Home: Roots is an absorbing four-track instrumental EP by Turkish composer and author Tamer Sağcan. Built on original classical guitar compositions, the project utilizes AI-assisted orchestration to expand human-led melodies into cinematic soundscapes. Serving as a spiritual soundtrack to Sağcan’s 19-book sci-fi universe and setting (the Eleyrrha Universe), the release explores ancestral origins and the search for meaning.
“Axis Mundi (Tûba)” commences the EP with a moody, meditative pull, as trickling acoustics build into heartrendingly cinematic strings. The evolution from folk-forward minimalism into theatrical orchestration is accomplished with artful cohesion. The artist’s ability to craft emotively moving soundscapes is apparent right away with this track, and continues on the subsequent “Luna Plena (Dolunay),” which places more emphasis on vibrant acoustics and a sense of glimmering optimism, with the acoustic guitar at the forefront instead of melancholic orchestration.
“Lumen Solis (Güneş)” also delights, achieving a contemplative lo-fi sound with gentle, introspective acoustic guitar fluttering. Serene percussion adds seamlessly, bolstering a sound that’s ethereal with a jazz-touched lushness. EP finale “Familia (Aile),” described as “the heart of the EP,” ushers in a more electric guitar presence, expanding into a brisker and rhythmic-laden second half; it’s a lovely send-off to the EP, reminding again of Tamer Sağcan’s knack for immersive atmospherics and satisfying, evolving song structures.
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“Lumen Solis (Güneş)” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
