Sanr - Ramak (2022)

‘Ramak’ (out now on Lost Tribe Sound) is a métissage, a sonic cross-breed so to speak. ‘Ramak’ was not synthesized, nor the product of intelligent design. It is more about multiplicities, encounters, fascinating coincidences, and simply absorbing the surroundings.

'Ramak' began taking shape during one uninterrupted recording session, where sanr made the most of a borrowed contrabass with only one string. They had only six hours with the embattled instrument and worked to make the most of it. As this session was the first and last time they ever saw the contrabass. This would become the only instrument used in the production of 'Ramak.'

Knowing little to nothing of how to properly play the instrument became a strength for the group revealing unconventional roads for the sound to travel. After the session ended the collaging began in DAW. Layering blocks of unruly sound, sanr exposed a rudimentary puzzle of hollowed wood and tense steel.

Just as the phrase suggests in Turkish, ‘Ramak’ is never completely finished or formed. 'Ramak' means to be on the verge of something, a near miss, almost happening. For sanr, it represents roaming the borders between composure and improvisation, sanity and insanity, planning and coincidence, musicianship and experimentalism.

'Ramak' is the third album from the Turkish experimentalists, sanr. Altuğ Kaptan (FenGi) and Devrim Kınlı provide the sound, and Semih Tokkuzun creates the visuals. Sanr have previously released works on Kate Carr's Flaming Pines label and Fallen Moon Recordings.