Berkay Küçükbaşlar, Neva Roman - Down and Out (2025) [Hi-Res]

The album "Down and Out" by Neva Roman serves as a sonic diary of two friends reuniting in the studio after fifteen years. It is not a technically polished debut but rather a documentary record of improvisation and the sense of displacement between cities and cultures. The record is structurally divided into two parts. The first half, recorded in Nijmegen in a dilapidated house attached to an old factory, is characterized by a rough, textured sound and the tension typical of spontaneous recording. The second part, created a year later in a Berlin studio, appears more focused, calm, and deliberate. The work explores themes of absence and return, emphasizing the honesty of the moment and emotional rawness over studio gloss. It is music for those who value the beauty of imperfection and the sincerity of the creative process.

Tracklist:
1-1 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - Posta Arabası (Pardekoph, 1893) [10:58]
1-2 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - İflahsızın Yusuf [11:57]
1-3 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - Son Bolero (Magdalena, 1830) [11:27]
1-4 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - Yazönü [11:27]
1-5 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - Yüzyıllık Raif Bey [6:43]
1-6 Neva Roman;Berkay Küçükbaşlar - Tilkinin Ölümü [4:04]