| Avaz | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Replikas |
| Cover: | Avaz (album).jpeg |
| Released: | May 2005 |
| Recorded: | February – March 2005 |
| Genre: | Experimental rock |
| Length: | 75:00 |
| Label: | Doublemoon |
| Producer: | Wharton Tiers |
| Prev Title: | Dadaruhi |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Film Müzikleri |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Avaz is the third album by the Turkish band Replikas.
Spending a lot of their early career in dingy backstreet venues of Istanbul, Replikas - “great Beyoglu hopes” (the Wire, UK) – have never taken much notice of the mainstream making so much noise around them or tried to make themselves easy to classify. In a country where popular musicians face challenges when trying to stand out, Replikas have made a unique name for themselves.[1] Taking inspiration from Avant- and Kraut-Rock, and adding Turkish elements with bits of traditional or cultures spices, their new album Avaz has a new bounce and, compared with their previous two post-punk/noise albums, a return-to-roots feel. Perhaps this is best seen in the raw reworking of Ömür Sayacı, a song which appears on their previous album [Dadaruhi]. Producer Wharton Tiers (Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Dinosaur JR and White Zombie) has taken their material born in those crowded cellar bars and helped shape and guide their back-to-basics direction: guitars sound like guitars, electronics gain personality, and vocals are perfectly placed in a design where carefully constructed sound allows for wide open musical spaces. Cult, alternative, underground, Avaz presents a myriad of new sounds which will be enjoyed not only by fans, but by a wider audience ready to seek out the cutting-edge creative voices of Istanbul.