Murat Ses is a
keyboard player and
composer with strong
Eurasian electronic elements. He is the creator of the
Anadolu Pop style that has been influencing
Turkish music scene for decades. His
LP Danses et Rythmes de la Turquie d'hier à aujourd'hui was awarded the
Grand Prix du Disque[?] by the
Charles Cros Academie[?] in
Paris. The albums
AUTOMATON (Slave with Ewer Device),
BINFEN (feat.Tan) and
CULDUZ, all released in the
1990s, are parts of a
trilogy with the concept: "The Timeless and Boundaryless Context of Culture and Civilization". Ses has had excellent press (US Keyboard, Audion, i/e, Expose ...) and airplay (Binfen was no.7 in Ohio). His main influences are
Pink Floyd,
Traffic,
Jimmy Smith[?],
Eastern Mediterranean[?],
Levantine[?], and
Central Asian cultures and music. He is the most important
Turkish artist still internationally active and shaping today's independent
electronic music scene.
His earlier (late 60s early 70s) psyhedelic-Anatolian works with English lyrics released under US, Dutch, German and Canadian labels in the late 1990s through 2002. Murat's most recent album with his "Miami Impressions" were recorded in Miami, Florida and will be published in 2003 as Automaton² (Automaton Square)
See also: Mogollar