Many Faces

MANY FACES is Selen Gülün’s new duo album recorded live in Japan and Italy featuring Hakuei Kim (p), Issei Igarashi (tpt), Keisuke Ohta (vln), and Marcello Allulli (ts). It is comprised of four of Selen’s original compositions and four free improvisations. MANY FACES was born from Selen’s performances with Issei, Keisuke, Hakuei, and Marcello that took place from 2016 through 2018 in Japan, Italy, and Turkey.

「MANY FACES」は、Selen Gülünによる新作デュオアルバムです。共演者に、ハクエイ・キム（p）、五十嵐一生 (tpt)、太田惠資（vln）、Marcello Allulli（ts）を迎えて日本とイタリアでレコーディングされました。アルバムは8曲で構成され、そのうち4曲はSelenのオリジナル作曲、4曲は即興演奏です。「MANY FACES」のアイデアは、2016年から2018年までに日本、イタリア、トルコで行われた、ハクエイさん、五十嵐さん、太田さん、そしてMarcelloと行なってきたセッションから生まれました。

TRACKS

1. Many Faces (4:51) – Keisuke Ohta (violin), Selen Gülün (piano, vocals)

2. Duality (4:52) – Issei Igarashi (trumpet), Selen Gülün (piano)

3. King of the Wind (6:11) – Marcello Allulli (tenor saxophone), Selen Gülün (piano)

4. Yakei no Haiku 夜警の俳句 (5:25) – Hakuei Kim (piano), Selen Gülün (piano, vocals)

5. Shiun 紫雲 (6:56) – Keisuke Ohta (violin, vocals), Selen Gülün (piano)

6. Yuuyake 夕焼け(6:32)– Issei Igarashi (trumpet), Selen Gülün (piano)

7. Ouhen 黄変 (4:48) – Marcello Allulli (tenor saxophone), Selen Gülün (piano, vocals)

8. Meimei 冥冥 (6:07)– Hakuei Kim (piano), Selen Gülün (piano)

 

RECORDING: Recorded live in Italy (2017) and Japan (2018) at the following locations:

Keisuke Ohta & Selen Gülün: ZIMAGINE, Tokyo – 15 August 2018

Issei Igarashi & Selen Gülün: ZIMAGINE, Tokyo – 12 September 2018

Hakuei Kim & Selen Gülün: Studio Sound DALI, Tokyo – 20 August 2018

Marcello Allulli & Selen Gülün: Nuccia Studio, Rome – 31 October 2017

 

CREDITS

Recording Engineers: Taishi Taruoka (Genonsha), Kenta Funayama (Dali), Giuseppe Nuccia (Nuccia)

Mixing: Emre Malikler (Istanbul)

Mastering for Vinyl, CD, Digital and Cutting: Scott Hull at Masterdisk (New York)

Vinyl manufactured by Toyokasei Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)

Album Cover: Seyhan Camgoz (Melbourne)

Design and Layout: Simon de Boer (Melbourne)

Videos: Taylan Sinan Yılmaz (LA)

Produced and Released by iKi Muzik [a new music label by Selen Gülün]

 

Selen Gülün thanks: 

Okşan Güleç, Hasan – Seval Gülün, Diloy Gülün, Ferit Kılıç, Semral Karabacak, Burak Karabacak, Cüneyt Karabacak, Aysu Karabacak Erbeş, Feryal Tükel, Murat – Serpil Özyüksel, Ali Kazma, Engin Yenidünya, Ali – Gülnaz Yenidünya, Esra Şaşmaz, David G. Litt, Jozef – Çiğdem Amado, Mehmet Tuncer, Tayfun – Şule Demiröz, Kerimcan Akduman, TURKISH Air & Travel

 

iKi Muzik thanks: 

Bedük, Boğaç Ülker, Kazunori Watanabe, Maki Takagi, Kenji Itagaki,  Mark E. Rappaport, Takahide Miyamoto, Yoshi Kobayashi, Taylan Sinan Yılmaz, Can Mısırlıoğlu