Berke Hatipoğlu (born 7 May 1976) is an architect, musician, and lead guitarist for the Turkish rock band,
Redd
Redd is a Turkish rock band established in 1996 by tenor opera singer Doğan Duru and guitarist Berke Hatipoğlu under the name ''Ten''. They used to play at bars until they set up their own studio in 2004. Their first album, titled ''"50/50" ...
.
Biography
Berke Hatipoğlu was born on 7 May 1976 in
Istanbul
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, Turkey. At the age of 14 he began to play guitar, initially being educated by his father, Haluk Hatipoğlu. After playing guitar during high school years, in 1994 he started a professional music career in Istanbul. In a music contest held during the opening ceremony of the Tuyap music fair in 1995, with Michael D'Angelo as jury member, he won the first place as the best guitarist. In 1996,
Güneş Duru and
Ilke Hatipoğlu joined the Ten band founded by Berke Hatipoğlu and
Doğan Duru. Thus the core members of their band was formed, which was later renamed to Redd. He performed in many concerts and festivals with Ten band from 1996 until 2002.
In 1998, along with his younger brother, like Hatipoğlu, he participated in an alternative project, Gökalp Baykal & Catwalk, to release an album named Günaydın Hüzün, where he played and arranged all songs and wrote one. He spent the period between 2000 and 2004 writing and arranging songs along with Redd members and finally they released Redd's first studio album,
50-50 in 2005.
Berke Hatipoğlu has performed as guitarist, back vocal, songwriter and arranger in all Redd albums; "50-50" (2005),
Kirli Suyunda Parıltılar (2006),
Plastik Çiçekler ve Böcek (2008),
Gecenin Fişi Yok (2008), 21 (2009), a soundtrack album,
Prensesin Uykusu (2010) and
Hayat Kaçık Bir Uykudur (2012). Also, he designed the album cover for "Günaydın Hüzün" and some Redd albums like "Plastik Çiçek ve Böcek" and the DVD of Redd's acoustic concert, "Gecenin Fişi Yok" (2008).
Berke Hatipoğlu studied
environmental engineering
Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...
at
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...
from 1994 to 1997 but gave up this field and started to study architecture at Istanbul
Technical University and graduated in 2001. Also being an expert in 3D and digital architectural illustration, he held a teaching position in the faculty of architecture at
Maltepe University
Maltepe University ( tr, Maltepe Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Maltepe district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was established on July 9, 1997 by "Istanbul Marmara Education Foundation" (İMEV). The institution has a broad scope of ...
in 2003 through 2009 and has taught in the faculty of fine arts at
Doğuş University
Doğuş University (or simply Doğuş) is a foundation university located in Dudullu, Ümraniye, Istanbul.
Description
Doğuş University has twenty programmes in the faculties of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative ...
since 2008. He has participated in several architectural projects, conferences and contests.
Instruments
Guitars
*Fender Custom Shop Telecaster '63 Relic
*
Fender Telecaster
The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire, it is the world's first mass-produced, commercially successful Les Paul had built a prototype solid bo ...
Standard
*
Gibson Les Paul Standard
*Gibson ES 333
*Martin Acoustic D1
*Yamaha 12 String
*Edward&Jones
Mandolin
*Eko Classic Guitar
*Framus Bass
Amplifiers
*Marshall Bluesbreaker Reissue
*Marshall JCM800
*Marshall JTM30
Pedals
*Fulltone Fulldrive 2
*Fulltone Fat boost 2
*İbanez Tube Screamer TS9
*Electro Harmonix Pulsar
*Electro Harmonix MemoryMan
*Electro Harmonix Freeze
*Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress
*Electro Harmonix Holygrail
*Boss DD3
*Boss TU2
*Keeley Compressor
*Carl Martin Octa Switch
*ProcoRat Vintage
*ProcoRat Deuce
*Jim Dunlop CryBaby Wah
Discography with Redd
*''50-50'' (2005)
*''
Kirli Suyunda Parıltılar'' (2006)
*''
Plastik Çiçekler ve Böcek'' (2008)
*''
Gecenin Fişi Yok'' (2008)
*''21'' (2009)
*''
Prensesin Uykusu'' (2010) (soundtrack album)
*''
Hayat Kaçık Bir Uykudur'' (2012)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:HatipoAlu, Berke
1976 births
Living people