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    Posted: December 16 2023 at 02:42

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Turkish Progressive Hard Rock Mini Album "Coni" (Johnny) Released!

The 5-track mini album, for which Izmir-based musician Bora Şahinkara composed the lyrics and music, recorded it with his musician friends, and dedicated it to the cat "Coni" that he took care of between 2017 and 2020, was released on all music listening platforms on December 8, 2023.

The album, which is in the genre of 'progressive hard rock' and consists of 2 instrumental and 3 Turkish lyrics, contains a trilogy dedicated to the composer Bora Şahinkara's cat Coni: "Bir İsimsizin Teşrifi" (A Nameless' Coming), "Kedi"(The Cat) and "Coni (Karşılaşma & Veda) (Coni: Meet & Farewell)".

Apart from this trilogy, the album contains two more songs named "Bir Taşla İki Meşe" (Two Marbles by One Stone) and "Mülteci" (Refugee) (except for the composition of Bir İsimsizin Teşrifi, which he completed with Tarık Altun), all the lyrics and all the instrument parts were written by Bora Şahinkara.

Guitars: Bora Şahinkara
Drums: Gökhan Bektaş
Bass Guitar: Murat Küçükarslan
Guest Gutiar: Tarık Altun
Vocal of "Kedi": Ezgi Tekin
Vocal of "Bir Taşla İki Meşe": Zilan Yıldız
Vocal of "Mülteci": Serap Çiğdem Şahin
Cello of "Mülteci": Gökçe Bahar Oytun

All tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered at Phoenix Studio (Izmir, Turkey), except for "Coni" track; both of acoustic guitar parts were played and recorded by Bora Şahinkara himself. Mixing and mastering were done by Gökhan Bektaş (Phoenix Studio).

Bora Şahinkara, who does not have a band but created this album with his musician friends, is preparing to enter the process of forming a band to play these songs live.


Coni Album - Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/album/4h41ZWsfioFkRij2ORuJbM?si=k4MB26vEQmiVonRMi-zW0g 

Coni Album - Youtube:

​​​​​​​https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6fx8LmCMeV-F6iQ1IQq5vaocneAHIjzE 

Coni Album - Apple Music:

​​​​​​​https://music.apple.com/us/album/coni/1718028740 


Bora Şahinkara - Musician Page - Instagram:

​​​​​​​https://www.instagram.com/borasahinkara.mi/ 

Bora Şahinkara - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/borasahinkara/ 

​​​​​​​Ezgi Tekin - Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@ezgitekin84/videos 

Gökçe Bahar Oytun - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/gokcebaharoytun.cellist/ 

Gökhan Bektaş

Murat Küçükarslan - Spotify Artist Page: https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/1j5jmPnK5EBmvdMlX1Xg4f?si=ZpZXoGfwQuOEQBjue9e1kg 

Serap Çiğdem Şahin - Spotify Artist Page: https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/5GeAPXZUlz3EI0ZbFNYFuI?si=TjjUSxX1TYytqIkHXkLEsA 

Tarık Altun

Zilan Yıldız - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/zilanhasretyildiz/ 
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Cool. I'll listen to it when I find some time. The only Turkish productions I had the chance to check out are The Magnificent Century and Baris Akarasu.
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Hahah, döner kebab? But I'm vegan. :-))

Thanks, I wanna hear any comment, if you want after you listening. 

I think there is more interesting examples in diffirent genres from Turkey. :-))
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I will have a listen.....one of my fave progressive musicians, the late musician, singer, songwriter, composer and teacher Eddy Marron-who is known around these parts mainly as the driving force behind quite a few of the albums of krautrock/jazz rock band Dzyan, often included a track on his albums with his playing of a Turkish stringed instrument known as a "saz". Don't know if Marron was at all Turkish, but he did a good job at playing and capturing the Turkish "atmosphere" with the saz amidst the progressive sounds of his music projects.
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Originally posted by cat.business cat.business wrote:

Hahah, döner kebab? But I'm vegan. :-))

Thanks, I wanna hear any comment, if you want after you listening. 

I think there is more interesting examples in diffirent genres from Turkey. :-))



That's totally fine. There's always falafel... or something.
I've heard a lot of good things about vegan burgers actually. The thing about those is that they take microwave/reheating really well (much better than meat).

But anyway, I listened to some of the tracks. The guitar tones are frickin' singing! Musically, there's a strong connection to the raw 70's hard rock. Good stuff. I think the period-inspired production is what really sells this. Peace!
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I will have a listen.....one of my fave progressive musicians, the late musician, singer, songwriter, composer and teacher Eddy Marron-who is known around these parts mainly as the driving force behind quite a few of the albums of krautrock/jazz rock band Dzyan, often included a track on his albums with his playing of a Turkish stringed instrument known as a "saz". Don't know if Marron was at all Turkish, but he did a good job at playing and capturing the Turkish "atmosphere" with the saz amidst the progressive sounds of his music projects.



Thanks :-) 

Wow. Good knowledges for me. Thank you. I followed Dzyan on Spotify and I'll listen albums. Also, I'm curious tracks included saz. 

I like most of Turkish or Anatolian instruments but one of my least favorite instrument is saz. :-)) But, there is some good examples. For example groovy saz song from 70's: Barış Manço - "Lambaya Püf De": https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/track/0enmHQEf2I3lpITQwiDq1p?si=e1eb2aa1ab4848e8 

One of my favorite Anatolian instrument is "klasik kemençe". If you want an example, I can show this song from 1970 and Barış Manço again. This song includes "klasik kemençe" and "acoustic guitar". Simple and deeply emotional with Anatolian melodic style and it's classic in here. Barış Manço - "Dağlar Dağlar": https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/track/7iDB2RmJfPGIrgN42PBDLw?si=96b94e4857bd4594
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

 
That's totally fine. There's always falafel... or something.
I've heard a lot of good things about vegan burgers actually. The thing about those is that they take microwave/reheating really well (much better than meat).

But anyway, I listened to some of the tracks. The guitar tones are frickin' singing! Musically, there's a strong connection to the raw 70's hard rock. Good stuff. I think the period-inspired production is what really sells this. Peace!


Yeah. I'm working in a falafel cafe two days in a week. Big smile 

It's a about being good chef or bad chef, I think. :-) 

Yeah, I'm inspiring from oldies. I don't like spend my million hours with 'sound', I'm interesting in composition, riffs, melodies. :-) If you didn't listen yet, I think check out 'Mülteci' too. :-) 
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I'm on track 3 now and it sounds great! I love the idea of a concept trilogy for a cat! I'd love to make one for mine someday

Is it self recorded or did you go to a studio?

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