1. PROJECTION feat. SHAMARI ROCKCA
Lyrics by S.Roberson/D.Sahin
Music by Roberson/Fernandez/Galgenbrüder

Shamari Rockca: Vocals
TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Eric Simone: Guitar
Galgenbrüder: Piano/Synth
Fernandez: Bass/Organ

2. UNIVERSE
Lyrics by Sahin
Music by Sahin/Fernandez/A.Wlodarski

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Eric Simone: Electric Piano/Guitar
Masaya Hijikata: Drums
Fernandez: Bass/Synth

3. HI & LO
Lyrics by Sahin
Music by Sahin/Fernandez

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Fernandez: Synths/Guitar

4. PATIENCE (THE CLOUDS)
Lyrics & Music by Fernandez

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Eric Simone: Electric Piano/SynthStrings
Fernandez: Synths

5. IKIMIZ BIR FIDANIN(TURKISH STANDARD)
Lyrics & Music by H.Bulut

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals/Saz(Turkish 'Guitar')
Eric Simone: Rhythm Guitar/SynthLead
Nadir Bahouche: Electric Piano
Masaya Hijikata: Drums
Fernandez: Lead Guitar/SynthBass

6.RENN MÄDCHEN RENN
Lyrics by Sahin 
Music by Sahin/M.Reischl/Fernandez

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Eric Simone: Piano/Synth
Fabian Leu: Bass
Toni Snetberger: Drums
Fernandez: Guitar

7. WINGS (WHEN YOU LET ME GO)
Lyrics & Music by Fernandez

TurkSoulRefugee: Vocals
Eric Simone: Electric Piano
Masaya Hijikata: Drums
Fernandez: Bass/Guitar/Percussion

Produced, arranged, programmed, sequenced and mixed by Fernandez

Engineered and mixed by Sahin

Additional production, arrangement, programming and engineering on 'Projection feat. Shamari Rockca' by Galgenbrüder

Recorded & Mixed by Sahin & Fernandez in Berlin in makeshift/DIY studios set up at Little Stage Kneipe Bühne Lounge(Neukölln),#4 Gottschalkstraße(Wedding), ROOM 816 ARTtraktiv(Marzahn) and a former GDR television studio(Adlershof), 2013-2014

Cover photo by Franz Mattuschka

Big thanks to the wonderful musicians who don't appear on the EP as performers or writers but helped inspire and bring these songs to life at the concerts and rehearsals we were doing within the time frame of the writing and recording sessions: Vernon D. Hill, Ras Gazy, Robert Baumann, Jarita Freydank, Jerome A. Minuco, Goujane Rachid, Malik MistyK, Richard Müller, Kalle Enkelman 

Special thanks to Burndt and Cordelia of Little Stage and Eric Simone

TURKISH SOUL & THE FERNANDEZ FAMILY AFFAIR EP/MIXTAPE

All songs written and performed by Genoa Brown and Wax Roof
All tracks produced by Wax Roof except “Mean to Me” produced by Pat Messy
Recorded, Mixed, and Co-produced by Pat Messy

06 Outro (stay)

03 Coin Operated ft. Wax Roof

02 Main Force

Originally from Istanbul, Dilek Sahin came to Germany in the early 1990's with her family as refugees and was granted asylum and eventually citizenship. Her roots are in traditional Turkish music (she studied Saz, the Turkish 'guitar') but singing along to Michael Jackson tapes gave her a powerful technique for soul music. 

Between 2012 and 2014, Sahin won 1st place in Dj Tommek and Kurtis Blow's Boogie Down Berlin Showcase, headlined the Lichtblick Festival and landed an opening slot for the twice Grammy-nominated Soul band Hiatus Kaiyote while performing under the names "Chili Hendrix”, "Room 816" and “Turksoulrefugee”. She built and rebuilt her own personal recording studio in three different locations and wrote and recorded an album's worth of original songs, several of which you can stream on the EP/Mixtape "Turkish Soul & the Fernandez Family Affair".

In 2015, Sahin became "TurkSoulRefugee" and relocated to Valencia, Spain with her full-time (since 2012) producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist FDEZ (U.S.A./Spain). She quickly established herself as one of the most exciting performers in the area and within months of arriving, she performed a sold-out showcase of her original material as part of the innagural edition of the M.U.V. Festival. Her popularity in Valencia extended beyond her own project and she was invited to collaborate with professors and aulmni of the Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus and performed and recorded with local heavyweight Payoh Soulrebel & Twise.

D.$ahin continued recording and performing sporadically throughout 2017, most notably performing in July with Spain's pre-eminent DJ and producer of party music, the 6-time Latin Grammy-nominated Carlos Jean.
Currently she resides in Berlin and is rehearsing a new live band and preparing to release her first single.

TURKISH SOUL & THE FERNANDEZ FAMILY AFFAIR EP/MIXTAPE

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