie Ozen
Christie Landes
Mehmet Adnan Helvacioglu
Ayse Teksoy
Melisa Fatma Onel Tecimen
Husnu Helvacioglu
Ahmet Ulug
M. Husamettin Suleymangil
Hande Love
`Esther s Memory` album has been included in the `BEST ALBUMS OF 2013` list on Cazkolik magazine.
Mixed by : Robert Scott Thompson and Stuart Gerber
Mastered by : Nev Walker
Design : Tim Schwartz
Date : 2013
Format : CD
Record label : Aucourant
ARTISTS
Erdem Helvacioglu : TogaMan GuitarViol
Stuart Gerber : Percussion
"This project also proves that avant-garde in music does not have to mean Yoko Ono. I'd love to hear what else these guys have done."
Dan Alcantara, The Equal Ground magazine