Toprak Arif Erdem Ocak

• 1 Özüme Döndüm 05:54
• 2 Haydar 05:55
• 3 Kara Toprak 06:18
• 4 Yalancı Dünyaya Konup Göçenler 05:41
• 5 Sakladım Güzelliğini İçimde 05:28
• 6 Yara 05:10
• 7 Varım Yoğum 04:45
• 8 Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım 05:30
• Total Runtime 44:41

Info for Toprak

Arif Erdem Ocak is an astonishing Turkish guitarist, one of the founders of the popular Turkish band, Seksendört. He has been a quintessential member of Budapest’s music scene for years. This solo album was written by himself. He combines centuries-old Turkish music with a modern, percussion-style guitar playing.

Arif Erdem Ocak connects centuries-old Turkish melodies with modern percussion-style guitar playing. With his storytelling and melodic guitar tunes that lean into folk, he intimately unfolds personal narratives and universal topics such as (after) life, spirituality, virtue and our common humanity. His songs, melodies, and lyrics cover a gamut of emotions; sometimes a mellow contemplation, sometimes overwhelmingly raw or sometimes melodramatic. Arif creates heartfelt hypnotic songs that get under your skin and takes the audience a journey of reflection, silence and mind fullness.

Arif Erdem Ocak, percussion, guitarist, singer

Arif Erdem Ocak
is a Turkish percussion guitarist, songwriter, one of the founders of the popular Turkish band, Seksendört. He has been a quintessential member of Budapest’s music scene for years. He connects centuries-old Turkish melodies with modern percussion-style guitar playing. With his storytelling and melodic guitar tunes that lean into folk, he intimately unfolds personal narratives and universal topics such as (after) life, spirituality, virtue and our common humanity. His songs, melodies, and lyrics cover a gamut of emotions; sometimes a mellow contemplation, sometimes overwhelmingly raw or sometimes melodramatic.

Booklet for Toprak