CAN ATILLA

"Live"
(Groove Unlimited, 2003)

Track List:
Torchlight (5:55)
Arpeggiator (5:25)
Underwater Moonlight (2:38)
Dark Velvet (4:15)
Whiteout (14:51)
Marco Polo (6:00)
Winterland (5:37)
Dream Recorder (4:20)
Leonardo (8:45)

This CD from 2003 features 64 minutes of electronic music recorded live at the Ankara International Music Festival in May of 2002. Atilla's electronics and drumming are accompanied by Murat Yucel on electric and classic guitars.
Of Turkish ancestry, Can Atilla explores electronic territory in the footsteps of Tangerine Dream and Jean Michel Jarre, flavoring those influences with his own uniquely lively sensibilities. Dense keyboards belt out rapidly structured riffs with a frenetic passion, immediately drenching the audience with melodies that surge and cascade full of vigor and stamina. Sequencing provides lavish, growling under layers for the emphatic keyboards. A variety of clever electronic effects flavor the music with astral airs.
Powerful percussion swiftly propels the music to epic proportions, adding larger-than-life rhythms that explode with authority. A sense of compelling grandeur is achieved, a majesty that expands with each passing minute. Fiery guitar-work embellishes the already hyperactive music, injecting
ardent fury and cosmic demeanor. Possessing strong Tangerine Dream influences, Atilla forces an escalation of dazzle from those roots, generating tune age that is huge and impressively masterful. His audience reels before the sheer power of his music, dazed by its commanding presence and entranced by its engaging melodies.

To call this CD amazingly satisfying is a gross understatement.

Matt Howarth
Sonic Curiosity / SynGate