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

In 1993, Gökçe Akçelik, Barkin Engin and Orçun Bastürk laid the foundations of 
Replikas, which completed it line-up when Selçuk Artut and Erden Özer Yalçinkaya
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 Müzik 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 Köledoyuran, 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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