{"title":"Mechatok","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"all-my-time","title":"All My Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe four tracks composing All My Time reveal a unique bird's-eye perspective over the contemporary pop landscape, with its ambiguities and fictional public. By developing a personal approach in the bosom of a universal notation, Mechatok informs naturally his compositions with a deep, emotional insight. Ornate but undisposable, All My Time glides through the skies of today's music with a rejuvenating melody. Timur Tokdemir aka Mechatok hails from Munich but now calls Berlin his home. With his 2016 debut 'See Thru' EP on Staycore the young producer exhibited a rare gift of honing a distinct and unique style at quite a young age. The title song was accompanied by a captivating videoclip shot by Benjy Keating on the stairs of Athens' Panathenaic Stadium, able to reflect both the wide scope and the intimacy that defined the compositions. Mechatok also attracted attention thanks to the single 'Still Life' (co-produced by Toxe) which scored the Kenzo FW 2016 prints presentation. The allure of Mechatok's compositions can be partly traced back to the fact that he's a classically trained guitarist; but a distinct expertise can also be recognized in his DJ sets, where he instinctively juggles melodic pieces with club and pop music, conveying feels from vulnerability to bliss. In his mixes for Dazed and Mixmag, Mechatok tells stories of melancholy, always radiating with a moving energy. Mechatok has also shown his face as a top-notch pop producer, by providing the instrumental for Uli K and Yung Lean's \"Schemin\" or by remixing Sinead Harnett's \"Rather Be With You\" or Mr Mitch and Palmistry's \"VPN\", which got recently published on Planet Mu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F471546717\u0026amp;show_artwork=true\u0026amp;color=f2667e\u0026amp;buying=false\u0026amp;theme_color=232323\u0026amp;font=Helvetica+Neue\u0026amp;show_user=false\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Presto","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50435700883787,"sku":"1038605","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"wide-awake-1","title":"Wide Awake","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone familiar with electronic music will know Mechatok, aka Emir Timur Tokdemir. He made his name touring globally and releasing a series of records and collaborations with some of the most forward-thinking artists of the past decade, from Drain Gang (Bladee, Ecco2k, Whitearmor, Thaiboy Digital) to Charli XCX to Lorenzo Senni.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften subtle in delivery, these works circulated widely across underground and adjacent mainstream scenes, subtly shaping the direction of experimental pop and club music. Tokdemir treats Mechatok as a kind of fictionalisation experiment—an avatar that allows him to explore new facets of himself and brings a sense of openness and freedom to the creative process. He cites artists like Daft Punk and Gorillaz as inspirations: timeless figures who turned the concept of the artistic project itself into an artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter years of honing his sound as Mechatok, Tokdemir is stepping up to share \u003cem\u003eWide Awake\u003c\/em\u003e, his kaleidoscopic debut solo album. The record crystallizes a journey that is entirely his own, establishing Mechatok not just as a standout collaborator, but as an undeniable solo artist fully in command of his vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the Mechatok persona, he accesses forms of expression that feel paradoxically more intimate - and more timeless. Everything on \u003cem\u003eWide Awake\u003c\/em\u003e is tied together by a playful yet deeply intuitive sonic palette and a set of core, haiku-like lyrical themes. The album poses questions about the possibility of authenticity and the status of self-expression in the context of algorithmic flattening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMechatok declines to propose utopian solutions and chooses instead to live with strange ambiguities, tapping their generative potential. Featuring Bladee, Ecco2k, Isabella Lovestory, Tohji, and others, \u003cem\u003eWide Awake\u003c\/em\u003e spans a wide emotional and stylistic spectrum while remaining filtered through Tokdemir’s precise vision. The result shines as a meticulously crafted electronic pop opus; a collection of addictive, personal mantras, fragments that feel at once fleeting and enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Young","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52044453642571,"sku":"R4849-7528","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52044453675339,"sku":"R4849-0722","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/749eb8f8-3234-d5a4-1f8d-59052126b2fb_a36ea30b-2b9a-4b80-8582-49f01f692ac4.jpg?v=1752263067"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/mechatok.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}