Piano (Steingreaber & Söhne E-272) : Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi

Mix & Mastering : Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi (ICC Studios)

Technical Riders Sound Card & Converter: Prismsound - Atlas

Mic Preamps: Earthworks 1022 & GML 8302

Mics: Schoeps MK4 Stereo (AB) & Josephson C42 Stereo (XY)

Mic Cables: Hosa &. Klotz GRG1

Sürük Tung, meaning "rubbing sound" in Pre-Turkish, is dedicated to Spanish cellist Juan Aguilera Cerezo. The multi-layered, organic structure accompanied by the variable left-hand pressures and the use of the moving bow is at the forefront of this work. This process allows each extended sound to come to distinction with a complex color variety that is open to sonic surprises. All gestures heard in this color automation – hidden in this variety – encompass a kind of "ghost motif" character; they emerge throughout the “flow form.” In addition to the second version of this work with fixed media, a third version is also available. This version is configured with an amplification system known as a “transducer.” The magnetic reflectors placed under the body of the instrument are connected to the computer with a connector, making all the effects sent from the computer resonate on the cello's soundboard. This transforms the instrument's body into a unique speaker, creating a second organic layer.

Studio Recording & Editing: Fernando Romero / Granada - Spain

Mix & Mastering: Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi / ICC Studios, Istanbul - Turkey

*This work was premiered on 24 March 2022, at XXIV Contemporary Music Festival of Córdoba (Spain) by cellist Juan Aguilera Cerezo.

Fix media Work

DAW: Logic Pro X
Sound sources: Trumpet - Violin - Electric shaver - Analog synthesizer (Dave Smith / mopho) - several softsynths - my singer toilet flush.

Sound card: UAD Apollo Twin
Mic preamp: Lachapell Audio 992 EG
Mics: DPA smk4061 miniature - 3dio 3D binaural - Oktava MK-101 large diagram and Schoeps CMIT 5UAG shotgun.

Analog synthesizer & trumpet: M.Ali Uzunselvi
Violin: Mithatcan Öcal
Recording-mix & mastering: M.Ali Uzunselvi

Huis Clos V / Improvisation performance with synthesizers, samplers and live video.

Performers: Emre Dündar Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi Mithatcan Öcal Video and programming: Şahin Kureta

Huge thanks for their assistance: Alexander Klein, sound Bert Günter, video Frank Kwiatkowski, light Michael Piaskowski, stage

Video documentation: Sören Lang, Martin Wolff

Clipped Miniatures I - Typewriter - Fixmedia Work

Sound Sources
Prepared Piano, Several soft synths & Trumpet : Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi
Recording, Mix & Mastering: Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi

The piece is based on, repetitive rhythmic textural, motor movements and hidden poly-temporal chances by augmented and diminueted the number of the notes used in the cellular texture of the structure of the work. The timbral atmosphere of the piece is generated by joining two different process, deformation of the pre-recorded acoustic instruments to be used as midi samples and using prepared acoustical instruments to create a rich transitional sound color pallet. As a result joining two sound worlds (acoustic and sample sounds), an audible illusion is created in a way difficult to be defined which one is from one of the sources.

The piece commissioned by Ensemble Airborne Extended on April 2017.

Performed by Ensemble Airborne Extended in Eskişehir ( 28.02.2018 )

Ensemble Airborne Extended:

• Piccolo : Elena Gabbrielli
• S.recorder : Caroline Mayrhofer
• Harp : Elisabeth Plank
• Midi keyboard : Sonja Leipold