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ALBUMS
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Bitter (2006,
Web-Premiere)
Produced by Onur Türkmen
& Gulus Gulcugil
Click here for the e-booklet
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Buy: CDBaby,
Tower Records. |
"Instead of using the positive
media response to launch an even more catchy effort, Betty Ween is
spilling her guts on this album. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the
pumping and bumping bass line of the incredible opener and first single
"Comfortable Pain" – after that, there’s a lot of stertorous brass,
quiet lullabies, fields of dream between draught and fruition,
indicisive strings and a lamenting cello. But while songs take longer to
take shape, they always pick themselves up and end in almost uplifting
spirits – from a sea of uncertainty,
"The Ice is meant to melt" takes up
speed, gets dramatic trumpets and a guitar onboard and provides for a
haunting peak. No easy-listening for sure, but with enough hooks to make
listening an unexerted pleasure." Tobias Fischer, Mouvement Nouveau /
Tokafi
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In
Betty Ween (2003,
Elec-Trip)
Produced by Onur Türkmen
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Buy:
iTunes,
Tulumba,
Fandango Music Shop,
Matson. |
"In Betty Ween" is an accessible album, full of grand grooves and inviting melodies, inbedded
in subtle jazz harmonies. Far away from the glossy productions of
regular Pop and Rock records, the dry and direct sound give Gülüs lots
of space for her lyrics and her voice, which has a nice rough and warmly
abrasive edge. With vocals very much up-front, there is no need to get
worked-up too much and it is a nice suprise that the words are strong
enough on their own to get the message across without shouting,
screeching and screaming. Despite its unorthodox arrangements and song
structures, this is an album, which is great both as a background to a
stimulating dinner or a hot-blooded party or as a concentrated listen." Tobias Fischer, Mouvement Nouveau / Tokafi
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COMPILATIONS
From Constantinople to Istanbul: In the Heart of Europe
(2007, EMI FRANCE).
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Buy:
Fnac,
Alapage
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This 2 CD-compilation was realized with the participation of
the hippest Turkish musical
scene. The concept is a travel in space and time, a sort of "back to the
future".
Among the musicians featured are: Burhan Ocal, Mercan Dede, Sabahat
Akkiraz & Orient Expressions,
Husnu Senlendirici, Babazula, Ayse Tutuncu, Brooklyn Funk
Essentials, Rebel Moves, Betty Ween...
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HomeSapiens
(2002, Anadolu
Müzik, TURKEY)
A project by Mehmet Firil.
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Electronic homemade
demos including a song by Sinan Güngörer with Betty Ween. |
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