Almora (band)
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History
Almora was founded in 2001 as a musical project of the Turkish musician Soner CanozerSoner Canozer
Soner Canözer, , composer, songwriter, musician.- Biography :Composer Soner Canozer, born in the year of 1975, began to music when he was in secondary school. He performed on the stage in 1994 for the first time and stepped into his professional music life.Canozer broke grounds in many ways in...
. After the release of the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Standing Still & Cyrano they published their debut album Gates of Time in 2002 on the Turkish label Zihni Müzik. The follow-up album Kalihora's Song was released in 2003 and also received attention abroad.
The release of their third studio album Shehrâzad in 2004 was followed by positive reactions from all over the world. The newspaper Milliyet
Milliyet
Milliyet is a major Turkish daily newspaper founded in 1950.-History:Milliyet came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950...
and the Blue Jean Magazine
Blue Jean Magazine
, founded by Sherry Handel was "the only magazine written by teen girls from around the world". Blue Jean was dubbed "The Thinking Girls' Magazine by USA Today. It was founded in 1995 and published in the United States from 1996 to 1998. The magazine was notable for publishing no advertisements and...
referred to it as one of the five best Turkish rock albums ever. Particularly in Japan the album got recognized and two songs were even included in the musical Jazzy Fairies/Revue of Dreams by the popular Japanese theater group Takarazuka Revue
Takarazuka Revue
The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shōjo manga and Japanese folktales. The troupe takes its name...
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In 2006 the band released their fourth studio album 1945 in collaboration with the Turkish opera tenor Hakan Aysev. In 2008 it was followed by their latest album Kıyamet Senfonisi which features a guest appearance of the Turkish rock musician Ogün Sanlısoy
Ogün Sanlisoy
Ogün Sanlısoy is a Turkish rock musician and a pioneer among Turkish heavy metal vocalists.-Biography:Born in Gölcük, Turkey in 1971. Graduated from Mimar Sinan University as an industrial product designer...
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Singles and albums released in Turkey
- Gates of Time (Album 2002)
- Standing Still & Cyrano (Single 2002)
- Kalihora’s Song (Album 2003)
- Shehrazad (Album 2004)
- 1945 (Album 2006)
- Cehennem Geceleri – Hell Nights (Single 2007)
- Kıyamet Senfonisi – The Symphony of Judgement (Album 2008)
Albums released abroad
- Gates Of Time / Mexico (Moon Records 2007)
- 1945 / Mexico (Moon Records 2006)
- 1945 / Japan (M&I Records 2006)
- Kalihora’s Song / Mexico (Moon Records 2006)
- Shehrazad / Mexico (Moon Records 2006)
- Shehrazad / Japan (M&I Records 2005)
Video clips
- Shehrazad (Shehrazad Album)
- Cehennem Geceleri - Hell Nights (Cehennem Geceleri Single 2007 )
- Su Masalı - The River's Tale (Kıyamet Senfonisi Album - The Symphony of Judgement )
- Kıyamet Senfonisi Albüm Kayıt Belgeseli (The Symphony of Judgement Album Recording Sessions)
- Tılsım - Talisman (Kıyamet Senfonisi Album - The Symphony of Judgement )