began writing new music together in earnest in 2010. For their third album, La Lechuza, two new members joined the group: Sarah Pagé, a harp player, and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Barr (both of The Barr Brothers and the Lhasa de Sela band). Album producer Patrick Watson also contributed vocals on two songs, with other guests including violinist Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire) and saxophonist Colin Stetson. Mark Lawson of Arcade Fire mixed most of the tracks. As part of La Lechuza, Esmerine collaborated with Patrick Watson to honor their recently deceased friend Lhasa de Sela, creating the dedication website Snow Day for Lhasa. It was listed as one of the top ten underground records of the year in Mojo. 2012-14: Dalmak Recording process After Barr and Page became occupied with their other projects, Esmerine added two new members to their touring lineup: percussionist Jamie Thompson and multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson. After a number of live performances the quartet began writing new material in early 2012. After performing in Istanbul, the band was invited to return for an artist residency later that year. After turning a rented loft into a makeshift recording studio, the band recorded for two days in Istanbul. According to the band, "We immersed ourselves in the culture of the city of Istanbul and the people whom we met there." The band's "song skeletons" were added to by Turkish musicians, who contributed instruments such as the bendir, darbuka, erbane, meh, barama, saz and electric guitar. Among the guest musicians were Hakan Vreskala, Baran Aşık, Ali Kazim Akdağ and James Hakan Dedeoğlu. The album, Dalmak, was completed in the winter of 2012 and 2013, at Breakglass Studios in Montreal with engineer Jace Lasek. The word 'dalmak' means immerse in Turkish. It can also be interpreted as "to dive into," "to contemplate," and "to be absorbed in." Reception Dalmak was released on Constellation Records in 2013. It was awarded Instrumental Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014. Tiny Mix Tapes gave Dalmak a score of 3/5. The review described the album as starting off with the band's normal style, before Turkish influences start to dominate in tracks such as "Lost River Blues II." The Line of Best Fit gave it 7.5/10 stars, saying the members "spin a fine web of noise – it’s fragile, tempestuous, pensive and sprawling – as they experiment with languid strains of clinical harmony, exploring avant-garde