Mor ve ötesi (literally Purple and Beyond; a play on the word morötesi, meaning ultraviolet) is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin (vocals and rhythm guitar), Kerem Kabadayı (drums), Burak Güven (bass) and Kerem Özyeğen (lead guitar). Former members include Alper Tekin (no relation to Harun) and Derin Esmer. The band achieved mainstream success with the release of the album Dünya Yalan Söylüyor. In 2008, the band represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade with the song "Deli" (Insane).
Mor ve ötesi had their breakthrough with their fourth album “Dünya Yalan Söylüyor” in 2004. The album sold over 300,000 copies and changed the way rock was perceived by the Turkish music industry. Their hundreds of live performances have included several tours in Europe and the US. The band celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2016 with two special CD box-sets containing all of their published work.(Vikipedi,2021)
There is a transformation of purple and urbanite into a world in a world related to feelings, love and loneliness, which became evident like 2002-2003 and living in the urban, modern world, in a way related to the problems of his hometown, the environment and politics. Were those songs started because "we have a common sensibility and rule, we have a word"?
Harun Tekin: Our conversation topics, our troubles, these events filled with problems began to live on. This is the situation from 'Let Time Flow'... In Kerem's (Özyeğin) era. 1999-2000 is an important turning point. Strategic moves there and the relationships we've built. One canned in the Open Air Theatre; We played 'Wake Up' there. We wrote the song on an A4 paper, duplicated it with colored papers and put them one by one. The event is staged in a 100-seat hall on the ground floor of Ada Music's place in Beyoğlu. Then we did something with Amnesty International, in Milk, which later became Indigo...
‘Dünya Yalan Söylüyor’u bugün dinlediğimizde de (yakın geçmişte plak olarak da basıldı) çok taze, kuvvetli bir albüm. Ondan sonrakilerin üstüne gölgesi düştü mü sizce?
Harun Tekin: Albümlerin üstüne değil de bizim üstümüze biraz gölgesi düşmüş olabilir.
Kerem Özyeğen: O kadar büyük bir başarıdan sonra ne olabilirdi? Seçimlere girip iktidara gelmek filan olabilirdi. Bizde de şöyle bir şey oluştu, “Dünya Yalan Söylüyor 2 yapmaya çalışmayalım”. Sonra yaptığımız ‘Büyük Düşler’, ‘Masumiyetin Ziyan Olmaz’ ve ‘Güneşi Beklerken’ de her biri farklı atmosferi olan, farklı yerlere giden, farklı şeyler deneyen albümler oldu.
My intention is not to start a fight, but how is the production process in 'Mor ve Beyond'? Does everyone have one vote, depending on democratic principles?
Kerem Özyeğin: That event has probably been the same since the Beatles. A final decision cannot be made without four approvals. Burak Güven: We have always had a tendency towards collective production. We lived in the same house for a while. We had a house in Yeldeğirmeni, Kadıköy, and we were playing in a small room behind it. There were hardly any hard votes, rather things were settled with the expectation of mutual understanding.
Masumiyetin ziyan olmaz.
Ölüm kadar rahatmış ayrılık.
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sahte düşlerle
oyalamayın.Gül kendine dünya kadar güzelsin aslında dünya sensin.
Ah, devrimim benim, nedir senden çektiğim. Sen gelmedin ama ben değiştim.
kimler varmış içimde, yoklama yaptım.
deliler çıktı,
cellatlar,
bir de şeytanlar...çok sıkıldım ağlamaktan durmaktan
bu ahlaksız oyunlara devam etmek günah.
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uyan dostum uyan.