Anadol

Gözen Atila, a Turkish musician and composer, works under the solo guise of Anadol. Settled in Berlin, she shaped an unusual fusion of lo-fi European synth pop with rambling psychedelic textures, yielding soundscapes that feel simultaneously open and lighthearted. Uzun Havalar marked her first substantial release in 2019, followed three years later by Felicita. Hatıralar, a set of earlier recordings, surfaced the subsequent year.

After completing coursework in art, sound design, and music technology at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, Atila broadened her practice across several fields, taking on photography, DJ sets, short-film scores, radio programs, and live electronic performances. The move to Berlin prompted a turn away from academic sound-design methods and the start of the Anadol project.

Influenced by outsider electronic trailblazers such as Bruce Haack and the Space Lady, she placed her 2019 debut Uzun Havalar with the modest German cassette label Kinship. Its blend of abstract field recordings and melodic lo-fi synth pop echoed classic European soundtrack music alongside Turkish tavern music. Felicita arrived in 2022 on Hamburg’s Pingipung imprint, introducing jazzy textures to the sonic palette. The same label issued Hatıralar in 2023, an album originally tracked in 2012 and left unreleased until then.