Nazan Öncel
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Nazan Öncel is one of Turkey
's most successful and famous pop music
and pop rock
singers/songwriters. She writes her own songs, does the arrangements for most of them and has also written songs for many famous singers such as Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses
.
She's mostly known for her unique writing style, a combination of grammatically perfect "high-class" Turkish and slang.
, İzmir
, the second child to a family of government officials. Her mother, Raziye Hanım, was a teacher. Her interest towards music started early in her childhood. She began singing songs and playing guitar in her middle school years. For three years from 1969 she worked with "Kervanlar Orkestrası", then in 1971 she joined the band "Çılgınlar", which performed at weddings and celebrations. In 1976 she won a song contest organized by the İzmir Radio Station with her song "Annem" ("My Mother").
In 1978, her song "Sana Kul Köle Olmuştum" ("I've Become Your Slave"), written by Erdener Koyutürk and Özdener Koyutürk, was aired on radio and television, and Nazan's interesting voice attracted attention. Her first album (LP), "Yağmur Duası"("Prayer for the Rain") was published in 1982. The first album, where all of the songs were written by Öncel herself, was published in 1992, by the title "Bir Hadise Var" ("There is an Issue"). In 1994 she published her second album "Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim" (I Didn't See Love like This) and album included a 1994 hit with its video, "Geceler Kara Tren" ("The Nights are Dark Train"). Songs lyrics written by Nazan Öncel and with "Geceler Kara Tren"s lyrics, she reached high-class lyric writer rank. In 1995 she published an unplugged album, "Göç" ("The Migration") under her own publishing company Naz Müzik. Until recently, this album has been out of print and received a cult following in Turkey. It has been considered by many to be one of the best albums in Turkish music history. Her 1996 album "Sokak Kızı" ("Stray Girl") included a more rock-oriented sound than its predecessor. Album included four singles and three of this singles; "Erkekler de Yanar" (The Men Are on the Hook, too), "A Bu Hayat" (This Life) and "Bırak Seveyim Rahat Edeyim" (Let Me Love You Disembarrass Me) became hits with their videos. In 1999, she released "Demir Leblebi" ("The Iron Chickpea"), which caused controversy because of the lyrics of the song with the same name, which talks about her memories of child molestation by her father. Her latest album, "Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim" ("Let's Have Our Photo Taken Side By Side") came out in 2004 under HITT Productions, pop-star Tarkan's own publishing company. The album includes two duets "Hay Hay" and "Nereye Böyle" with him.
Nazan Öncel has finished working on her 7th studio album. It features 12 new songs and is titled 7'n Bitirdin. The mastering process of the album has been seen through by Miles Showell in London
, who is known for his works with artists such as Queen
, Elton John
and George Michael
.
The first single of the album was "Aşkım Baksana Bana".
Erdem Sökmen : Guitar
Erkan Oğur : E-Bow
Güral Ağırbaş : Bass
Tarkan Gözübüyük : Bass
Hüseyin Cebeci : Mandolin, acoustic instruments
Özer Arkun : Cello
Music direction: Nazan Öncel
Producer : Akşit Togay
Arrangement : Nazan Öncel
Supervisor : Mert Özmen
Art Direction : Mete Özgencil
Alper Erinç : Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar
Ogün Sanlısoy : Harmonica
Ahmet Koç : Bağlama
Deniz Selman : Zurna
Hamit Ündaş : Shaker
Vocals: Sezen Aksu, Metin Arolat, Mert Savaş, Zeynep Erekli, Hamit Ündaş, Menent Savaş
Nazan Öncel: Music direction, Sound and Rhythm Composition, Electric guitar, Hollo
İskender Paydaş: Arrangement
Hamit Ündaş : Arrangement, Basa, Electric and Classic Guitar, Taf, Shaker, Castanet, Bongo, Holo, Backvocals
Erdem Sökmen : Acoustic Guitar
İslay Tetik ve Grubu : Yaylı
Volkan Öktem : Acoustic drums
Mehmet Bitmez : Ud
Kerem Tüzün : Bass
Deniz Yılmaz : Electric Guitar
Cengiz Ercümer : Darbuka
Ahmet Koç : Bağlama, Electro Bağlama, Cura
Alper Erinç : E-bow, Bass, Bağlama
Evran Tokdamış : Bass
Mustafa Süder : Violin, Guitar, Backvocal
Executive Producer: Nazan Öncel
Sound Designer: Nazan Öncel
Director: Akşit Togay
Recording Studios: İmaj, RMS, I.P Studio, M.İ.A.M
Mix: Ulaş Ağce
Mastering: Metropolis (London)
Recordings: Okan Doğu, Hamit Ündaş, Tufan Taş, Evrim İşbilir, Özgür Yurtoğlu, Murat Elgün, Veli Meral
Nazan Öncel Vocal Recordings: Hamit Ündaş
Studio Assistants: Murat Elgün (Mix), Emin Hasan
Caricatures: İsmail Gülgeç
Booklet Design: Nazan Öncel
Photographer: Gül Gülbahar
Photography Coordinator: Nurdan Sözgen
Make-up: Ülker Mutlucan
Hair Designer: Yüksel Altun
Costume Designer: Nazan Öncel
Graphics: Özgürarcan
Print: FRS Printing
Producer: A3 Music Production
Production: Avrupa Music Production A.Ş - 1697
Turkey
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's most successful and famous pop music
Pop music
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and pop rock
Pop rock
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singers/songwriters. She writes her own songs, does the arrangements for most of them and has also written songs for many famous singers such as Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses
İbrahim Tatlıses
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.
She's mostly known for her unique writing style, a combination of grammatically perfect "high-class" Turkish and slang.
Biography and career
Nazan Öncel was born on 6 February 1956 in KarşıyakaKarsiyaka
Karşıyaka is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. It is part of the Greater Metropolitan Area of İzmir, in other words a metropolitan district, the second largest after Konak in terms of population, and it is almost entirely urbanized at the rate of 99,9 per cent, with corresponding high levels...
, İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
, the second child to a family of government officials. Her mother, Raziye Hanım, was a teacher. Her interest towards music started early in her childhood. She began singing songs and playing guitar in her middle school years. For three years from 1969 she worked with "Kervanlar Orkestrası", then in 1971 she joined the band "Çılgınlar", which performed at weddings and celebrations. In 1976 she won a song contest organized by the İzmir Radio Station with her song "Annem" ("My Mother").
In 1978, her song "Sana Kul Köle Olmuştum" ("I've Become Your Slave"), written by Erdener Koyutürk and Özdener Koyutürk, was aired on radio and television, and Nazan's interesting voice attracted attention. Her first album (LP), "Yağmur Duası"("Prayer for the Rain") was published in 1982. The first album, where all of the songs were written by Öncel herself, was published in 1992, by the title "Bir Hadise Var" ("There is an Issue"). In 1994 she published her second album "Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim" (I Didn't See Love like This) and album included a 1994 hit with its video, "Geceler Kara Tren" ("The Nights are Dark Train"). Songs lyrics written by Nazan Öncel and with "Geceler Kara Tren"s lyrics, she reached high-class lyric writer rank. In 1995 she published an unplugged album, "Göç" ("The Migration") under her own publishing company Naz Müzik. Until recently, this album has been out of print and received a cult following in Turkey. It has been considered by many to be one of the best albums in Turkish music history. Her 1996 album "Sokak Kızı" ("Stray Girl") included a more rock-oriented sound than its predecessor. Album included four singles and three of this singles; "Erkekler de Yanar" (The Men Are on the Hook, too), "A Bu Hayat" (This Life) and "Bırak Seveyim Rahat Edeyim" (Let Me Love You Disembarrass Me) became hits with their videos. In 1999, she released "Demir Leblebi" ("The Iron Chickpea"), which caused controversy because of the lyrics of the song with the same name, which talks about her memories of child molestation by her father. Her latest album, "Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim" ("Let's Have Our Photo Taken Side By Side") came out in 2004 under HITT Productions, pop-star Tarkan's own publishing company. The album includes two duets "Hay Hay" and "Nereye Böyle" with him.
Nazan Öncel has finished working on her 7th studio album. It features 12 new songs and is titled 7'n Bitirdin. The mastering process of the album has been seen through by Miles Showell in London
London
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, who is known for his works with artists such as Queen
Queen (band)
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, Elton John
Elton John
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and George Michael
George Michael
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.
The first single of the album was "Aşkım Baksana Bana".
Singles
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| Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim | Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim | - | - |
| Geceler Kara Tren | - | - | |
| Göç | Gidelim Buralardan | - | - |
| Sokak Kızı | Erkekler de Yanar | - | - |
| A Bu Hayat | - | - | |
| Bırak Seveyim Rahat Edeyim | - | - | |
| Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim | Hay Hay | - | 198 |
| Hokka | - | 283 | |
| Nereye Böyle | - | - | |
| Hayat Güzelmiş | - | - | |
| Atıyorsun | - | 346 | |
| 7'n Bitirdin | Aşkım Baksana Bana | 1 | - |
| Omzumda Ağla | 3 | - | |
| Ekilmekteyim | 10 | - | |
| 7'n Bitirdin | - | - | |
| Hatırına Sustum | Seni Bugün Görmem Lazım | 38 | - |
Albums
- Nazan Öncel, 1978
- Sana Kul Köle Olmuştum
- Kader Bu Çekeceksin
- Yağmur Duası, 1980
- Zalimin Zülmü
- Hüdaverdi
- Damarımda Kanımsın
- Şahane Gözler
- Kim Demiş
- Demedim mi?
- Yağmur Duası
- Böyle mi Olacaktı?
- Kaderimde Hep Güzeli Aradım
- Ben Yalnız Seni Sevdim
- Geçti Güzelim
- Bir Hadise Var, 1992
- Aynı Nakarat
- Gitme Kal Bu Şehirde
- Aşık Değilim Olabilirim
- Leylim Yar
- Mühürledim Seni Kalbime (Bir Hadise Var)
- Hadi Hadi Nazlanma
- Boncuk
- Hani Böyle Olamazdık?
- Nokta Nokta
- Ağla Erkeğim Ağla
- Olmaz ki
- Aynı Nakarat (Remix)
- Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim, 1994
- Ben Böyle Aşk Görmedim
- Geceler Kara Tren
- Dillere Düşeceğiz Seninle
- Adam Sende Yeter
- Nazınla Dünya Sazınla Dünya
- Bu Kaçıncı Bahar?
- Eveleme Geveleme Develeme Bitti
- Avare Yıllar
- Aşk Beklemez
- Bunu Bir Ben Bilirim Bir Allah
- Göç, 1995
- Gidelim Buralardan
- Sen Beni Öldürüyorsun
- Aşk Olmalı
- Bir Şarkı Tut
- Ağlama Gönlüm
- Nazlı Ay
- Göç
- İşiniz Gücünüz Yok mu Yani?
- Çocuk Kalbim
- Vesaire
Erdem Sökmen : Guitar
Erkan Oğur : E-Bow
Güral Ağırbaş : Bass
Tarkan Gözübüyük : Bass
Hüseyin Cebeci : Mandolin, acoustic instruments
Özer Arkun : Cello
Music direction: Nazan Öncel
Producer : Akşit Togay
Arrangement : Nazan Öncel
Supervisor : Mert Özmen
Art Direction : Mete Özgencil
- Sokak Kızı, 1996
- Ben Sokak Kızıyım
- Bana Özel
- Bu İstanbul
- Erkekler de Yanar
- Geberik
- Bırak Seveyim Rahat Edeyim
- Özgür Çiçek
- Ölüyorum Anlasana
- A Bu Hayat
- Hadi Güneye
Alper Erinç : Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitar
Ogün Sanlısoy : Harmonica
Ahmet Koç : Bağlama
Deniz Selman : Zurna
Hamit Ündaş : Shaker
Vocals: Sezen Aksu, Metin Arolat, Mert Savaş, Zeynep Erekli, Hamit Ündaş, Menent Savaş
- Demir Leblebi, 1999
- Beni Söyletme
- Bu Havada Gidilmez
- Kunduram Sandukam Zembilim
- Aşıklar Parkı
- Zor Dünya
- Hızlı Yaşarken
- Hep Yalnız
- Kötülere Bi'şey Olmaz
- Kız Bebek
- Sokarım Politikana
- Demirden Leblebi
Nazan Öncel: Music direction, Sound and Rhythm Composition, Electric guitar, Hollo
İskender Paydaş: Arrangement
Hamit Ündaş : Arrangement, Basa, Electric and Classic Guitar, Taf, Shaker, Castanet, Bongo, Holo, Backvocals
Erdem Sökmen : Acoustic Guitar
İslay Tetik ve Grubu : Yaylı
Volkan Öktem : Acoustic drums
Mehmet Bitmez : Ud
Kerem Tüzün : Bass
Deniz Yılmaz : Electric Guitar
Cengiz Ercümer : Darbuka
Ahmet Koç : Bağlama, Electro Bağlama, Cura
Alper Erinç : E-bow, Bass, Bağlama
Evran Tokdamış : Bass
Mustafa Süder : Violin, Guitar, Backvocal
- Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim, 2004
- Hay Hay
- Ukala Dümbeleği
- Nereye Böyle
- Beyoğlu
- Atıyorsun
- Beni Hatırla
- Hokka
- Anlamaya Çalış
- Küçük Gemiler
- Gül Pansiyon
- Otomobil (Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim)
- Ruh Hali
- Hayat Güzelmiş
- 7'n Bitirdin, 2006
- Aşkım Baksana Bana
- Omzumda Ağla
- 7'n Bitirdin
- Ekilmekteyim
- Zehirli Sarmaşık
- Bırak Konuşsunlar
- Utan
- El Kızı
- Bittimse Bittim
- Anlat Arkadaşım
- Direkten Döndüm
- Kış Baba
Executive Producer: Nazan Öncel
Sound Designer: Nazan Öncel
Director: Akşit Togay
Recording Studios: İmaj, RMS, I.P Studio, M.İ.A.M
Mix: Ulaş Ağce
Mastering: Metropolis (London)
Recordings: Okan Doğu, Hamit Ündaş, Tufan Taş, Evrim İşbilir, Özgür Yurtoğlu, Murat Elgün, Veli Meral
Nazan Öncel Vocal Recordings: Hamit Ündaş
Studio Assistants: Murat Elgün (Mix), Emin Hasan
Caricatures: İsmail Gülgeç
Booklet Design: Nazan Öncel
Photographer: Gül Gülbahar
Photography Coordinator: Nurdan Sözgen
Make-up: Ülker Mutlucan
Hair Designer: Yüksel Altun
Costume Designer: Nazan Öncel
Graphics: Özgürarcan
Print: FRS Printing
Producer: A3 Music Production
Production: Avrupa Music Production A.Ş - 1697
- Hatırına Sustum, 2008
- Öp Barışalım
- Seni Bugün Görmem Lazım
- Canım Benim Nasılsın
- Hatırına Sustum
- Nereye Gitti Bu Adam
- Ankaralı Sevgilim
- Bu Da Hayat Mı
- Manzaralı Oda
- Pollyanna
- Ali
- Çiçekçi Geldi