BURCU YILDIZ
1. Sezen Aksu, Işık doğudan yükselir
Ex Oriente Lux. Foneks, 1995, compact disc.
Credits for the complete album are given at Discogs for each song.
For the album Aksu chose songs that showed the cultural diversity of Anatolia.Thanks to the works of Armenian musicians such as Onno Tunç, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, and Ara Dinkçiyan, Armenian tunes have practically flooded the music of Sezen Aksu. One of Tunç’s songs that Aksu performs, “Yalnızca sitem” (Just a Complaint), took its theme from an Armenian ashugh song called “Pınchılig, mınchılig”.
2. Sezen Aksu, Deniz yıldızı
Doğan Music Company 100168, 2008, compact disc.
Credits (for the complete album):
Arranged by Arto Tunçboyaciyan (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), Ayda Tunç (tracks: 11), Aytuğ Yargıç (tracks: 12), Mithat Can Özer (tracks: 7), Mustafa Ceceli (tracks: 6, 8, 11), Unknown Artist (tracks: 3); backing vocals [choir] Arto Tunçboyaciyan (tracks: 7, 9, 10), Cihan Okan (tracks: 1,13), Eda Pala (tracks: 1, 13), Emel Müftüoğlu (tracks: 1, 13), Ercüment Vural (tracks: 1, 13), Mustafa Ceceli (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13), Ozan Uğraşan (tracks: 1, 13), Sinan Aksu (tracks: 1, 13), Zeynep Casalini (tracks: 1, 13);
Lyrics by Arto Tunçboyaciyan (tracks: 13), Sezen Aksu (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9, 11 to 14), Yıldırım Türker (tracks: 5, 10);
Music by Arto Tunçboyaciyan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13,), Sezen Aksu (tracks: 2, 6 to 8, 11, 12, 14);
strings: Ayda Tunç (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12), Evrim Baştaş (tracks: 1, 12), Nilay Karaduman (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12), Nilgün Ketenci (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12), Seçil Karakoç (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12), Suna Yüksel (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12), Yaren Budak (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 12)
Mustafa Ceceli: acoustic guitar, electric guitar (tracks: 2, 9); David Nalchajyan: alto saxophone (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 13,); Vardan Arakelyan: bass (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, to 13); Göksun Çavdar: clarinet (tracks: 7, 8); Onno Tunç: piano (tracks: 3); Güney Güvel: congas (tracks: 5, 12); Turgut Alp Bekoğlu: drums (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 11, 13); Vardan Grigoryan: duduk (tracks: 4 to 7, 10, 14);
Norayr Kartashyan: duduk [blul, shivi] (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13); Yaşar Akpençe: darbuka, tef (tracks: 7, 8,); Armen Ayvazyan: kemençe (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13);
Mustafa Ceceli:keyboards (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10, 11); Vahagn Hayrapetyan: keyboards (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13); Fatih Ahıskalı: ud (tracks: 4, 6, 8); Arto Tunçboyaciyan: percussion (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13); Arto Tunçboyaciyan: percussion [bular] (tracks: 7, 12); Mustafa Ceceli: piano (tracks: 6, 8); Vahagn Hayrapetyan: piano (tracks: 4, 9, 14); Armen Hyusnunts: tenor saxophone (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 13); Ashot Harutiunyan: trombone (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 11, 13);
Tigran Suchyan: trumpet (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 11, 13); Ayda Tunç: violin (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 9, 10); violin: Mustafa Ceceli (tracks: 8, 11); Anahit Artushyan: kanun (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13); Vardan Grigoryan: zurna (tracks: 7, 13).
Deniz yıldızı, which Aksu recorded in 2008 with Arto Tunçboyacıyan, aside from his compositions, gained an Armenian flavor with the orchestration, the inclusion of Armenian musicians, and its overall sound.
3. Gündoğarken, Bir yaz daha bitiyor
Göksoy Plak, 1986, audio cassette.
Guitars and vocals: İlhan Şeşen, Burhan Şeşen and Gökhan Şeşen.
Gündoğarken was founded by İlhan, Burhan ve Gökhan Şeşen in 1983. Bir yaz daha bitiyor is their first album. The Mediterranean sound with its Greek reference, featured on this album, introduced something important and different into Turkish popular music. On their 1998 album Mest of Gündoğarken, Grup Gündoğarken sang a song together with Greek singer Vasili Papageorgiou, and as a notable exception to the rule, the video was shown on Turkish television.