MARMALSANA
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Cansu Tanrikulu - voice, electronic treatments
Maurice Louca - acoustic quarter-tone guitar
Tony Elieh - acoustic bass guitar
Burkhard Beins - percussion, bowed string
Marmalsana is a fusion of influences, given that Cansu Tanrikulu moved to Berlin from Ankara, Tony Elieh from Beirut, and Maurice Louca from Cairo, where they all developed new techniques inspired by the musical richness and encounters the city offers to artists. Burkhard Beins is one of the founders of Berlin's Echtzeitmusik movement, which has influenced many other musicians and scenes around the world. Their shared music represents all these backgrounds, styles, and influences, fueled by the expertise and experience of each musician. They are merging their individual contributions into a unified whole, iridescently moving between distinct placements of sound and moments beyond instrumental recognisability. A journey that's forming a nomadic musical language, employing extended techniques and objects to produce soundscapes of drones, textures, melodies, and polyrhythms, energized and enriched by Cansu's vocal contributions.
Releases:
Marmalsana (beins, elieh, louca), cass/dl, ruptured records, 2024
Ekbruligita, track on 'Land 03 - Compilation for the displaced in Lebanon', tunefork studios, 2026
Their first full release as a quartet has been recorded, and is currently in the process of mixing/mastering.