Grammy Winners of Tomorrow
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By Jed Gottlieb and Joshua Eferighe
March13, 2021
Let’s face it, the Grammys don’t always get it right. Think back to 2015 when Beck beat Beyoncé. Perhaps the most galling was the 1967 best contemporary rock and roll recording going to the New Vaudeville Band’s “Winchester Cathedral” … and not “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles or “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys. But the gold-plated gramophones that will be handed out at tonight’s socially distanced 63rd Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah, still constitute a landmark moment for these artists, establishing their credentials on the biggest night in music. Today’s Sunday Magazine tells you the surprise nominees and trends to know, and introduces you to the Grammy winners of tomorrow. Don’t say you didn’t see them coming.
Midnight In A Perfect World: Altın Gün
photo by Rona Lane
Ever since their breakthrough performance at the 2018 Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France, Amsterdam-based band
Altın Gün have quickly become KEXP favorites with their brilliant 70s-influenced blend of Turkish folk with psych-rock and funk. Founded by bassist Jasper Verhulst, they released their debut album
On in early 2018 and quickly followed up with their 2019 sophomore album
Gece which received a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album. The band just unleashed their third full-length album titled
Yol on February 26th via ATO Records.
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On their third album, Amsterdamâs finest Turkish psych revivalists add synths and drum machines to spirited â70s standards from the Anatolian funk canon.
Altin Günâs third album arrives with the same mysterious allure as a weirdly shaped parcel found under the Christmas tree. Trapped in lockdown, Amsterdamâs finest Turkish psych revivalists started tinkering with drum machines and electronics, adding the spacey synth strut of early-â80s disco to their hallucinogenic rock/folk stew. The prospect sounds so charmingly idiosyncratic on paper that you almost dread to press play, for fear that reality will disappoint.
One of Turkeyâs Hottest Rock Bands Has an Unlikely Source
Altin Gunâs fans say the band does more for Turkeyâs image than the government. No one seems to mind that itâs actually Dutch.
From left, Erdinc Ecevit, Merve Dasdemir and Jasper Verhulst of Altin Gun performing in Amsterdam in 2019.Credit.Ben Houdijk
March 2, 2021
Late one night in 2016, Jasper Verhulst was sitting on his balcony in Amsterdam, pondering his next career move.
The Dutch bass player had been playing in an indie band, he recalled in a recent video interview, but its singer had decided to stop touring, and Verhulst needed a new project.
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