Orkun A.

(This article's English version was produced with AI-assisted translation)

The latest work by Turkish artist Orkun Akbal finds its strength in the typical devices of ambient: reverbs and arpeggios, microsounds and granular synthesis. The title track contains, in just four minutes, not the usual drone, but an organic and controlled evolution. The search for a less static writing already emerges in comparison with the debut "The Age Of Spiral", where the sound research tended toward a more monolithic conception. The artist makes the art of layering his own, placing sounds until they seem like a single organism.

Glimmers appear in the underwater dives of "Lys", which manages to say a lot in three minutes, or in the following "Nothing Motion", whose synthesizers disappear and re-emerge in a breath with an ecstatic feel. But these are moments within an ecosystem that does not always shine. The closing eleven minutes of "In Full Bloom" try to recapitulate everything, but the breadth of the form does not compensate for the scarcity of internal developments. We are dealing with a composed and measured work, but a didactic one. More than an authentic incursion, an exercise carried out with diligence but without urgency: forty minutes flow by with a few moments of distraction.

26/01/2026