Debut The Oculist single Swan Dive is released
The Oculist has been formed by two long time musical collaborators and friends Adam Dunn and Çağrı Tozluoğlu (aka Philamelian). Duo started their journey for this release with casual recordings which lead to instrumental pieces influenced from the vast waters of metal fusion and prog. While demos were progressing by added sections and developed arrangements, the idea of adding vocals to these songs came up in one of the writing gatherings and talking about their common interests of politics, true crime podcast series, altered state of consciousness. Adam came up with the first lyrics for the next session and everything been written to that day started taking another form and elevated to the next level. The Oculist’s work has been an eclectic musical playground with elements of heavy guitars, electronics, orchestra, ambient textures to drones and positions itself somewhere in the modern metal heartlands. Aside from his talented axemanship Adam skillfully shifts between his clean vocals to fierce growls as the voice of The Oculist. Çağrı created a sonic world where The Oculist songs live in. Project’s backbone features two extraordinary musicians, Simon Fitzpatrick (Carl Palmer Band) on the bass and James Wise on Drums.
Swan Dive is now available from all platforms.
Credits
The Oculist is Adam Dunn & Çağrı Tozluoğlu
Swan Dive
Music: Adam Dunn & Çağrı Tozluoğlu
Lyrics: Adam Dunn
Vocals and guitars: Adam Dunn
Keyboards and programming: Çağrı Tozluoğlu
Bass: Simon Fitzpatrick
Drums: James Wise
Produced and Mixed by Çağrı Tozluoğlu at TimbreWorks London with additional mix engineering provided by Mesut Güneş of the Sun Sound.
Mastering by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios Sweden.