Isik Kural

Isik Kural has announced “Motorcycles and Cherry Wind,” his third album for RVNG Intl., sharing lead single “Winter Sun” with a video by Barnaby Omar. A twelve-track travelogue shaped by field recordings from Istanbul to Scotland, the album features nine international musicians and follows 2024’s “Moon in Gemini,” one of that year’s most rewarding albums.

‘Moon in Gemini’ is one of those albums that wears its apparent simplicity as a cloak, disguising a host of concepts, implications, and influences. Isik Kural has quietly, and with a distinct emphasis on care, made one of the year’s most varied and rewarding albums.