Popakademie Act at Reeperbahnfestival

So here it is at last: that much-needed fresh perspective for the European indie sound, which is and always has been so obvious. ENGIN conjure up a kaleidoscope of timeless cultural music with light-footed coolness, fuse psychedelic pop with Anatolian rock and establish a style off the cuff that is unparalleled in this country. If Barış Manço were to collaborate with The War On Drugs today, if Altın Gün had made their start on Audiolith, the end result would probably sound very similar to the three wonderfully open Mannheimers. And although they only released their second album “Mesafeler” (2024) at the beginning of the year, word quickly got around in the local feature pages up and down the country about what a stroke of luck this reinvention of German-Turkish pop music really is. As eclectic as the musical influences are, as varied and honest are the lyrics, in which singer Engin Devekiran addresses alienation and reconciliation, beauty and dirt, the whole tragicomic life between cultures. A band that, despite its young career, has great things ahead of it.
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