Hi I am Orkun Akcil, I am a producer and guitarist from cologne, Germany.

Since I was a little child, unknowingly playing guitar has been a tool, a form of meditation for me. Especially in moments of insecurity, I would play to create a safe space, where I could express and explore myself.

The last 20+ years taught me how to play instruments and sing, but the most important lesson for me was how to communicate music as a language. A language that everybody understands.

And just in October I finished my first guitar album “Deseo Ardiente”.

First I was unsure if a guitar album was enough?! Compared to other projects it seemed to be so minimalistic and raw. So when I started recording these tracks, I made them for myself, never meant to share them with anybody but my closest friends and family.

But when corona hit, we all experienced being in this weird stage. Some were feeling separated. Others found back to themselves. And I decided to go out and play these tracks on the streets. To share a bit of the peace that I find when I sit with the guitar.

The more I played outside, the more I found that people resonated with the tracks I performed. They were thankful and asked where they could find the music. It felt like the sounds gave them permission to connect to their vulnerable side. And in these moments it clicked - holding back these pieces would be selfish.

DESEO ARDIENTE means Burning Desire. A desire that is within every living organism. Like the desire of a caterpillar to shed its layers and transform into a butterfly. We humans have that desire to find meaning too.

And with every melody I put into Deseo Ardiente, I incorporated feelings of transformation and meaning. This album is not only composed of 11 individual songs. It is your 33 Minute sound journey. An invitation to explore your own feelings through a story told in melodies and expressed on guitars, like me, when I was child back then.

The album is recorded in 432 Hz in is concepted to travel from e minor to e major, the scale of heaven.

Enjoy and let me know what you feel and think.

Peace and Plants,
Orkun

intro

Her Beauty (Instrumental)

what im feeling. no lyrics. feelings explained in tabs & chords. enjoy

i'm not happy

man i love raccoons so much

bojangles

moment (inspired by vacations)

my love 4 her

If Only There Were........

Balk gui(tar)

Four Guitars
Everything by Timothy Hnatow

A Washburn electric through a Korg ES-1MKII 
Recorded and mixed on a Tascam DP-03SD

Not Intended

I am a minimalist. There are no computers, other than a drag and drop from a digital 8-track. This music is not made for phone speakers. I release the songs on SoundCloud as I record them. Once an album is done, I release the songs in album form on Bandcamp.

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