Işık Kural

Born in Turkey, Isik began making music on a nylon string guitar during his teen years, gradually adding field recordings and synthesizers to the mix. From his home in Istanbul he moved to Miami to study music engineering, spent a spell in NYC, and eventually landed in Scotland, where he graduated with a masters in sound design and audiovisual practice from the University of Glasgow. During this geographical movement, Isik’s practice developed through the merging of traditional songwriting with more experimental approaches. Sometimes a melody was picked out on guitar, at other times it emerged from live ambient explorations. Verses sprung from the pulp of literature processed, and songs were spun with loops and atmosphere from recordings of the world surrounding.