PONZA
Gathering the elements of psychedelia, surf, garage and grunge together by taking the 60's and 70's peaceful and protest mindset as the origin, Istanbul based PONZA started with the home recordings of Güneş Akyürek (guitar and vocals) and evolved to a band with the joining of Salih Topuz (drums), Burak Serter (bass) and Mehmet Korkmaz (electric guitars). The debut EP "Free Kids" (2015) was recorded at Noiseist (Istanbul) and produced by sound engineer Çağan Tunalı; all the instruments are tuned in 432 Hz for good luck and the EP was released by Shalgam Records on vinyl and digital. With the joining of Serter and Korkmaz, PONZA started shaping up new songs and released the single "Gold & Round" in 2018. Later that year the four musicians made recordings at Babajim, Dayımlar and Tarla studios and the band's first LP "Another Land" was released in 2019. DIY efforts of the band members in the production process led to the founding of Tarla Records. The album is mixed by Salih Topuz and mastered by Çağan Tunalı. The last single from PONZA, "This Side" (2020), was recorded at Babajim Studios (Istanbul) except the trippy, fuzzy, mellow guitar swells and space echo actions that took place at Tarla. This Side is mixed by Burak Serter and mastered by Güven Ersoysal at Babajim.
