Barlas Erinç is a Turkish

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, rock singer and

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. He was born in

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. He studied Business Administration and is a graduate of

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. His first band

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was a heavy metal band performing in

in the 80s. Their concerts in Ankara and in

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were huge success. He was not only the lead singer of the band but also writing the

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and the

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. He was writing in English in the early years but then started writing in Turkish too. Writing Turkish rock songs and not in an Anatolian-folk way but rather in a western style was something quite new in those days when most of his peers were playing cover songs at gigs. Barlas Erinç not only inspired many of his peers who now became recognized

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musicians in Turkey but wrote songs for them. He started writing songs for other artists with Umay Umay's first album. He wrote all of her songs in this album including ‘ Hareket Vakti- Its time to move on’. This song is the only cover song in

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's first album, ''

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''. Barlas wrote Turkish female rock singer

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's first single "Aşk Herşeyi Affeder mi? -Does love forgive everything?" that shot to the top of the charts. Teoman, is another Turkish

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celebrity whom Barlas wrote the breakthrough song of, "Ne Ekmek Ne de Su- Neither bread nor water" with which he won the Roxy Music Days trophy. Both Özlem Tekin and Teoman have many of Barlas songs in their albums. Barlas wrote around 300 songs and 30 of them became hits. He wrote not only for rock singers but for artists at a wide range of genres including Candan Erçetin ("Ağlıyor musun"- Are you crying from '' Melek'' album). Barlas produces albums for other artists, such as; Gülhan's "Gülhan" and "Aynıyız Seninle/ We're the same" and Dilek Budak's "Dilek Budak." Barlas also wrote the song "Kalbimizde Şampiyon- The Champion in our heart" for the football team

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Discography

*;Albums * (1996) ''Bara Gidelim'' * (1999) ''Kelebek'' * (2002) ''Dünya Bi Acayip'' * (2008) ''Daha Derin'' * (2012) ''Sende Kalan'' * (2013) ''Öyle Yaşıyorum İşte'' * (2020) ''Tık Tık'' ;EPs *(2016) ''Kelebek/Küt Küt'' *(2018) ''Hani Nerde Aşk'' ;Singles *(2013) "Her Akşam Votka Rakı" *(2018) "Kanasın" *(2018) "Kanasın" emixes(with Abdullah Özdoğan) *(2018) "Ayrılık Trenleri" *(2019) "Bozdur Yeminleri"

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Record Label: We Play
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