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BIO
The solo project and alter ego of songwriter, producer and visual artist Güneş
Akyürek, Güneş Kardeş performs Turkish Psychedelic Rock and Anatolian-Pop with
a modern interpretation. As a child, his father's record collection and the psychedelic
soul of the 60s had a deep influence on him. With his previous band PONZA, he wrote
neo-psychedelia songs as a self-taught songwriter, released Free Kids EP (2015) and Another Land LP (2018) and performed at various festivals with his band.
In 2018, he founded the record company Tarla Records with the DIY philosophy and
released the music of PONZA, Ali Gem, Deli Bakkal, Selût and Şevket Akıncı, presenting
them with the visuals he designed. In 2020 During the pandemic, he prioritized recordings of his Turkish songs that he had previously building up. Uygar Çetiner accompanied on drums and released the first Güneş Kardeş single “Kayboldum” from. The follow-up “Zahiri” was played on many radio stations around the world. As part of the album “Tribute to Moğollar”, he made a reinterpretation of “Çok Geç Olur” by Taner Öngür with his own colors and the music video he shot in his studio for this cover song competed in festivals.
In 2024, Güneş Kardeş released “Bu Çukurdan” and gave hint of his first album to be
released in the coming months and undertook the arrangement and production of İdil
Meşe’s song “Neden” and released a song featuring İdil Meşe from Ada Müzik. He also
works on bass guitar and vocals in the brand new super group Miskinler and creates
new compositions in the Anatolian-Pop style.
Güneş Kardeş currently continues to experiment in his studio in Maslak, Istanbul and
as a visual artist, he tries to gather stimulating inspirations between these two fields by
producing multidisciplinary works between music and visual arts and manages the
operations of Tarla Records.
