Ceylan Ertem

Ceylan Ertem (born 26 December 1980) is Turkish singer-songwriter.

Ceylan Ertem
Ertem performing in Ankara, July 2013
Background information
Born (1980-12-26) 26 December 1980
Adapazarı, Sakarya, Turkey
Years active2000–present
LabelsSony BMG
Associated actsAnima, Barana

Early life and career

Ceylan Ertem started her musical career by joining the Akhisar Municipality’s children choir.[1] She started learning how to play piano in 1995 and moved to Istanbul in 1999 to continue her musical education. There she attended the Mujdat Gezen Art Academy and studied Western Music for 2 years. Then she enrolled in the Musicology department of Yıldız Technical University for her bachelor degree. In 2000, she formed the band Anima with Tuncay Korkmaz. Anima, with its all members studying in the same faculty at the YTU, released their first and only album Animasal in 2006. In 2008, she started producing the radio show SubidaP on Acık Radyo, the show aired for 26 weeks.

International work

In 2008, she recorded with Philipp Gropper and Wanja Slavin in Berlin for the project "Octophone". Later, she had many concerts in Berlin as well. She worked with other European bands such as "United Fools" of France and “Barana” of Netherlands.[2]

Albums

In 2010, she released her first solo album. The album was called Soluk.[3] She recorded the whole album with 40 musicians. She continued with her solo career with Ütopyalar Güzeldir in 2012, Amansız Gücenik in 2014, and cover album YUH! in 2015. In 2016, she was invited to work on the project which was attributed to Zülfü Livaneli, on which she covered Kiz Cocugu. She released her 4th studio album Yine de Amin in February 2017.

Discography
Solo albums
  • Soluk (2010)
  • Ütopyalar Güzeldir (2012)
  • Amansız Gücenik (2014)
  • YUH! (2015)
  • Yine de Amin (2017)
  • Seni Senin Gibiler Sevsin (2019)
  • Cahille Sohbeti Kestim (2020)
Split albums
  • Animasal (with Anima) (2006)
  • Xenopolis (with Barana) (2011)
Singles
  • "Kör Heves" (duet with Mabel Matiz) (2014)
  • "Hileli" (with Kolektif İstanbul) (2018)
  • "Gel Sevelim" (2018)
  • "Mavi Çocuklar" (2018)
  • "Adem Olan Anlar" (2020)
As featured artist
  • "Zalım" (from the album Mahzuni'ye Saygı) (2017)
  • "Çukur Benim" (with Ozan Doğulu & Kubilay Aka) (2019)
  • "Sitem" (from the album Altın Düetler 2) (2019)
  • "Destina" (from the album Hikayesi Var) (2020)
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References
  1. ., Editor .. "Ceylan Ertem." Ceylan Ertem. WordPress, 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
  2. "Plus on est de Fools…". sudouest.fr. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2011. (in French)
  3. "Ceylan Ertem'in albüm'ü "Soluk" çıktı". baykusmusic.com sitesi. 17 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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