"The rain is falling / And it’s calling again / An endless hissing / It is calling my name..."
I remember eons ago as a high school student, our class writing our darkest fears, regrets, pain on pieces of paper and casting them in a roaring fire on Laguna Beach. It was part of a psychology class and watching all the turmoil and shame turning into smoke was supposed to release it all, let it all go. I know the practice seems so cliché now but at the time it seemed magical. Listening to "Hiding In My Room" by Kraków Loves Adana, the alias of Hamburg-based artist and producer Deniz Çiçek, made me reflect on that experience. Maybe songs are like those pieces of paper, a cathartic exorcism of sorts but then songs reveal the angst, pain and more for everyone to see, a stark, key difference (right?).
From the onset I really love the sonics on this track. The synths are textured, the notes have emotional weight to them. Kraków Loves Adana has a vocal aesthetic that (to me) has an incredibly engaging presence and a patina of androgyny. Every aspect of "Hiding In My Room" draws you in, the tension and drama expressed in pulsating layers and a truly bittersweet chorus is so relatable. Of the track Deniz shares:
“This song is a rebellion against depression, isolation, hopelessness. It is also a testimony of me pulling myself out of a very dark place mentally. Music helps. Therapy helps even more. I am proud of how far I have come.“
"Hiding In My Room" is released via a captivating Official Animated Video with tons of cultural references. On the music video, Swedish illustrator, animator and director Johannes Helgelin shares:
“The theme and subject matter behind the video for “Hiding In My Room” is identity, the prerequisites for successfully forming one, and how important it is to have one to be able to to venture out from adolescence to adulthood.”
"Hiding In My Room" is the second single from the upcoming album "Oceanflower", out on Valentine's Day 2023. Digital & physical pre-order: https://krakowlovesadana.bandcamp.com
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Kraków Loves Adana formed in 2006 after eyeing each other for months at the same nightclubs in Germany. The group’s guitar-driven electronic ballads echo dream pop with a melancholic edge.
After sending out demo CDs in art print envelopes to music magazines and building a first audience on Myspace, their music gained the attention of producer Johann Scheerer, resulting in the publication of the duo’s debut full length “Beauty” and their sophomore record “Interview” on Scheerer’s Clouds Hill label. Their following two albums “Call Yourself New” and “Songs After The Blue” were produced by Çiçek and released on the band’s own label.
In 2019 Kraków Loves Adana was in direct support of Chromatics on stage for the European leg of their Double Exposure World tour.
“Darkest Dreams”, the pair’s self-released fifth studio album, offers a closer look into a world where dreams and reality collide. With the new material Kraków Loves Adana give meaning to exploring and embracing your own darkness and giving in to your darkest fantasies and desires - even if it means to lose yourself in the process. The synthesized arrangements paired with Deniz Çiçek’s contralto built an intriguing soundscape that draws from the singer’s own vivid dreams and nightmares. Recorded and produced over a span of two years by Çiçek in the duo’s own home studio in Hamburg, Germany, the ten songs offer a variety of dream pop and dark wave.
Following the self-release of “Darkest Dreams”, Kraków Loves Adana released the “A Night To Remember” EP around Halloween including a double feature video. The band hints that the EP exists in the same universe as the above-mentioned album, making it a spin-off feature that adds to the full story to be explored.
Kraków Loves Adana will released their sixth studio album "Follow The Voice" on November 12th 2021 and shared the titled track including a self-directed video.
Kraków Loves Adana, "Hiding in My Room", upcoming album "Oceanflower", electronica, synthwave, bedroom pop, dream pop, 80's toned new wave / post punk, dream pop,
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LgLvxq44FkRvstBiPFjsN
https://www.youtube.com/user/krakowlovesadana
https://krakowlovesadana.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/krakowlovesadana/
Kraków Loves Adana formed in 2006 after eyeing each other for months at the same nightclubs in Germany. The group’s guitar-driven electronic ballads echo dream pop with a melancholic edge.
After sending out demo CDs in art print envelopes to music magazines and building a first audience on Myspace, their music gained the attention of producer Johann Scheerer, resulting in the publication of the duo’s debut full length “Beauty” and their sophomore record “Interview” on Scheerer’s Clouds Hill label. Their following two albums “Call Yourself New” and “Songs After The Blue” were produced by Çiçek and released on the band’s own label.
In 2019 Kraków Loves Adana was in direct support of Chromatics on stage for the European leg of their Double Exposure World tour.
“Darkest Dreams”, the pair’s self-released fifth studio album, offers a closer look into a world where dreams and reality collide. With the new material Kraków Loves Adana give meaning to exploring and embracing your own darkness and giving in to your darkest fantasies and desires - even if it means to lose yourself in the process. The synthesized arrangements paired with Deniz Çiçek’s contralto built an intriguing soundscape that draws from the singer’s own vivid dreams and nightmares. Recorded and produced over a span of two years by Çiçek in the duo’s own home studio in Hamburg, Germany, the ten songs offer a variety of dream pop and dark wave.
Following the self-release of “Darkest Dreams”, Kraków Loves Adana released the “A Night To Remember” EP around Halloween including a double feature video. The band hints that the EP exists in the same universe as the above-mentioned album, making it a spin-off feature that adds to the full story to be explored.
Kraków Loves Adana will released their sixth studio album "Follow The Voice" on November 12th 2021 and shared the titled track including a self-directed video.
Kraków Loves Adana, "Hiding in My Room", upcoming album "Oceanflower", electronica, synthwave, bedroom pop, dream pop, 80's toned new wave / post punk, dream pop,
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