Seven Moons

Loose Strings

Waiting

Released in 1988, Yagmurun Elleri is a Yeni Turku hit composed by the group's frontman Derya Koroglu. Its lyrics are inspired by an E. E. Cummings poem titled "Somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond".

Your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose
...
Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

Here is an orchestral version. Let me know your thoughts in the comments or via social media.

Yağmurun Elleri

Seven Sisters

Waltz In D

Middle Eastern dance cover of Carlos Eleta Almarán's timeless song Historia de un Amor

Historia De Un Amor

On 17 May 2022 the great composer Vangelis passed away, and so did a piece of my childhood. When I was in school, my friend Oguz and I would exchange cassette tapes of Vangelis songs and get lost in the sonic space he would have created with synths, choirs and orchestras. Finding music wasn’t easy back then but I must have listened to a lot of what Vangelis created before I listened to John Williams’ and Hans Zimmer’s catalogues.

Vangelis wasn’t classically trained but gave us some of the most iconic film scores of all time like Chariots of Fire (1981) and Conquest of Paradise (1992). (Before Dune, there was Blade Runner!) To do that back then, he also had to become an inventor; he built his own MIDI desk to perform live the electronic symphonies he wrote. 

I am dedicating this little song I wrote to Vangelis and yes, the delayed brush snares are a tribute to the beat in Chariots of Fire.

Antío íroá mou…

Goodbye Hero

feat. Ozge - Degirmenler (Bulent Ortacgil cover) [2011]

Music & Lyrics: Ekin Caglar
Vocals: Elif Irtemcelik
Electric Guitar: Paul James
Bass Guitar: Ryan Thomas
Produced by Ekin Caglar, 2002

Copyright ©1998, Ekin Caglar. All rights reserved.

Kal deme kalırım ama
İki fazla gün yetmez bize
Vedalara karşı savaşmak saçma
Ama tam bana göre
Sus deme susarım sonra
İçimde fırtınalar kopar
Gelebilsen sen de benle

     Gidiyorsun, sonra
     Tanıyıp seviyorsun, sonra
     Dönmeye mecbur kalıyorsun
     Şans benden yana olmuyor ki
     Yaşlı gözler hep benimki
     Kalamam kalamam
     Vakit geldi

Dön deme dönemem sana
Kendimi verdim geri isteyemem
Özlerim daha gitmeden
Utanır sana söyleyemem
Bak deme bakarım ardından
Gözlerinde kaybolmamak zor
Hasreti bir de bana sor

     Gidiyorsun, sonra
     Tanıyıp seviyorsun, sonra
     Dönmeye mecbur kalıyorsun
     Şans benden yana olmuyor ki
     Yaşlı gözler hep benimki
     Kalamam kalamam
     Vakit geldi

Hava cok sıcak ve ben donuyorum
Ne olur, ne olur sarıl bana
Son bir defa...

Kalamam [1998]

Music: Adam Sandler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYI5bKZMes)
Lyrics: Ekin Caglar

Uzuldugunde seni guldursem
Romatizman tutunca koluna girsem
Tek istegim seninle yaslanmak

Karnin agriyinca ilacini getirsem
Ocak bozulunca yemek pisirsem
Ah ne guzel olurdu seninle yaslanmak

Ozleyecegim, opecegim
Usuyunce ceketimi verecegim
Isteyecegim, besleyecegim
Uzaktan kumandayi bile verecegim

Sen bakmazken mutfagi toplasam
Koltuktan kaldirip yatagina yatirsam
Tek istegim seninle yaslanan adam olmak
Seninle yaslanmak

Seninle Yaşlanmak [2004]

Cemal Reşit Rey'in Onuncu Yıl Marşı'ndan esinlenen bir füg

10. Yıl Fügü

Melissa's Dance

Şamata is from Sibel Tüzün's 1993 album, Ah Biz Kızlar. Watch the original version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOS4HwOHtEI

It was originally produced by one of Turkey's leading producers, İskender Paydaş, who chose to have a violin to compliment the vocals. It was a nightmare cleaning up those from the original recording. :)

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