Selami Şahin-Burcu Güneş | en

Selami Şahin, born 15 August 1948 in Yayladağı, Hatay, is a Turkish singer and composer. .

Kara Güneş was formed in 1997 in Ankara. Early on they played rock music with Anatolian influences, criticising the system and daily life routine. After a few years later they left Ankara and traveled around Izmir, Istanbul, Antalya and many other cities, performing with various musicians. The group varied with the attendance of local musicians and influence of local culture. After settling down in Istanbul in 2004, a new musical journey started for the group members with incorporating traditional folk instruments such as santur (dulcimer), ney (flute) and kemençe. Since then, during these four years, they became one of the...

She was born in Turkey / İzmir on 12 August. The only child in her family, she grew up hand-in-hand with music. Her childhood years in Şirinyer were spent with separations and struggles in the family. As a small child in her father's music filled - world, taking part in many things during the rehearsals where her father worked and at home, she wrote her first piece of music at the age of 12 and gave the signs of a future full of music. Not surprisingly, she had her first stage experience at the age of 13 as a vocalist...

Gunesh Ensemble is one of the greatest bands from ex-USSR, leaded by one the finest progressive drummers, Rishad Shafi ("The King of Drum") who was for many, including Peter Gabriel, the best drummer ever. Being from Turkmenistan, they are a Central Asian sounding progressive jazz/rock/fusion group. But Gunesh are better than that may imply. Having unexpectedly beautiful arrangements, polyrhythmic compositions with odd measure, this is surely a must have for every progressive lover. Of course, we should contextualize it in the geographical area and in the history period to justify the maximum vote. .