Turkish musician Can Uzunallı redefines acoustic authenticity with his groundbreaking Tiburon Sessions – recorded live inside Yavuzçehre Textile’s factory in Denizli. Stripping away studio production, Uzunallı embraced the industrial ambiance of weaving looms and brick walls to capture music in its purest form. Using minimalist channel recording (direct signal capture without room mics) and only in-ear monitors, the project delivers unfiltered musical truth. The series’ debut track, “Bambaşka Düşler (F32)” (Different Dreams), releases June 2025 across all platforms .
🧵 INDUSTRIAL SOUNDSCAPE: Why a Factory?
The factory’s raw acoustics became an intentional collaborator. High ceilings, brick reflections, and distant loom rhythms created organic reverb that elevated tracks like “Bambaşka Düşler.” Uzunallı describes it as “where mechanical pulse meets musical heartbeat” .
Tiburon (Yavuzçehre’s brand) provided the space purely for artistic experimentation – zero commercial strings attached. Workers continued shifts during recordings, their movements adding unscripted ambient textures .
Denizli RTV (DRT) filmed performances synchronously with audio, framing spinning threads against fingerpicked guitar strings. This visual rawness mirrors the project’s sonic ethos .
⚡ REVOLUTIONARY TECH: Channel Recording & the “First Take” Philosophy
Every track was recorded in single takes via direct-input channel recording:
- No post-production edits – mistakes preserved as artistic integrity
- Zero artificial reverb – natural factory acoustics only
- In-ear monitors isolated performers from ambient noise
- 3-hour mixing time per track vs. industry-standard days .
Sound engineer Emre Karakaya confirms: “We only balanced volumes. String squeaks, breath sounds – all stay. This is musical truth-telling.” The result? An almost ASMR-like intimacy between artist and listener .
🎸 METAMORPHOSIS: From Electronic to Organic
“Bambaşka Düşler” originally pulsed with electronic beats (2024’s Sonsuz Döngü album). For Tiburon Sessions, Uzunallı deconstructed it into acoustic vulnerability:
- Classical guitar replaced synthesizers
- Cello lines mirrored vocal melancholy
- Factory noise framed transitions like “ghost percussion” .
The YouTube performance film amplifies this transformation – cameras glide past active looms as if machines dance to the reinvented melody .
🌱 GENESIS: From Stage Sparks to Factory Frequencies
The project ignited at Uzunallı’s 2024 album launch, where surprise acoustic versions stunned fans. Subsequent minimalist gigs at Istanbul’s Borusan Music House and İzmir’s Art Factory refined the vision .
Denizli factory recordings wrapped in 3 dawn-to-dusk days. Uzunallı recalls: “Singing as looms whirred at sunrise – it felt like time-travel. The machines whispered back.” Five more tracks will release weekly through July 2025 .
🎨 ARTIST MANIFESTO: “Not Every Song Needs an Acoustic Version!”
Uzunallı’s philosophy defies industry trends:
“Some demand acoustic versions of everything. I follow the song’s soul. If amplification feels dishonest, I strip it bare. Tiburon Sessions isn’t a format – it’s a rebellion against overproduction.”
He credits the project’s purity to collaborators: “DRT filmed pro bono. Factory workers shared their space. This is art built on faith, not algorithms.” Future sessions may incorporate textile machinery sounds as percussion .
▶️ Experience the Sessions:
- YouTube: “Bambaşka Düşler (F32)” LIVE at Factory
- Spotify: Full Tiburon Sessions Playlist
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“We didn’t polish imperfections. We amplified humanity.”
– Can Uzunallı, June 2025 .
