Akın Eldes Explained

Akın Eldes
Birth Date:	11 November 1962
Birth Place:	Frankfurt, Germany
Occupation:	Guitarist
Genre:	Blues, blues rock, rock
Associated Acts:	Pinhani, Asım Can Gündüz, Tanju Duru, Bulutsuzluk Özlemi, Bülent Ortaçgil, Gürol Ağırbaş, Barış Manço, Melih Kibar, Mehmet Güreli, Meltem Taşkıran, Haluk Levent.

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

Career and Life

Akın Eldes was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and played mandolin and flute as a child. Eldes started playing the guitar in high school.^[1] He played with the bands E-5, Painted Bird, Asım Can Gündüz, singer-songwriter Bülent Ortaçgil, bassist Gürol Ağırbaş, composer Melih Kibar and Çapkınlar among others prior to joining Bulutsuzluk Özlemi.^[2] He is currently playing with the Turkish rock band Pinhani. Eldes uses a variety of hand-made guitars by Murat Sezen.^[3] He generally plays the Yamaha Pacifica PAC1511MS or Steinberger Headless guitar in Pinhani Concerts. His work with Bulutsuzluk Özlemi lasted from 1986 to 2000.^[4]

Albums

• Kafi (2002)
• Türlü (2004)^[5]
• Cango (2007)^[6]
• Ara Taksim (2009)^[7]
• Başka Türlü (2010)^[8]
• Hane-i Akustik (2011)^[9]
• 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^[10]
• Bülent Ortaçgil: Bu Şarkılar Adam Olmaz.
• Gürol Ağırbaş: Bas Şarkıları II^[11]
• Barış Manço: Mançoloji
• Melih Kibar: Yadigar
• Mehmet Güreli
• Meltem Taşkıran
• Haluk Levent: Kral Çıplak
• Pinhani: İnandığın Masallar, Zaman Beklemez Başka Şeyler
• Tanju Duru: Duru Zamanlar
• Mustafa Gökdeniz: Yalan Söyle

External links

• Official Spotify

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who's who.
2. Web site: Akın Eldes's Musical World . https://archive.today/20120708030053/http://beta.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action;jsessionid=D1D5D3865CF8D271B1C100F680A22E06?newsId=172129 . dead . 2012-07-08 .
3. Web site: Murat Sezen Guitars.
4. Web site: Akın Eldes Biography, iTunes . .
5. Web site: The Album, Türlü . 2011-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120107000032/http://www.guitar9.com/turlu.html . 2012-01-07 . dead .
6. Web site: The Album, Cango, iTunes. . 9 July 2007 .
7. Web site: The Album, Ara Taksim, iTunes. . 18 February 2009 .
8. Web site: The Album, Başka Türlü, iTunes. . 16 June 2004 .
9. Web site: The Album, Ara Taksim, with Sinan Cem Eroğlu . 2011-12-26 . https://archive.today/20130202180009/http://www.sinancemeroglu.com/en/ . 2013-02-02 . dead .
10. Web site: Akın Eldes, Bulutsuzluk Özlemi . 2011-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120102204943/http://www.bulutsuzluk.com/AnaSayfa.asp . 2012-01-02 . dead .
11. Web site: Akın Eldes Colleague.