Erkan Oğur

1954 yılında Ankara'da doğan Erkan Oğur çocukluk yıllarını Elazığ'da geçirmiştir. Müziğe 4 yaşından itibaren keman, bağlama ve cümbüş çalarak başladı. Onu Halk Müziği icrası konusunde teşvik eden ilkokul müzik öğretmeni "İlkokulu bitirdiğinde bizim yöreden çalmadığı saz kalmamıştı." diyor. Müziğe başlamasında Jimi Hendrix etkili olmuştur. 1976'da perdesiz gitarı icat etti. Liseyi Ankara'da tamamladı. Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Fizik-Kimya Mühendisliği ile başladığı üniversite hayatına Münih Üniversitesi Fizik Bölümü'nde okuyarak devam etti. Müzisyen olmaya karar verdikten sonra eğitim görmek için Türkiye'ye döndü. İstanbul Devlet Konservatuarı Klasik Türk Müziği bölümünden mezun oldu. Çalışmalarında ağırlıklı olarak kopuz ya da dede bağlama, ud, e-bow, perdesiz gitar, klasik gitar, elektro gitar'ı ve sesini kullandı. Bunlar dışında birçok enstrümanı da albümlerinde başarılı bir şekilde çalmıştır. En son Telvin isimli albümünde doğaçlama caz denemeleri yapmıştır. Fretless albümü çıktığı yıl Avrupa'da yılın yaratıcı albümü seçilmiştir. Bu albüm Bir Ömürlük Misafir albümü olarak daha sonra Türkiye'de de yayınlanmıştır. Perdesiz Gitar'ı ve Perdesiz Bağlama'yı icad eden Erkan Oğur Türk müziğine icracı ve yorumcu olarak devasa katkılar yapmış ve dünya müzik literatüründe yerini almıştır.

Erkan Oğur (born 1954, Ankara) is a genius Turkish musician. He has invented the first classical fretless guitar and influenced many musicians with his compositions. He is a explorer, inventor and an ambassador of music combining the sounds of Turkish Folk Music, classical music with the ancient traditional music. He has played for many concerts all over the world. He has many compositions and regarded as a master in instruments kopuz and baglama.
He spent his childhood in Elazığ, east of Turkey. During his days in Elazığ, he got an interest in violin and baglama (Turkish instrument), and he started to practise frequently. He graduated from high school in Ankara. As a result of encouragement to be a scientist by his father, he started to study chemical engineering and continued his education in Germany. He was introduced to guitar education in 1973. Instead of being an "average" scientist, he chose to be a "good" musician. He has invented the first classical fretless guitar and influenced many musicians with his compositions. He is a explorer, inventor and an ambassador of music combining the sounds of Turkish Folk Music, classical music with the ancient traditional music. He has played for many concerts all over the world. He has many compositions and regarded as a master in instruments kopuz and baglama.
He returned to Turkey in 1980, and started to study in the Conservatoire of Istanbul Technical University. He released first album in Germany called Arayışlar ("Search"). In 1989 he went to the USA to work with numerous local blues artists. He introduced fretless guitar into blues. A year later, he released his first album in Turkey, Bir Ömürluk Misafir ("Guest For A Lifetime"), which was ranked 4th in European lists. He still performs concerts across the world and Turkey..

Albümleri (The Records)

İstanbul'da Bir Amerikalı (Robert Johnson ile, 1982)

Perdesiz Gitarda Arayislar (1983)

The Other Side of Turkey (Bülent Ortaçgil & Bulutsuzluk Özlemi ile, 1991)

Bir Ömürlük Misafir (1996)

Eşkıya (Soundtrack, 1998)

Gülün Kokusu Vardı (İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu ile, 1998)

Hiç (Okan Murat Öztürk ile, 1999)

Anadolu Beşik (İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu ile, 2000)

Fuad (2001)

Yazı Tura (Soundtrack, 2004)

Telvin (2006)

The Istanbul Connection (2007)

Davod Azad

Davod Azad (Doğum 1963 Urmia - İran) İran Klasik Müziği'nin belkide en önde gelen ismi..

Azerbaycan'da bireysel çabalarıyla müziğe başlayan Davod Azad tar, şehtar, tambur, rebap ve tef gibi birçok enstrümanda ustalaşmış dünya çapında bir sanatçıdır..

Davod Azad (born 1963 in Urmia, Iran) is an Iranian singer and a prominent master of Iranian classical music.He is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Mastering in the Iranian Classical music, the Azeri folk music, the Ancient Persian music, and the Persian Sufi music.

Albümleri (The Records)

1- Davod Azad - The Divan Of Mevlana & Bach

2- Davod Azad - Noor, E Jan

3- Davod Azad - Dar Meykhaneh

4- Davod Azad - Koye Too (Your Path)

5- Davod Azad - Mey Birangi (Wine of Sincerit)

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen (d. 23 Haziran 1970, Brest-Fransa), deneysel, minimalist Fransız müzisyen, multi-enstrümantalist Eserlerinde genellikle piyano, akordeon, keman ve ailesi, gitar kullanır. Bunların dışında toy piyano, carillon, banjo, mandolin, harpsikord (klavsen), vibrafon, bas gitar, melodika (hatta daktilo) enstrumanlarını çalmakta ve müziğine yerleştirmektedir.
Eleştirmenler kendisini Erik Satie, Nino Rota ve the Penguin Café Orchestra gibi isimlerle bir arada anarlar. Pekçok ödül kazanan soundtrack albümleri dahil tüm albümleri BMG Music Publishing tarafından çıkarılmıştır.

Yann Tiersen (born June 23, 1970) is a French Avant-Garde/New Age Musician and composer known for his versatility, minimalist compositions, and virtuosity as a multi-instrumentalist. Most of his pieces include piano, accordion, melodica and violin, although many offer a much wider selection of instruments and sounds
Tiersen was born in Brest in 1970 and received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne. Before releasing scores under his own name, Tiersen recorded background music for a number of plays and short films, such as La Vie Rêvée des Anges (1998, Erick Zonca), Alice et Martin (1998, André Téchiné), Qui Plume la Lune? (Christine Carrière, 1999).
He rose to domestic fame upon the release of his third album, Le Phare, but remained relatively unknown outside France until the release of his score for Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain in 2001, which was a mixture of both new and previously released material.
Tiersen favors the piano, accordion, and violin, but is also known for his experimentation and use of obscure instruments like the ondes martenot and the typewriter.

Albümleri (The Records)

Rue Des Cascades (1996)

La Phare (1998)

Black Session (1999)

L'Absente (2001)

Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain (Soundtrack, 2001)

Good Bye Lenin! (Soundtrack, 2003)

Les Retrouvailles (2005)

Tabarly (2008)

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana isimli sahne kantatının yaratıcısı olan Alman besteci. Asker kökenli, soylu bir aileden gelen Orff 10 Temmuz 1895 günü Münih'te doğdu.Annesi yetenekli bir piyanistti. Carl, müzik sevgisini annesinden almıştı ve küçük yaştan itibaren tiyatroya da düşkündü. Henüz çocukken evde oluşturduğu kukla tiyatrosu için oyunlar yazan ve besteler yapan Carl, 17 yaşına geldiğinde bir opera ve pek çok şarkı bestelemişti. Münih Müzik Akademisi’ne girdiyse de, kısa sürede akademik müzik çalışmalarından sıkıldı.
Sahne müziğine olan ilgisi Orff'u Ortaçağ ve Rönesans dönemi sahne müziklerini incelemeye yöneltmiştir. 1803'de Münih yakınlarındaki bir manastır bulunmuş olan 200 kadar şiir ve şarkının Carmina Burana'nın esin kaynağı olduğu düşünülmektedir.
Carmina Burana, Carl Orff'un Tironfi (Zaferler) üçlemesinin ilk eseridir ve oldukça müstehcen Latince metinlere dayanır. İlk bölüm doğa ve aşkı dile getirir. İkinci bölüm meyhanede geçer. Üçüncü bölümün teması yine sevgidir.

Carl Orff (1895-1982) was a 20th-century German composer.
Orff was born in Munich, Germany and came from a Bavarian family that was very active
in the German military. His father's regimental band supposedly had often played the compositions of young Orff.
Moser's Musik Lexicon states that Orff studied at the Munich Academy of Music until 1914. He then served in the military during World War I. Afterwards, he held various positions at opera houses in Mannheim and Darmstadt, later to return to Munich to pursue further his music studies.
As of 1925, and for the rest of his life, Orff was the head of a department and co-founder of the Guenther School for gymnastics, music, and dance in Munich, where he worked with musical beginners. Having constant contact with children, this is where he developed his theories in music education.
Orff is most known for Carmina Burana (1937), a "scenic cantata". It is the first of a trilogy that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. He drew together inspiration from the medieval mystery plays, folkloric material from his native Bavaria, from international fairytales and from Greek tragedy to produce works that revealed the creative power of one of the 20th century’s most outstanding artistic personalities.
For over 50 years as well, his Orff Schulwerk for elemental music and movement instruction has enlivened and imbued music pedagogy for children in over 30 countries around the world.

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana by Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra

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Skin

1967 Londra doğumlu Deborah Anne Dyer yani sahne ismiyle Skin, müzik kariyerine 1990’larda ortaya çıkan İngiliz rock hareketinin öncülerinden Skunk Anansie’de vokalist olarak başladı. Sahne ismini siyahi renginden ve dazlak saç modelinden alan sanatçı, bu grupla “Paranoid and Sunburnt” (1995), “Stoosh” (1997) ve “Post Orgasmic Chill” (1999) adlı üç tane oldukça başarılı albüme imza attı.
2001 senesinde Skunk Anansie’nin dağılmasının ardından solo kariyerine yönelen Skin, 2003 senesinde “Fleshwounds” adındaki ilk albümünü EMI etiketiyle piyasaya sürdü. Bu albümle eski grubu Skunk Anansie’den oldukça farklı bir soundu yakalayan sanatçı, albümüyle Avrupa’da büyük ilgi görmeyi başardı. Albüm sonrasında Placebo ve Robbie Williams ile turneye çıkan müzisyen, 2003 ve 2005 senelerinde ülkemizi de ziyaret etti. 2006 senesinde “Fake Chemical State” adlı 2. solo albümünü V2 Records etiketiyle yayınlayan Skin, albümden şu ana kadar “Alone In My Room”, “Just Let The Sun” ve “Purple” adlı parçaları single olarak yayınladı. Albüm sonrasında ‘Fake Chemical State Tour’ adlı turneye çıkan sanatçı, bu turne sırasında bir kez daha Türkiye’ye gelerek hayranlarıyla buluştu.

Deborah Anne Dyer (aka "Skin") (born 3 August 1967, Brixton, London) is the former lead vocalist of English band Skunk Anansie. She is now a solo artist and has released two albums (Fleshwounds in 2003 and Fake Chemical State in 2006).
Skin's career in music began in Skunk Anansie who were a band often grouped
as part of the britrock movement in the UK. They were noted for being a multi-racial band, and having Skin, a black, skinhead, female as their lead singer.
In 2001 the band decided to split. Ace released a solo album entitled Still Hungry, Mark became a replacement drummer for the band Feeder and Skin went on to pursue a solo career.
After Skunk Anansie split, Skin released her debut solo album Fleshwounds.
The album was toned down from her Skunk Anansie days and seemingly Skunk Anansie fans never took to it. The album was not a massive success in the UK but three singles were released from it; "Trashed", "Faithfulness" and "Lost" (a double A-Side with "Getting Away With It"). Elsewhere in Europe, the album's success was greater. For example, in Italy it peaked at #6
in the album chart. In Germany, it peaked at #18.
After releasing Fleshwounds, Skin went on to perform various solo gigs
around Europe. She was also support for the European leg of Robbie Williams'
and Placebo's world tours.

After touring, she began to record her second album, Fake Chemical State which was released on 20 March 2006.

Fleshwounds (2003)

Fleshwounds (2003)

Fake Chemical State (2006)

Fake Chemical State (2006)

Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (23 Eylül 1930 - 10 Haziran 2004) bilinen adıyla Ray Charles Amerikalı piyanist, müzisyen ve rhythm and blues ustası.Albany, Georgia’ da doğmuştur. Bailey ve Aretha çiftinin çocuğudur. Beş yaşındayken, küçük kardeşi George banyo küvetine kafa üstü düşerek ve boğularak ölmüştür. Bu olaydan birkaç yıl sonra Ray yedi yaşındayken kör olmuştur. (Kör olmasının nedeni glokom adlı bir göz hastalığıdır). Ancak hiçbir zaman görüntüyü tamamen kaybetmemiştir. Okul hayatına Florida Sağır ve Körler Okulu'nda devam etmiştir. Orada kör alfabesini ve enstrüman çalmayı öğrenerek müzik hayatına başlamıştır. Okuldan ayrıldıktan sonra müzisyen olarak çalışmaya başlamıştır.

Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). He was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sang it." Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business."And in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Ray Charles #10 on their list of The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Ray Charles Robinson was born in Albany, Georgia to Bailey and Aretha Robinson. Bailey had two more families, leaving Aretha to raise the family. When he was six, Charles began to go blind, becoming totally blind by the age of seven.Charles never knew exactly why he lost his sight, though there are sources which suggest Ray's blindness was due to glaucoma. He attended school at the St. Augustine School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida. He also learned how to write music and play various musical instruments.While he was there, his mother died. His father died two years later. After he left school, Charles began working as a musician in Florida in several bands that played in various styles, including jazz and country music. Charles moved to Seattle in 1947 or 1948. He soon started recording, first for the label Swingtime Records, achieving his first hit with "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" in 1951, then signed with Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records a year later. When he entered show business, his name was shortened to Ray Charles to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.

Almost immediately after signing with Atlantic, Charles scored his first branch of hits with the label with the rap-like "It Should Have Been Me" and the Ertegun-composed "Mess Around", both charting in 1953. But it was Charles' own self-composed "I Got a Woman" that broke the musician to national prominence. The song reached the top of Billboard's R&B singles chart in 1955 and from there until 1959, Charles would have a series of R&B chart-toppers including "This Little Girl of Mine", "Lonely Avenue", "Mary Ann", "Drown in My Own Tears" and "The Night Time (Is the Right Time)". During this time of transition, he recruited a young girl group from New York named the Cookies as his background singing group changing their name to the Raelettes in the process. In 1959, Charles crossed over to top 40 radio with the release of his impromptu blues number, "What'd I Say", which was initially conceived while Charles was in concert. The song would peak at number one R&B and would become Charles' first top ten single on the pop charts where it peaked at number-six. Charles would also record one of his finest albums, The Genius of Ray Charles, before leaving Atlantic for a more lucrative deal with ABC in 1959. Hit songs such as "Georgia On My Mind", "Hit the Road Jack" and "Unchain My Heart" helped him transition to pop success and his landmark 1962 album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, helped to bring country into the mainstream.

He died on June 10, 2004 of "liver disease", at his home in Beverly Hills, California, surrounded by family and friends. His death was not due to liver cancer as was erroneously reported on certain websites He was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

Ray (Soundtrack, 2005)

Ray (Soundtrack, 2005)

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club, 1940'larda, Havana'daki (Küba) sadece üyelere açık bir müzik kulübü.
Zaman içinde üyeleri değişmiş, ama Omara Portuondo ve Ibrahim Ferrer gibi sanatçıların katılımıyla hala çizgisinden çıkmamıştır.
1999 yılında aynı isimle bir belgeselleri yayınlanmıştır.

"I felt I had trained all my life for this experience. The best record I have ever been involved in." Ry Cooder
In March 1996 World Circuit arranged a recording trip to Havana, Cuba. In just over two weeks three albums were recorded. All three were released to great critical and public acclaim. The first release was the Afro-Cuban All Stars 'A Toda Cuba le Gusta', this was followed by 'Introducing...Rubén González'. The third album, 'Buena Vista Social Club' was released in June 1997 and has since come to be regarded as a classic, selling over 6 million copies worldwide.
Juan de Marcos González, the founder of the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Sierra Maestra, had a long cherished dream of recording the music of Cuba's golden era, the 1940s and 1950s, with the original musicians of that time. This was a dream that he shared with Nick Gold, the owner of World Circuit. Marcos was particularly keen to record the old masters together with a selection of the leading musicians from the new generation - this became the Afro-Cuban All Stars. Gold's dream project was to record a collaboration between a number of African and Cuban guitarists. He invited Ry Cooder to participate, the two having worked together before on Ali Farka Toure's Grammy Award-winning 'Talking Timbuktu' (WCD040). Cooder replied within hours saying he would be there. The Africans failed to make the trip but recording went ahead anyway, the unlikely turn in events would result in the Buena Vista Social Club.
'Buena Vista Social Club' is both the name given to this extraordinary pool of musicians and the album, recorded in just six days in Havana's 1950s vintage EGREM studios. It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place. However, no one could have predicted that Buena Vista Social Club would become a worldwide phenomenon, outselling any other record in the same genre, elevating the artists to superstar status and popularising Cuba's rich musical heritage, all of which has contributed to a massive boom in Cuba's tourist and recording industries.
The Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon transformed the careers of many of the musicians involved. World Circuit have released hugely successful solo albums for Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Cachaíto López, and Rubén González, with a debut solo album by trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal. Eliades Ochoa and Compay Segundo would also enjoy success with their individual solo careers.

Ry Cooder (producer/guitarist)
Juan De Marcos González (tres/album co-ordinator)
Eliades Ochoa (vocals/guitar)
Compay Segundo (vocals/guitar)
Amadito Valdés (timbales)
Carlos González (bongos)
Pío Leyva (vocals)
Barbarito Torres (laoud)
Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea Lamot (vocals)
Luis Barzaga (vocals)
Joachim Cooder (drums)
Julienne Oviedo Sanchez (timbales)
Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdes (maracas)

Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer (1999)

Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer (1999)

Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo (2000)

Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo (2000)