Akın Eldes (born 11 November 1962) is a Turkish guitarist.

Career and Life

He was born in

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, Germany, and played

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and flute as a child. Eldes started playing the

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in high school. He played with the bands

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, Painted Bird,

Asım Can Gündüz Asım Can Gündüz (August 15, 1955 – June 24, 2016) was a Turkish rock and blues guitarist. He was also known as ''Awesome John'', especially outside Turkey, partly because his name is pronounced very much like Awesome (''Asım'') John (''C ...

, singer-songwriter

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, bassist Gürol Ağırbaş, composer Melih Kibar and Çapkınlar among others prior to joining Bulutsuzluk Özlemi. He is currently playing with the Turkish rock band

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. Eldes uses a variety of special hand-made guitars by Murat Sezen. He generally plays the

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Headless guitar in

Concerts. His work with Bulutsuzluk Özlemi has been between 1986–2000.

Albums

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'' (2004) *'' Cango'' (2007) *'' Ara Taksim'' (2009) *''Başka Türlü'' (2010) *''Hane-i Akustik'' (2011) * Tek Başına (2018) * Denemeler (2021)

Singles

* Hep Birlikte (2019) KERRAR feat.Gönül Taner * Hep Birlikte - Rerecording (2020) * Kuzgun (2020) * Deneme 1-2 (2020) * Deneme 3-4 (2020) * Deneme 5 (2020) * Deneme 6 (2020) * Deneme 7 - Kimlederdensin Kimlerlesin (2021) * Deneme 8 - Oyun Havası (Karışık Tarz) (2021) * Böyle (2021) * Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (2021) * Krähe - Kuzgun Pt.2 (2021)

''Other album appearances''

* Bulutsuzluk Özlemi: Uçtu Uçtu, Güneşimden Kaç, Yaşamaya Mecbursun, Yol *

: Bu Şarkılar Adam Olmaz. * Gürol Ağırbaş: Bas Şarkıları II *

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: Mançoloji * Melih Kibar: Yadigar *

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* Meltem Taşkıran * Haluk Levent: Kral Çıplak *

: İnandığın Masallar, Zaman Beklemez Başka Şeyler * Tanju Duru: Duru Zamanlar * Mustafa Gökdeniz: Yalan Söyle

References

External links

Official Spotify
Living people Turkish rock guitarists German people of Turkish descent 1962 births {{Turkey-musician-stub