Takes

Takes is the third studio album by British musician Adem Ilhan, released in 2008. Departing from the original compositions of his previous works, Homesongs and Love and Other Planets, this album is a curated collection of covers focusing on the alternative and indie landscape of the 1990s. Adem applies his distinct 'post-folk' treatment to a diverse range of artists including Aphex Twin, PJ Harvey, Tortoise, and Björk. The recording maintains his established domestic aesthetic, utilizing close-mic techniques and a variety of unconventional instruments like the glockenspiel and autoharp. Critics, including those from AllMusic, noted the album's ability to translate complex electronic or heavy arrangements into intimate acoustic settings without losing the emotional core of the source material. It stands as a significant document of the mid-2000s indie-folk movement's obsession with intimacy and the recontextualization of the recent musical past.