TURKISH PROGRESSIVE MUSIC PRESENTS : ------------------------------------------

--------------------------------REPLIKAS----------------------------------------

BIOGRAPHY :

In 1993, G�k�e Ak�elik, Barkin Engin and Or�un Bast�rk laid the foundations of
Replikas, which completed it line-up when Sel�uk Artut and Erden �zer Yal�inkaya
joined in May 1998 and January 2000 respectively.
Even before signing a recording contract Replikas had developed a considerable
following in Istanbul through playing regular gigs in several nightclubs and
giving concerts.
They were sponsored by Sabanci University to represent Turkey at the
Mediterranean Young Artist's Biennial in Rome in 1999, where they introduced
their music to European listeners. In the same year Replikas contributed a song
named Gulyabani M�zik to the album Aksi Istikamet, a compilation of numbers from
Istanbul's hottest alternative bands.
In 2000 the group opened for Alanis Morisette in Istanbul and a wider audience
had the opportunity to listen to their music.
They recorded their first album K�ledoyuran, for Ada Music between July 17 and
August 5, 2000.
Released in December 2000, it was chosen "Best Turkish Album" of that year by
Roll magazine and Porttakal.com. It won further acclaim when a number of music
critics sited it as one of the year's best albums.
The album's first video clip featured the song "Seyyah". The video was filmed
by Adnan Elial and P.T.T. and was played on numerous music programs, receiving
positive reviews.
The album drew a lot of attention from music writers in America and Europe. A
number of foreign underground record companies offered it for sale and various
radio stations have played music from the album. It reached #2 on the Internet
radio hitlist of WXYC, broadcasting from America.
Their version of Stravinsky's Royal March, arranged for the academic and artist
Selim Birsel's "Royal Cortege" project, will be released in Italy in the near
future and will appear on the multinational compilation Floralia Vol. 4.
Replikas is still assimilating all the sounds that influences it, feeding off
its own avant-garde nature, and producing a minimal and pure sound all its own.
The band has just finished their second album. To be released at the end of
2001, it will be called Dadaruhi.
Replikas has also composed music for Serdar Akar's (of "the New Cinema-makers")
latest film, "Maruf". The group is already working on their third album.

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