Mechatok

(This article’s English version was produced with AI-assisted translation)

This is the third effort from Mechatok, born Timur Tokdemir in 1998 and once a child prodigy of classical guitar, though it’s in the electro-club realm that he found his true home. In reality, “Wide Awake” may be considered his first real album, since his 2020 debut came in the form of a soundtrack (“Defective Holiday OST”), while the follow-up “Good Luck” was co-written with Bladee, one of the leading figures of the emo-infused cloud rap scene. If not a debut release in the strict sense, it is nonetheless his first space to fully express himself—and the skills are there.
“Everything” is a dreamy cloud-downtempo track, finely crafted and suspended between androgynous vocal samples and trap-rooted drum machines. Not all of the album reaches the same heights, often drifting into hyper-futurist trance-ambient flashes (“Virus Freestyle”) or more straightforward bubblegum bangers in the school of Sophie (“Addiction”).

The record’s main strengths lie in its polished sound design and rhythmic-thematic variety. While its driving force is a kind of sentimental futurism, this is expressed through eclectic facets: “House Of Glass” leans naturally into electro-deep territories, only to shift immediately afterward into radio-friendly pop, caught between features (“She’s A Director” with Isabella Lovestory) and UK garage undertones (“When You Left”). Closing the circle is the ambient-progressive epic of “Sunkiss”. The result is a coherent album which may not invite repeated listens or deep emotional involvement, yet flows with agility and keeps us company for a seamless half-hour.

24/09/2025