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Broken Patterns

by Nilgün Özer

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breaking out of habits is already hard enough 04:40
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Lights are open if you care to see 02:20
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What they say about the world (feat. Time Motifs Choir) 07:26
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This Is Why We Dance 04:26
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Home in my memory is a green, worn out couch And my grandmother in every poem Every jasmine picked off the backlash Every backlash picked off the tear gas And tear gas healed with yogurt and onions With resilience With women chanting and drumming On pots and pans With goddamns and hasbiyallah’s Motherfuckers work tanks but we know stones (2008 – The Gaza Bombings) My ritual of watching T.V Ran between the grieving And Egyptian belly dance music And I fluctuated between hatred and adoration Stacking and hording Darwish’s reasons to live “On this land, there’s which makes life worth living” Sometimes believing them Sometimes dipping my bread in indulgence Knowing a child is breadless, in Khan Yunis Dipped in a roof’s rubble… If you ask me where I’m from it’s not a one-word answer Be prepared and seated, breathless and geared And if hearing about a world other than yours Makes you uncomfortable Well, drink the sea Cut off your ears Blow another bubble to bubble your bubble and the pretense Blow another town of bodies in the name of fear This is why we dance My father told me: “Anger is a luxury that we cannot afford” Be composed, calm, still – laugh when they ask you Smile when they talk, answer them Educate them This is why we dance Because if I speak, I’m dangerous You open your mouth You raise your eyebrows You point your fingers This is why we dance Wounded feet but the rhythm remains This is why we dance Because no matter how many adjectives you stack upon my shoulders I define me This is why we dance Because even my poetry isn’t free Now can you please just tell me Why is anger –even anger- a luxury To me?
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nothing but remorse 02:48
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This album represents 2 worlds coming into contact to collide: acoustics and electronics, east and west, atrocities happening around us, and our daily habitual patterns. Breaking Patterns is never easy nor unpainful. However, it is fundamental for improvement.

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released January 2, 2024

Written by Nilgün Özer


Track 1 - Breaking out of habits is already hard enough
Piano: Ashley Maurice
Modular patch: Ashley Maurice, Nilgün Özer

Track 3 - What they say about the world (feat. Time Motifs)
Guitar: Ashley Maurice, Nilgün Özer
Vocals: Time Motifs, Nilgün Özer

Track 4 - This Is Why We Dance
A reinterpretation of a song by Mohammad Al-Kurd
Disclaimer: Please note no copyright infringement is intended, and I do not own nor claim to own any of the original content used in this piece.



Mixed & Mastered by Nilgün Özer

Album cover: Nilgün Özer

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Nilgün Özer Ankara, Turkey

I like cats and can't live without my guitars and pencils. That's basically it.
Oh and i make music.

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