This summer Salon IKSV continues their wonderful Gezgin Salon series, which sees them taking their amazing program to new destinations, this time at the vibrant open-air Parkorman on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June. Presented by +1, the music festival has lined up some serious talent, with more announcements on the way. German electronic music supergroup Moderat, as well as French pop and nu-disco band L’Impératrice headline Saturday’s festivities with support from Molchat Doma, Rhye, Feng Suave, and Palmiyeler. American dream-pop band Cigarettes After Sex, alongside Belgian indie singer-songwriter Taimino, dominate Sunday’s proceedings with support from Jakuzi, Islandman, Kit Sebastian, and Barış Demirel. Tickets are on sale via Passo.
From the organizer:
Salon İKSV has been taking good music from its house in Beyoğlu to bigger stages of town for a while as Gezgin Salon (Salon on Wheels), supported by +1. This time, Gezgin Salon welcomes Istanbulites with a non-stop open-air festival to last for a weekend on 25-26 June at the forest lodge of Parkorman. The captains in the cabin will be Moderat with their minimal Berlin techno, L’Impératrice with their soulful funk, the band of sweet sorrows, Cigarettes After Sex, and fans’ ‘habibi’, Tamino. Tickets are available as of Monday, 28 February.
More acts will be announced on Salon’s website saloniksv.com/en and social media channels.
Moderat with their long-waited album and live show MORE D4TA
When Modeselektor [Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary] and Apparat [Sascha Ring] decided to become one, Moderat was born. Moderat laid their foundation in 2003 with the EP Auf Kosten der Gesundheit and then needed six years to put together the album Moderat. Following the soberly called II and III in 2013 and 2016, Moderat announced that they’d be taking an extended break following a final concert in their hometown of Berlin in front of 17.000 people. Yet in 2022 they return with a new album and a new live show. MORE D4TA, the group’s fourth album, arrives more than six years after its predecessor and wrestles with feelings of isolation and information overload – issues that have become particularly pronounced recently. After spending the better part of two decades making music together, MORE D4TA showcases a group that’s creatively recharged and fully dedicated to its craft.
L’Impératrice with their heart-warming, muscle-relaxing soul-funk
Since the release of Matahari three years ago, L’Impératrice has been living in a permanent state of vertigo. That debut album was followed by a whirlwind tour through the band’s native France, and then onto Italy, Mexico, California… But not before two sold out nights at the legendary Olympia in Paris. It’s a journey that has broadened the horizons of all of those who sail in the Empress. As the world around us has altered in the last three years, and things have changed in the world of L’Impératrice too. Their latest, 2021 release Tako Tsubo is a breakup album in which Matahari’s romantic streak has made way for a landscape more anchored in reality.
A dream pop to accompany with lanterns: Cigarettes After Sex
The week Gonzalez and his bandmates – drummer Jacob Tomsky, bassist Randy Miller, and keyboardist Phillip Tubbs – arrived in Mallorca to begin recording Cry happened to be the very week that the long-awaited, self-titled debut LP of Cigarettes After Sex hit shelves in 2017. Recorded in a stunning house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the collection reflects the uneasy beauty, erotic longing, and stark minimalism of the space, all smooth lines and soft light. The full-length collection earned international raves out of the gate, with The Independent praising it as ‘intimate and spectral’. The Guardian dubbed the band’s ‘noir dreampop’ as ‘among 2017’s best’. In addition to being a critical smash, the record was also a streaming juggernaut, approaching one billion plays across all platforms and landing the band dates on five continents along with festival slots from Primavera and Best Kept Secret to Lollapalooza and Reading & Leeds.
A collective journey to the sound of Middle East with Tamino
Of Belgian, Egyptian and Lebanese heritage, Tamino was only 21 when he wrote and shaped his first album of visceral, sit-up-and-listen quality, called Amir. Although the majority of the playing heard on Amir is Tamino himself, he is joined by a collective of Arabic musicians based in Brussels called Nagham Zikrayat. The firka (orchestra) is predominantly made up of professional musicians from the Middle East, most of which have refugee status having predominantly fled from Iraq and Syria. Over the course of Amir, Tamino captures a range of emotions from romance to desolation and almost everything in between. It’s mood music, painted in a number of different shades.
Palmiyeler
Indie/psychedelic pop-rock band that brings tropical freshness to the hearts of its audience. Having opened the Babe Rainbow concert in 2019 and filled Salon all by themselves twice since then, Palmiyeler is now due for bringing the first rays of music to the Gezgin Salon Festival.
Feng Suave
A soul and psych-pop duo from Amsterdam, specialised in 70’s-remnant pop grooves. They reached over 150 million streams to date and have performed coveted live sets at Best Kept Secret, Reeperbahn and North Sea Jazz Festival, whilst playing other key shows alongside the likes of sandy (alex g) and Khruangbin. They are at the Gezgin Salon Festival for an afternoon delight.
Rhye
Erotic melodies, seductive R&B rhythms and androgynous vocals of Milosh… Rhye’s first siege of Istanbul happened at Salon in 2015. Their latest album ‘Home’ similarly topped the music charts all around the world and became a magnet of eulogies from The Wall Street Journal to Billboard, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
Molchat Doma
Molchat Doma (translated as ‘Houses Are Silent’), founded in 2017 in Minsk, Belarus, stands at the intersection of post-punk, new-wave and synth-pop. Behind the dark yet danceable music of the trio are Egor Shkutko, who sings the Russian lyrics in his deep monotone voice; Roman Komogortsev on guitar, synths, and drum machine, and Pavel Kozlov on bass and synths.
Barış Demirel
Successful trumpeter of the local alternative music scene, singer and songwriter Barış Demirel came out with the ‘Barıştık Mı?’ project in 2011. His debut album T.E.A.R, which he released in 2015, was followed by FAIL PLAY in 2018 and his first solo album Mutluluklar in 2021. He recently harbingered his new album.
Kit Sebastian
A duo born out of the cosmopolitan culture of London, seeking the psychedelic spirit of the 70s in the musical skies of Turkey, France, Brazil and America. Founded by Kit Martin and Merve Erdem in 2018, Kit Sebastian sing in Turkish, English and French, and although they approach all genres with a slight sarcasm, they never compromise on exoticism.
Islandman
An electro-acoustic trio in which Istanbulite musician and producer Tolga Böyük walks in the shoes of a fictional character composing the songs of a fantastic universe. Chasing new and exotic timbres by infusing their music with the vibrations of time, Islandman’s each stage performance provides a new space for exploration. Get ready for a shamanic ritual!
Jakuzi
Introducing the darkwave and synthpop sensation of the local scene! Formed in 2016, Jakuzi triggered the grand Istanbul earthquake in the music industry with the video of their first single ‘Koca Bir Saçmalık’. Kutay Şenocak’s unique vocals will guide you through the 80’s, fuelled by catchy synthesisers.
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For more information and to stay up to date with upcoming announcements, be sure to check out the official site for Salon IKSV. Tickets are on sale via Passo.
Image courtesy of the organizer.
