{"title":"Day Dreamers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"akkor-3","title":"Akkor","description":"\u003cp\u003e Singer, songwriter and composer Melike Şahin releases new album \u003ci\u003eAkkor\u003c\/i\u003e via Gülbaba Records in partnership with Day Dreamer. An empowering assertion of survival that propels traditional Anatolian pop and folk influences into the future, \u003ci\u003eAkkor\u003c\/i\u003e rises like a phoenix from the flames to reintroduce the Turkish superstar diva to an international audience. An expression of Şahin’s personal growth, the album is an affirmation of her growing status as the voice of a generation, and hose lyrics have been adopted as a callto rights for the women’s movement in Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded live in London with producer Martin Terefe (London Brew, Buika, Jamie Cullum), \u003ci\u003eAkkor\u003c\/i\u003e features a selection of the most talented and forward-thinking musicians on the scene, including guitarists Dave Okumu and violinist Raven Bush, as well as terling Campell (David Bowie) on drums, Glen Scott (Eric Bibb) and Nikolaj Torp Larsen on keyboards. Bringing an international feel to her heart-rending performances, the record represents the most focussed and complete expression of Şahin’s sound to date. Melike Şahin has made a career of facing down criticism and censorship to make sumptuous and provocative music that captures the defiant tone of progressive creativity in contemporary Turkey. Having performed around the world with Turkish psych legends BaBa ZuLa, Şahin released her debut album Merhem in 2021, gathering billions of streams and building a reputation for unforgettable live performances in the process. Influenced by the style of Sade, cutting an elegant and beguiling figure on the stage. Where Şahin describes Merhem as about healing, she says \u003ci\u003eAkkor\u003c\/i\u003e is about survival, both on an emotional level, coming to terms with difficult relationships, childhood trauma and the pressures of newfound fame, and on a social level, in continuing the champion the rights of the oppressed in the face of state and media violence. Powerful and vulnerable in equal measure,\u003ci\u003e Akkor\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates an orchestral grandeur and a dramatic flair drawn from Şahin’s love for traditional Anatolian pop and folk music, injected with the urgency of contemporary production. Bound together by Şahin’s inimitable voice \u003ci\u003eAkkor\u003c\/i\u003e skips between Middle Eastern melancholy and classic disco hedonism, for an album that is as stylistically open, pluralistic and affirmative as the messages the music carries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Day Dreamers","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50787349004619,"sku":"2227163","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/AKKOR_12891bd8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1731115480"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/day-dreamers.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}