Indietronica from Kraków Loves Adana

Hamburg-based indie duo Kraków Loves Adana formed in 2006 after eyeing each other for months at the same nightclubs in Germany. The group’s guitar-driven electronic ballads echo dream pop with a melancholic edge. 

After sending out demo CDs in art print envelopes to music magazines and building a first audience on Myspace, their music gained the attention of producer Johann Scheerer, resulting in the publication of the duo’s debut full length Beauty and their sophomore record Interview on Scheerer’s Clouds Hill label. Their following two albums Call Yourself New and Songs After The Blue were produced by Çiçek and released on the band’s own label.

After working with Johnny Jewel and complimenting the sonic landscape of Italians Do It Better, Kraków Loves Adana was in direct support of Chromatics & Desire on stage for the European leg of the Double Exposure World tour. 

Darkest Dreams, the pair’s self-released fifth studio album, offers a closer look into a world where dreams and reality collide. With the new material Kraków Loves Adana give meaning to exploring and embracing your own darkness and giving in to your darkest fantasies and desires – even if it means to lose yourself in the process. The synthesised arrangements paired with Deniz Çiçek’s contralto built an intriguing soundscape that draws from the singer’s own vivid dreams and nightmares. Recorded and produced over a span of two years by Çiçek in the duo’s own home studio in Hamburg, Germany, the ten songs offer a variety of dream pop and dark wave.

Following the self-release of Darkest Dreams, Kraków Loves Adana released the A Night To Remember EP around Halloween including a double feature video. The band hints that the EP exists in the same universe as the above-mentioned album, making it a spin-off feature that adds to the full story to be explored.

Now the outfit has shared “Everything Dies” – an eerie and haunting electronic reworked version of their previously released single “Love Isn’t Dead”. By giving the song a more somber feel with the new gripping instrumentation, the original essence of bittersweet reminiscence on the movement on time and transience is even more sensible. 

Singer and producer Deniz Çiçek says about the rework, “Everything Dies is the epilogue to Love Isn’t Dead and in a way also to Darkest Dreams. Fears, hopes, dreams may die but when you’re ready eventually make room for a new chapter. So farewell, this is just another beginning.”

Emotive, reflective and yet still uplifting, “Everything Dies” perfectly wraps up the band’s indie electronic sound. Delicate melodic writing sits atop a unique blend of synth arrangement and gently driving percussion on this indietronica piece.

Listen to Everything Dies below

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