Yağmur Sarıgül (; born 26 August 1979) is a Turkish

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

and the

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

ist of the

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...

band ''

maNga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

''. He writes both lyrics and music. Yağmur "Yamyam" Sarıgül was born in

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

, Turkey on 26 August 1979 but grew up and discovered music in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

. Hailing from a musical family (father plays

ney The ney ( ; ) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 ye ...

, mother plays oud) Sarıgül was accepted into Hacettepe University State Conservatory at the age of 10 for both classical dance and music. He chose music. After studies in violin through Bilkent University Stage Arts Faculty and continued education in piano and guitar through the conservatory, Sarıgül applied to Ankara Anatolian Arts High School. After graduation, Sarıgül applied and was accepted to the

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

music program. During these years he played with Ankara bands "Laterna" and "6/8" then eventually envisioned, founded and created his most successful band "

" in 2001. He was awarded the "Best Musician" title at "Sing Your Song" music contest in 2001 where maNga finished second. The band went on to create two hit albums. Sarıgül's band was awarded "Europe's Favourite Act" at the MTV EMA's 2009 in Berlin, Germany and won second at the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

2010 in Oslo, Norway for their hit song "

We Could Be the Same "We Could Be the Same" () is a song by Turkish band Manga (band), maNga. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo, placing second. There are 3 versions available on official CD single, called as Brussels (Eurovision version), Istan ...

"; produced by Sarıgül. Sarıgül was assistant producer for maNga's debut album

and second album ''

Şehr-i Hüzün ''Şehr-i Hüzün'' (English: ''City of Sorrows'') is the second album by Turkish rock band Manga. It was released by Sony BMG in April 2009. The second video clip of the album was for the track "Leave Me With Me" on 27 July 2009. The third vid ...

''. He is the sole producer for maNga's new acoustic album project. During concerts he uses

seven string guitar The seven-string guitar adds one additional string to the more common six-string guitar, commonly used to extend the bass range (usually a low B) or also to extend the treble range. The additional string is added in one of two different ways: ...

s and keyboards.

Compositions

Own songs

maNga album * Açılış * Kal Yanımda * Yalan * Libido * Yalan 2 * maNgara * Kapanış * Kandırma Kendini * Üryan Geldim * Alışırım Gözlerimi Kapamaya * En Güzel Şarkım * Yarın Doğar Güneş Elbet Yine

Co-written songs

* Bitti Rüya ** ''Music'': with Ferman Akgül ** ''Lyrics'': with Ferman Akgül, Özgür Can Öney,

Haluk Kurosman Haluk Kurosman (born 1 March 1975, Istanbul) is a Turkish music producer and co-founder (together with Hadi Elazzi) of GRGDN, a music production – management company and record label; producing, mixing and mastering the albums of successfu ...

* Dursun Zaman ** ''Music'': with maNga * İtildik ** ''Lyrics'': Ferman Akgül ** ''Music'': with Ferman Akgül * Kapkaç ** ''Lyrics'': with Ferman Akgül * Sakın Bana Söyleme ** ''Lyrics'': with Ferman Akgül * Ben Bir Palyaçoyum

Cover songs

Yağmur also covered other artists' songs re-arranging the music. * "İz Bırakanlar Unutulmaz" in album ''

''; original by

Vega Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only from the Sun, and ...

* "Raptiye Rap Rap", in the memory album ''Mutlaka Yavrum'' of

Cem Karaca Muhtar Cem Karaca (5 April 1945 – 8 February 2004) was a Turkish legendary rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement. He was a graduate of Robert College. He worked with various Turkish rock bands suc ...

* "Beni Benimle Bırak"

References

External links

The Artist's Official site
(TR)
maNga official site
(TR-EN) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarigul, Yagmur 1979 births Living people People from Antalya Seven-string guitarists Turkish rock guitarists Turkish rock musicians Turkish songwriters 21st-century Turkish guitarists Turkish male guitarists