The Turkish musician and filmmaker, Ece Era (pronounced “Edge-eh”), is back with the latest batch of new tracks since 2022 when she released her debut EP, War on Innocence. From Istanbul to New York City to Belgium and everywhere in between, Ece has been on a constant mission to explore her creative and philosophical interests.
Stream “Let Go” here.
Ece’s music blossomed and rooted itself in a notion of sincerity. The music that she creates is deeply personal and represents just one small step on her journey of her identity formed during her youth. Her latest single, “Let Go,” is no different, it’s an “ode to melodrama” where she consciously alters her voice, shrouding it in warm layers of electronica as she drifts between melancholy and optimism.
Ece speaks on “Let Go”:
“I’m not ashamed of my early art, or the things I tried and erased because I hated them; rather, it speaks volumes about the subconscious ways in which what we are exposed to early in life manifests itself. Part of my artistic journey involves letting go of that, of forgetting, in order to create more freely. It’s about finding a self within me that is different than my education, so to speak. ‘Let Go’ (which is ironic now) was the first song I ever started when I opened my DAW. It captures my cultural upbringing with its melodrama and cliches. For example, I used to watch telenovelas unsupervised every single day. Also, in Turkey, we can be quite dramatic in every way. I consider this song a form of art because of its context: my decision to publish it for the reasons I’m publishing it. I like to abandon videos or songs and the rework them years later when I’ve gotten better at forgetting, but I didn’t want to touch ‘Let Go.’ It’s an adorable song to me because you can really see that pure melodramatic side of me. It is really important to me that I’m being vulnerable.”
Ece’s now based out of Brussels, and she’s found that music to be a trusted channel for self expression as it’s free and unbound. The blank sonic canvas that’s awaiting her musical endeavors allow for that emotional articulation and reinvention of her identity. The making of music can be spontaneous and unstructured. During her mid-teens, she began her exploration of music, but they were massively limited from her lack of experience with pop music and her brother’s love of power metal.
