ARTIST: MASTERING BLACK
TITLE: X
LABEL: MASTERING BLACK
CAT. NO: MB003
FORMAT: 12" / LP / MINI ALBUM
GENRE: ELECTRONIC / ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC
RELEASE DATE: 19 JUNE 2026

WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND MASTERED: ĪLKER SOYLU
PRESSING & DISTRIBUTION: ZWART GOUD

PHOTOGRAPHY & ART DIRECTION: ĪLKER SOYLU
ART INSTALLATION: AFFAINA DE JONG

TRACKLISTING
A.1. SYNTHIE
A.2. DADDY COOL
A.3. THE ROAD (Intermission)
A.4. REM
A.5. TEN
B.1. SYNTHIE II
B.2. ISTANBUL
B.3. THE CRUEL (Intermission)
B.4. THE VOID
B.5. BLACK PALMS II

Īlker Soylu returns with its third instalment of his Mastering Black alias, marking a decade of Zwart Goud with a special edition LP titled X.—an introspective yet adventurous documents that blurs the lines between genres, time, and place.

X is a carefully crafted passage through contrast and cohesion. From dusk-lit highways to underwater reveries, this third chapter from Mastering Black is both a continuation and an evolution. A cinematic odyssey of sound sculpted inwards and outwards for introverts and extraverts, for you and me - for us.