Santi tuğçe

THE ONE
In all this time
The one I've waited for
After all these years
The sound that haunts my soul

You're a wind
Through and near
You're a wave
True and far

Through all the fleeting seasons 
The sigh I cast to the sky
And in all the clouded moments
A flame that brightens my night

You're a wind
Through and near
You're a wave
True and far

CREDITS
All tracks written and produced by Santi & Tuğçe, http://www.santiandtugce.com
Cover Art by: Pacaya, http://www.elpacaya.com
Piano: Pier Luigi Salami, https://www.pierluigimusic.com

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Santi & Tuğçe - The One

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LYRICS

Bir gün sen hen henüz uyurken
Kim bilir hangi düşlerde
Uzun ve sessiz yüzüne baktım
Ve belki masaldır dedim
Belki kıyıya vuran dalga
Belki dalgadaki gemi
Belki gemideki güvercin
Belki güvercinin sesi
Belki şarkımla yeniden doğan güneş
Belki güneşin ötesi
Belki de kücücük bir kıvılcım hayat
Belki bu da bize yeter

LYRICS (TRANSLATION)

One day while you were asleep
Who knows in what dreams
I took a long and quiet look at your face
And said maybe it is a fairytale
Maybe it is the wave that hits the shore
Maybe the ship on that wave
Maybe the pigeon on that ship
Maybe the voice of that pigeon
Maybe the sun that is reborn with my song
Maybe even beyond the sun
Maybe it is a tiny sparkle, this life
Maybe that is sufficient for us

Paloma (Psychedelic Mix)

CREDITS:
Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe
Remix: Jiony
Vocals and Lyrics: Tuğçe Kurtiş
Piano: Pier Luigi Salami
Cover Art: Anne Caesar van Wieren

LYRICS (TURKISH):

Masmavi, açık ve berrak
Bir gökyüzüne
Denizlerden yükselen
Dalgadan doğan bulutuz

Ay ışığında parlayan
Bir dolu hasret
Belki su, belki toprak
Belki şiirdir yolumuz

Yağmur ertesi
Bir tohumun neşesi
Rengarenk bir serüven
Yaşam dediğimiz oyun

LYRICS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION):

We are clouds, born of waves
Rising from the seas
Toward clear blue skies

A pile of longing
That sparkles in moonlight
Our destination is perhaps the water, perhaps the earth,
Perhaps a poem

The joy of a seed
After the rain
A multicolored journey
This game, we call life

Santi & Tuğçe - Bulut (Jiony Rework)

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Minotauro

Walking at night through the jungle, you never know when a tiger might be watching you…and if you happen to gaze right into the tiger’s eyes, be sure to stay still, and gently back off…Considered to be one of the most magnificent creatures on earth, the Tiger is the main protagonist in many myths and folk tales. Fierce, graceful, solitary, and fearless, the Tiger teaches us to stay fully grounded in the moment, and to move with utmost precision.

Inspired by imaginary encounters with the Tiger, this new track from Santi & Tuğçe’s upcoming album captures the duo in one of their most majestic musical moments to date. Fully scored and orchestrated by Santi and co-produced with Tuğçe, Tiger’s Den seamlessly brings together the many musical worlds that this eclectic duo inhabits: electronic music, Western classical music, and jazz, enriched with melodic and rhythmic ideas from Anatolia, the Balkans, and Latin America. Joining Santi & Tuğçe on this track are three Turkish brass virtuosos: Tolga Bilgin (trumpet), Serkan Altınok (tenor and baritone saxophone) and Ertürk İduğ (trombone) who capture the soul of the track with the agility of a tiger. 

Recorded and filmed in between two urban jungles, namely, Istanbul and Berlin, Tiger’s Den is as dynamic and versatile as these two cities themselves and serves as a “bridge” between the ancient and the new, the real and the marvelous just like Istanbul and Berlin, as well as Santi and Tuğçe do.

CREDITS

Original Score and Orchestration: Santi 
Production and Mix: Santi & Tuğçe
Trumpet: Tolga Bilgin
Tenor & Baritone Saxaphone: Serkan Altınok 
Trombone: Ertürk İduğ
Cover Art: Martin Haake
Berlin Audio Recording: Santi & Tuğçe
Istanbul Audio Recording: Hayyam Stüdyoları, Istanbul
Mastering: Stefan Thomas, Studio A Berlin 
Label: Kybele Records 
Release Date: 18 March 2022
Music Video Directed and Edited by: Christoph Mangler
Berlin Footage: Christoph Mangler
Istanbul Footage: Isa Kurt
Special Thanks to: Can Aykal, Aslıhan Güngör, Barış Ertürk, Marcello Pisano

Santi & Tuğçe - Tiger's Den

“Zaman Zaman” (From Time to Time) is the second single from Santi & Tuğçe’s upcoming full length album “The Marvelous Real”. This song is about the yearning of the heart. It is an invitation to live and remember. It is an evocation of the spirit. In the words of ashiks and mystics from ancient Anatolian lands, it asks us to “come, come, be what you are, adorn your colors, live, sing your song through all the seasons of life”.

LYRICS

Gel hadi yine yanıma
Kır çiçekleri gibi aç
Baharda süslenen dallar gibi
Renklerine bürün
Bir pencerenin ardından
Kar tanelerini izleyen
Çocuklar gibi ol
Bak yine ışıkla gözlerime
Şu kış sabahı aydınlansın

Gel hadi yanıbaşıma
Alevlenmiş bir sonbaharda
Toprağa uzanan yaprak gibi
Uykularına dal
Bir gölgenin ardından
Bin ağıt yakan Aşık gibi
Sadık kal umuda
Öyle bir şarkı söyle ki bana
Bir yaz akşamı hatırlansın

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
(From Time to Time)

Come to me, once again
Bloom like wild flowers
Like branches embellished in spring
Wrap yourself in your colors
Like children watching snowflakes from behind a window
Look at my eyes, again, with a sparkle
So that this winter morning brightens up

Come near me, now
Drift into your sleep like a leaf that lays on earth in flaring autumn
Like an Ashik that writes a thousand elegies after a shadow
Stay true to hope
Sing me such a song that it is reminiscent of a summer evening

CREDITS

Track Title: Zaman Zaman
Album Title: The Marvelous Real (upcoming)
Production, Arrangement and Mix: Santi & Tuğçe
Lyrics and Vocals: Tuğçe Kurtiş
Trumpet: Tolga Bilgin
Tenor & Baritone Saxaphone: Jonathan Strauch
Trombone: Ertürk İduğ
Mastering: Stefan Thomas
Cover Art: Levent Oyluçtarhan
Music Video Edited by: Memo Matius
Music Video Filmed by: Pablo Astorga
Graphic Design: Scott Partridge
Special Thanks to: Serkan Altınok, Studio No25, Ömer Kapancıoğulları, Arnold Acevedo

Santi & Tuğçe - Zaman Zaman

Dicen que en el monte
En sus sombras
Moran seres que nadie vio

Sola, una niña, extraviada
En el bosque profundo
Se encuentra rodeada de luces y caras
En la madrugada
Naranja, violeta, celeste, dorada
Ladrones de sueños
Y hacia las ramas
Curiosa se adentró

Brillaban sus cuerpos
Temblaba el campo
Sonaban sus voces
En mitos y encantos

Hechizos de barro
De verdes galaxias
Monitos y grillos
Sonrisa arbolada

Se roban la caña
Zapatos, cigarros
Viajan el mundo
En nubes y rayos

Nos cuentan poemas
De tiempos lejanos
Confunden los planos
Girando, girando

Cuentan que en las aguas
En sus ondas
Suenan cuentos que nadie oyó

Sola, una niña, extraviada
Entre esteros y flores
Se encuentra rodeada de luces y caras
En la madrugada
Naranja, violeta, celeste, dorada
Ladrones de sueños
Y hacia las ramas
Curiosa se adentró

Santi & Tuğçe - Madrugada

A TWICE TOLD TALE

One fine autumn day in late September, Santi (from Asunción, Paraguay) and Tuğçe (from Istanbul, Turkey) have crossed paths in a small town in the middle of the “heartland” US. From this moment on, their lives have become webs of inquiry and revelation as they have jointly devoted forces to mastering the art of musical storytelling. Drawing on a wide palette of ideas and influences, Santi & Tuğçe have created an enchanting world with their music in which the characters are driven by passion and a zest for life. A world where mythical creatures return home after an epic quest to an island surrounded by land, where a wise woman prepares potions to heal the poet, the dreamer, and the disillusioned; where planets collide and create new patterns in the cosmic swirl; where two starry-eyed lovers sail away on a sea turtle spaceship to places unknown; and where self-aware, compassionate robots resolve ancient paradoxes in their mission to rescue humanity.

On this fine autumn day in late September, thirteen years after their fortuitous encounter, Santi & Tuğçe, now based in the ‘center of electronic music’ Berlin, present their latest musical odyssey:  “A Twice Told Tale”. Filled with unmistakable charm and complexity, “A Twice Told Tale” conjures up stories that connect with something deep within the listener. Told with emotional intensity and intricacy, these are songs for and about everyone.

The first single from this EP, “Hikâye” tells a long tale, a tale that is “a little naïve, a little rebellious, and a little tender”. Life is fleeting, leaves will fall, colors will fade, and before we know it, it will be time to depart from this beautiful earth. Yet the tale we have lived to tell and the love we have lived for will remain. 

TRACK CREDITS:

Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe
Vocals and Lyrics: Tuğçe Kurtiş
Piano: Pier Luigi Salami
Cover Art: Gamze Yalçın

LYRICS:

Uzun bir hikâye
Biraz saf, biraz asi
Biraz da kırılgan
Anlatılan 

Bir ses bir iç çekiş
Usulca duyulan
Zaman ötesinde
Yankılanan

Kabus ortasında 
Uykudan uyanmış 
Bir çocuk misali 
Haykırılan

Bir gün biterse
Hikâye, üzülme
Hayat geçse de 
Aşktır kalan


ENGLISH TRANSLATION: 

It’s a long tale 
A little naïve, a little rebellious
And a little tender

A sound, a sigh 
Which is heard discreetly
Which echoes through time

A tale that gets wailed
Like a child
Who has just awoken 
In the midst of a nightmare

If, one day, this tale reaches an end
Do not be upset 
Even though life goes away 
It is love that remains

Santi & Tuğçe - Hikâye Retold (Souq Records)

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THE SPELL

Rise, rise, rise 
Like air above fire
Like thunder over sea
Like leaves in stormy weather
Like a child on a swing

Rise, rise, rise 
Like vapor off a pond 
On a cold, early morning
Rise like desire 
and fall like raindrops
Onto me

At times like these
My thoughts travel far 
Just enough light to see
A shadow
Beneath a tall, tender tree
Flings his arms wide
And whirls, whirls, whirls
And brings you back to me

TRACK CREDITS:

Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe
Vocals and Lyrics: Tuğçe Kurtiş
Cover Art: Pacaya

Santi & Tuğçe - The Spell

In their recent album “A Twice Told Tale” Santi & Tuğçe tell timeless tales full of wonder and yearning for life despite the transience of all things. With “A Twice Told Tale – Reworks” a new cast of storytellers comes on board and takes these tales in new directions. Faithful to the heart of the original, yet full of creative spark, each new interpretation offers us new surprises. In this first chapter, Istanbul based producer Oceanvs Orientalis presents a bold, fiery retelling of “Kuyu” (The Well) which offers a peak into the deep, invisible corners of the heart, while Berlin based producer Martin Roth presents a mellow, mesmerizing retelling of “Bulut” (The Cloud) which describes the perpetual cycle of change and metamorphosis in nature.

CREDITS:
Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe, @santiandtugce
Remix: Oceanvs Orientalis, @oceanvsorientalis
Vocals and Lyrics: Tuğçe Kurtiş, @tugce-kurtis
Piano: Pier Luigi Salami
Cover Art: Anne Caesar van Wieren

LYRICS:

Yüreğin bir kuyu, derin ve suskun
Aşk da acı da yüreğin kadar
Kağıt üzerinde uzanıp yatan
Hangi söze sığar bunca hayal

Bir an, geç kalmışçasına
Kanat çırpar kuşlar
Rüzgar dağılır da gider
Irmak hızla akar

Bir gün gelir, bir gün geçer mi dersin?
İçindeki daimi sorular
Kim görmüş de kim getirmiş ki haber
Karşıdaki karanlık kıyıdan

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Your heart is a well, deep and quiet
Love and pain, just as your heart
How will all this longing fit into
Words that spread on a piece of paper?

One moment, as though they are late
The birds start flapping their wings
The wind scatters and takes off
The river flows in a hurry

Do you think one day they come, and one day they go,
Those eternal questions inside you?
Who has seen and who has brought news from
The dark shore across?

Santi & Tuğçe - Kuyu - Oceanvs Orientalis Rework

Original Track: Santi & Tuğçe
Cover Art: Pacaya

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