why we love this
A classical guitar in the shape of a tesseract, expanding as it folds into itself. Nylon strings defy geometry, skipping across harmonics with ease. Symmetries reveal themselves in the right place, and at the right time.
about the record
'No Such Thing As Free Will' is the debut album by Los Angeles-based guitarist and composer Deniz Cuylan.
It signals the Turkish musician’s first bold step into the spotlight following a winding 15-year path in the music industry playing in multiple bands with home bases dotted all over the globe–Stockholm, NYC, Istanbul–and tackling a wide array of styles both on the stage and in the studio. Now settled into his current home in Los Angeles, Deniz lends his instrumental talents to create scores for independent films and recurring Netflix original series, yet these projects inevitably fulfil the sonic backdrop for another artist’s vision. Looking inward on his own for the first time, 'No Such Thing As Free Will' laid the groundwork for his own personal soundtrack, one that fused his love of classical guitar, introspective jazz, and ambient expressionism with his whimsical compositional ear.
Over a magical 6-track journey, 'No Such Thing As Free Will' paints a lush cinematic narrative with Deniz’s guitar as its guide, delivering an album that “seems to invent new languages for the guitar” (The Guardian) and receiving glowing comparisons to legends like Steve Reich, The Durutti Colum’s Vini Reilly, Glenn Branca, and Bert Jansch.
- 1 - Clearing 4:21
- 2 - Purple Plains Of Utopia 4:09
- 3 - She Was Always Here 5:51
- 4 - Flaneurs In Hakone 3:49
- 5 - Object Of Desire 3:42
- 6 - No Such Thing As Free Will 5:09
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- 1 - Clearing 4:21
- 2 - Purple Plains Of Utopia 4:09
- 3 - She Was Always Here 5:51
- 4 - Flaneurs In Hakone 3:49
- 5 - Object Of Desire 3:42
- 6 - No Such Thing As Free Will 5:09
why we love this
A classical guitar in the shape of a tesseract, expanding as it folds into itself. Nylon strings defy geometry, skipping across harmonics with ease. Symmetries reveal themselves in the right place, and at the right time.
about the record
'No Such Thing As Free Will' is the debut album by Los Angeles-based guitarist and composer Deniz Cuylan.
It signals the Turkish musician’s first bold step into the spotlight following a winding 15-year path in the music industry playing in multiple bands with home bases dotted all over the globe–Stockholm, NYC, Istanbul–and tackling a wide array of styles both on the stage and in the studio. Now settled into his current home in Los Angeles, Deniz lends his instrumental talents to create scores for independent films and recurring Netflix original series, yet these projects inevitably fulfil the sonic backdrop for another artist’s vision. Looking inward on his own for the first time, 'No Such Thing As Free Will' laid the groundwork for his own personal soundtrack, one that fused his love of classical guitar, introspective jazz, and ambient expressionism with his whimsical compositional ear.
Over a magical 6-track journey, 'No Such Thing As Free Will' paints a lush cinematic narrative with Deniz’s guitar as its guide, delivering an album that “seems to invent new languages for the guitar” (The Guardian) and receiving glowing comparisons to legends like Steve Reich, The Durutti Colum’s Vini Reilly, Glenn Branca, and Bert Jansch.
