NEKROPSI

What an amazing underrated gem this Mi Kubesi is, a suprisingly unique blend of metallic melodic ideas, jazzy instrumentation and native Turkish influences. The majority of the album is clean and instrumental with a few distorted metal moments and for the most part it's actually surprisingly psychedelic which is an amazing feat which few metal oriented acts have ever pulled off well.

My favourite song is the opener 'Crying game' which is the perfect encapsulation of what is good about this band and this album and is one of the faster more upbeat and complicated songs of the album. Yollar comes in a close second for me with both some great heavy moments and some brooding almost meditative middle eastern passages. Unfortunately the album does wax and wane a bit in terms of intensity and it does get a tad boring in places as it is such a long album clocking in at around 73 minutes but there are a lot of great songs and a lot great music on the whole.

There is some amazing technical drumming here and it interplays well with the guitars which are the focal point of the album. The guitar tone is quite reverberant and is primarily responsible for contributing to the psychedelic and spacey textures of this album full credit must be given to Cem and Tolga it's one thing to play metallic type riffs loud and distorted but to play technical metallic riffs clean and then to add dynamics into the equation is quite the feat, I thoroughly enjoy the middle eastern influenced riffs, there is careful attention to melody that is evident all throughout this album.

Overall NEKROPSI's debut album Mi Kubesi is a fantastic piece of music highly recommended to anyone into darker instrumental prog or even metal.

Ok, this is the long waited album for Nekropsi, everybody thought they disbanded but after 10 years they came with a new album called Sayı 2:10 Yılda Bir (Number 2 : One in Every Ten Years) The title is a mock on the subject that it took 10 years for them to release another album. The first album was the most experimental Turkish record I've heard and it was totally unique and innovative. It's still an ageless record, so the fans were really curious what Nekropsi would bring onto our plate this time. The album is very different in style than the last album, which is good because this means the band is reinventing themselves. The electronic elements are persistent on the album, Die Neue Papa is an example to this. It sounds like German electronica, like Kraftwerk, I wouldn't expect such a track from Nekropsi so this was a sort of surprise. The track Yok Var contains female vocals and sometimes it's similar to Baba Zula, it surely is a homage to Traditional Turkish Music. The track Bağlama, uses the Turkish instrument Bağlama in a way I have never heard before. The tracks Erciyes Şokta and Baba are solid prog metal tunes sometimes sounding like Tool. Now we come to the real gem in the album: Ebo. I think this is the best track on the record, very unqiue, strange, moody, King Crimson like, contains female vocals again, Kerem Tüzün's bass performance on this track is amazing. The production quality is pretty good when compared to other Turkish records, every instrument is perfectly audible and doesn't dominate the other. The main instruments are guitar,bass and drums, but the band sometimes use vocals, sometimes female led improvisational Great Gig in The Sky type vocals, sometimes whispers and talks over the music. The performance of the band members are really good, mostly I think the inclusion of Kerem into the group is a perfect choice. Despite these qualities the album cannot compete with the first one and it's not easy to get into. Sometimes the songs become boring and we search for the experimentalism on the first record, but who knows maybe my ideas on the album will change as i listen to it. 3 stars for this record, keep up the good work guys!

This is the masterpiece of the Turkish experimental rock. Nothing like this was ever produced in Turkey and no other band managed to achieve the quality of this album. The sound on this album reminds us of King Crimson and Mr. Bungle, but the songs are totally unique. I remember my first time listening to Derinlik and the phaser guitars at the end made me feel like never before. This album is strongly recommended who like progressive and experimental music.

This truly is a unique album.It's an all instrumental record, except for the few vocal melodies and yells,but no real lyrics.This band employs two lead guitarists,a bass player and a drummer/percussionist.Being from Turkey,there is a middle-eastern feel to their sound at times,and i would describe their music as dark, with a great rhythm section being the driving force.There is a definite psychedelic vibe going on here,and i can't in all honesty think of another band that they sound like,although i did think of TOOL once with the drumming,and i did think of IN THE WOODS... as well, with the dark and heavy sound they often employ.Like i said,they are unique.This is a long record of 73 minutes,and i think they could have taken out a couple of the songs in the middle where i found it dragged a bit.Hard to believe these guys were a thrash metal band because much of this recording is slow and atmosphereic. Some of the highlights are first of all the opening track "Crying Game" with it's odd metered drumming and fantastic bass lines leading the way."Fok" has a lot of time shifts with the guitar taking a more prominant role.The melody after 3 minutes is great."Efsane" is the third longest track and it has a real middle eastern feel to it.There is an extended atmospheric section before it gets back to the original melody."Hindu" has some incredible bass and drums that create a heavy undercurrent with the guitars playing over the top.Nice.Lots of tempo changes in "Carklar" with the percussion dominating early before giving way to some heavy guitar and drums later."Goc" has such a hypnotic rhythm, and the heaviness that comes in after 4 minutes as the guitars grind away is simply awesome!"Yollar" is all over the map.This is the one with the heavy TOOL like drumming after 2 minutes, as well as having a spacey,psychedelic soundscape, and later some mesmerizing percussion. Heavy,psychedelic,atmospheric and hypnotic.Excellent!

As a legendary band in Turkish rock scene, Nekopsi, finally, released its 2nd album after ten years. this new album is really comprised by various musical approaches like Krautrock, post-punk, psychedelic, experimental, etc. comperatively shorter album than previous one but still it is intensive. Highly recommended for fans of experimental, psychedelic rock.

The album "Mi Kubbesi" has a strong start, with "Crying Game" and "Fok", but has some weaker moments than, but eventually gets it together to present some really good music. The tracks "Dimli Mi", "Goc", "Yollar", "Son" are really great and "41" does it for a remarkable finale. But somehow, Mi Kubbesi is really a strange kind of album; lots of short songs disconnected from each other, doesn't really fulfill the listener's anticipation of a long epic. I, personally, would prefer the presence of a 15+ minute song or at least more 9 minute songs instead of the short 1 - 2 minute pieces. Anyway, there is no way that I would rate any track of this album as bad.

Great album by Nekropsi, although I can't affirm that it's a perfect masterpiece. It's a sure thing that Nekropsi have demonstrated their ability to produce a legendary album, but too bad they collapsed and waited too long for their second release. Much better works would have happened if they continued to work at the time.

Any rock/metal fan in Turkey HAS to buy this album (possibly more than one copies), to support the music they love. 4 stars without a doubt.

This is very nice album... When i listen this album i feel very good. The songs are short but very professional. I think everyone listen this album. I wish they continue the play but they aren't. I think everyone listen this album who love art rock. I think in Turkey the best album ever for their style... I think this album is perfect...

This is my best album that i ever heard. I prefer everyone to listen this album, at least you must listen one song from this album. I claim that you couldn't have listen a album like that before. Also band's music type is off course progressive but it isn't like you thought. There can't be a band like nekropsi, its music type is complation of a hundred genres...

NEKROPSI (a medical term which means an operation like autopsy) was and still is a band of a genre of its own. (well at least here in turkey) Born in early years long before the release of their first and last legal album "Mi Kubbesi" (this means "E Dome" in english) NEKROPSI started out as a thrash band. Proving the first two reviews written for this band, the guitarists still carried on their riff writing manners in to this album. The band released an underground thrash album which is almost impossible to find out in the market but the collections of old-time rockers around.

I consider myself one of the lucky ones here who have seen NEKROPSI live, at a concert at my university (and their university, too) festival. The gig was out for a roughly 50-70 people, who knew the songs note for note. Their energy, imrovisation and techniques had quickly drawn us out of our minds and into another dimension. The only lyrics you could hear (or read) on the album are some "sounds" (or screams) on "Son" (The End).

Nekropsi created their unique sound, leaving a good memory in Turkish rock music. Young kids around, who fancy music of the ones like Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Pickpocket (TR), Manga (TR) will find this music a bit too slow for themselves :) but who cares for that? We were happy in those days..

Unfortunately, I recently heard that these guys are no longer playing together. But, what a great band they were. NEKROPSI were part of a modern Turkish progressive music renaissance that began in the early 90s, and that is picking up steam today. Dozens of young bands, many of whom grew up on 80s metal, 70s prog/classic rock, while discovering classic local bands like ERKIN KORAY and MOGOLLAR, are experimenting with adventurous forms music that mix West with East.

In the case of NEKROPSI, these guys invented a sound that is instantly appealing. This instrumental band features two guitarists that were clearly influenced by thrash metal guitar. But they turned off their distortion pedals, and added Turkish, and prog influences. Their sound is rhythmic, light, clear as pure water, and can turn, or soar, on a dime. At times, I'm reminded of the [%*!#]ING CHAMPS, DREAM THEATER and even EL RELOJ. The two guitarists did an incredible job of staying away from typical metal cliches that many other bands can't seem to escape from. The drummer is also worth mentioning. His playing is light, yet fits perfectly with the metal-like sound of the band. Once in a while, though, he whips out fast drum patterns that are as frantic as the drums on CITTA' FRONTALE's "El Tor".

The CD isn't entirely perfect, of course. The first 6 tracks are top-quality. We find a band full of ideas, intelligence, and energy. But, for some reason, they decided to slow things down toward the middle of the album. Their PINK FLOYD influence, maybe? Things don't pick up again until the 9th track. "Mi Kubbessi" is also a long CD. A few tracks could have been left out, so things start to drag a bit towards the end. Overall, though, there is something for everyone. Metal fans, and guitarists will enjoy almost every track here. Prog fans who aren't really into metal will find most of the tracks appealing.