Altın Gün (meaning ''Golden Day'' in Turkish) is a Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as

Anatolian rock Anatolian rock ( tr, Anadolu rock), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups became popular in Turkey. Most known members of this genre includes Turk ...

, band from

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. It was founded by bassist Jasper Verhulst in 2016 when he posted an ad on Facebook looking for Turkish musicians. Their style has been described as "psychedelic" with a "dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue organs". Altın Gün also performs psychedelic rock covers of

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. Both the band's vocalists, Merve Daşdemir and Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız, are of Turkish origin, while the other four members are Dutch. Their debut album was ''On'', released in 2018. In 2019, they released ''Gece'' which was nominated for the

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(2019) in the

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category. The band's first American tour commenced in mid 2019.

Members

Altın Gün are: * Jasper Verhulst: Bass * Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız: Vocals,

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, keys * Merve Daşdemir: Vocals, keys, small percussion *Daniel Smienk: Drums * Chris Bruining: Percussion *Thijs Elzinga: Guitar

Discography

Albums

* 2018 : ''On'' * 2019 : ''Gece'' * 2021 : ''Yol'' * 2021 : ''Âlem''

Singles

* 2017 : "Goca Dünya" / "Kırşehir'in Gülleri" * 2018 : "Tatlı Dile Güler Yüze" / "Hababam" * 2018 : "Cemalim" / "Vay Dünya" * 2019 : "Süpürgesi Yoncadan" * 2019 : "Gelin Halayı" / "Dıv Dıv" * 2020 : "Ordunun Dereleri" / "Bir Of Çeksem" * 2021 : "Yüce Dağ Başında" * 2021 : "Kısasa kısas" * 2022 : "Cips kola kilit"

References

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