Deniz Tekin Explained
Deniz Tekin |
Birth Name: | Hatice Deniz Tekin |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1997 |
Birth Place: | İzmir, Turkey |
Genre: | Alternative |
Instrument: | Singing, guitar, bass guitar |
Years Active: | 2016–2024 |
Hatice Deniz Tekin[1] [2] (born 7 June 1997) is a Turkish musician and songwriter. Her interest in music began at the age of 8, when she started to play piano and flute. She joined various local music groups during her secondary and high school years. At the age of 16, she began performing live music in small cafes. At the same time, she shared her own recordings under the nickname Daphead on various music platforms and made covers of known songs and attracted attention. In 2017, she released her first studio album Kozakuluçka.
Life and career
She was born in İzmir as a child of a civil servant and spent her first years in Konak. Her parents studied dentistry and she spent her childhood in different provinces. She first went to Mardin with her family and finished primary school there. Then she completed her secondary and high school education in Gaziantep. Her interest in music started with piano and flute with the encouragement of her father. In Gaziantep, she shared her works on music sharing platforms such as SoundCloud and attracted attention.[3] Her recordings during this period were listened to between 1 and 7 million times on YouTube.[4] [5] After creating an adequate audience, she gave concerts in big cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Antalya.[6] [7] [8] In an interview in 2015, Turkish singer Kalben drew attention to the instruments and voice of Tekin.[9] After leaving Gaziantep, she started studying Western Languages and Literature at Boğaziçi University. In 2017, at the age of nineteen, she released her first studio album Kozakuluçka, which consists of nine songs. In this album, she also covered songs such as "Beni Vur" by Ahmet Kaya and Yusuf Hayaloğlu.[10] Later she performed a number of songs together with Can Ozan.[11] In 2022 she got together with Geeva Flava and Dilan Balkay to put together her second EP called Mana.[12] She once played bass for Yaşlı Amca in 2023.[13]
On February 13 2024, she announced to quit her commercial music career.
Discography
- Albums
- Kozakuluçka (2017)
- Yüzyıllardır Aynı Dert (2023)
- EPs
- Singles
- Hep Oturup Bekledim (2017)
- Çözülmez (2018)
- Yıldızlar (2019)
- Güneşe Doğru (2020)
- Olmayacak İşler (2021)
- Aşkın Bu Sarhoşluğu (2022)
- Derde İhanet Edemem (feat. Cihan Mürtezaoğlu, 2023)
Notes and References
- Web site: Gaziantep Kolej Vakfı . GKV ATATÜRK’Ü ANMA İL TÖRENİ BÜYÜK BEĞENİYLE İZLENDİ . 7 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308103217/http://gkv.k12.tr/fenlisesi/anasayfa_detay.asp?id=763 . 8 March 2018.
- Web site: SonDakika.com . Reklamı Kapat Şahinbey Lions Kulüpten Eğitime Büyük Destek . 7 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308042212/https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-sahinbey-lions-kulupten-egitime-buyuk-destek-3688626/ . 8 March 2018.
- Web site: Arslan, Güliz . Artık star’lık diye bir şey kalmadı . Hürriyet . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507134855/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/artik-starlik-diye-bir-sey-kalmadi-40420351 . 7 May 2017.
- Web site: Kavukluoğlu, Suat . Bu gençler ateş ediyor . NTV Sanat . 24 April 2017 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170424181622/http://www.ntv.com.tr/sanat/bu-gencler-ates-ediyor,qfrk5cZUP0yoF4wVvjXpgA . 2017-04-24 .
- Web site: Deniz Tekin Kadıköy Sahne'de . Karnaval . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170412043637/http://karnaval.com/etkinlik/deniz-tekin-kadikoy-sahnede-21-491806-haber . 12 April 2017.
- Web site: Akyıldız, Tolga . İşte internetteki müzik platformlarının yeni fenomenleri: . Hürriyet Kelebek . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100202/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/iste-internetteki-muzik-platformlarinin-yeni-fenomenleri-40341820 . 5 February 2017.
- Web site: Deniz Tekin İlk Albümünü Çıkardı! . Wagazin . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507134902/http://www.wagazin.com/deniz-tekin-ilk-albumunu-cikardi/ . 7 May 2017.
- Web site: Deniz Tekin- Kozakuluçka . Milliyet Sanat . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507134912/http://www.milliyetsanat.com/etkinlik-detay/konser/deniz-tekin-kozakulucka/4787 . 7 May 2017.
- Web site: Sahnelere 'bayram günü gibi gelen': Kalben . Hürriyet . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802110413/http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/kultur-sanat/muzik/sahnelere-bayram-gunu-gibi-gelen-kalben . 2 August 2016 . live .
- Web site: Babylon 24 Nisan haftası programında neler var? . Milliyet . 24 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507134917/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/babylon-24-nisan-haftasi-pembenar-detay-kultursanat-2434639/ . 7 May 2017.
- Web site: Kendi yolunu bulmuş bir müzisyen . 1 April 2020 . Hürriyet . Akyıldız . Tolga . https://web.archive.org/web/20181125153817/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/tolga-akyildiz/kendi-yolunu-bulmus-bir-muzisyen-41029008 . 25 November 2018.
- Web site: Deniz Tekin Geeva Flava ve Dilan Balkay Birlikteliğinden Yeni EP: Mana . 2023-05-23 . wannart . en.
- Web site: Yaşlı Amca, nisan ve mayıs aylarındaki tüm konserlerine Deniz Tekin’in katılacağını duyurdu . 2023-05-23 . Twitter . en.