One April morning in Istanbul, a pensive Marie Klock was halfway through giving herself a pedicure when the apartment walls began to sway. A message from Anadol (Gözen Atila) urged her to come to a nearby park — a safe place during earthquakes. They spent the rest of the day there drinking tea, and the writer’s block that had stalled Klock quietly lifted.
Manivelles is out now via Pingipung, the second album by composer Anadol and writer-musician Marie Klock, followed a very different trajectory from their 2024 debut. Where La grande accumulation was born of a whirlwind encounter, this record draws its material from lived experience and a lasting friendship. Its title, which means ‘cranks’, hints at the musical partners’ creative penchant for generating songs through friction and playful contradictions. Listen below.
