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alp ersonmez

Bass Player,Composer,Arranger

About Me

Born in izmir,Turkey, he graduated from 9 Eylül University, Business Administration major in 1997, Bilgi University Jazz Composition major in 2003.In 1998, formed Turkey’s primary R&B and soul band KANGROOVE with Bora Uzer and Mert Önal.Can Çankaya joined the band in 1999.His main bands are KANGROOVE, QUARTET MUARTET, WAX POETIC/ISTANBUL SESSIONS and TELVIN..He is also the bass player of the Turkish pop star,TARKAN. His list of live performances include names like Tarkan, Quartet Muartet, Wax Poetic Istanbul, Telvin/Erkan Ogur, Lost Songs Of Anatolia, Erik Truffaz, Ercüment Vural&Önder Focan Project, Clark Gayton (Sting), Karina Zeviani (voice of Thievery Coperation), Akin Eldes, Cahit Berkay Motion Picture Project, Emin Findikoglu, Buzuki Orhan Osman, Sertab Erener, Timur Selçuk, Donovan Mixon, Jazzistance, Melis Sökmen and Aylin Aslim. Alp Ersönmez had the highest number of votes in the Jazz Magazine Appreciation Survey 2005,in the “Electric Bass” category.

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Member Since: 10/4/2006
Band Website: quartetmuartet.com,kangroove.com,waxpoetic.net"quartetmuartet.com,kangroove.com,waxpoetic.net
Band Members: QUARTET MUARTET (Sarp Maden-guitar,Volkan Oktem-drums,Genco Ari-piano)

KANGROOVE (Bora Uzer-vocal,Can Cankaya-keys,Mert Onal-Drums)

WAX POETIC /ISTANBUL SESSIONS (Ilhan Ersahin-tenor saxophone,rhodes,programming,Turgut Alp Bekoglu-drums,Izzet Kizil-percussion),Kenny Wollessen-drums,Otto-vocals&percussion

TELVIN (Erkan Ogur-Fretless acoustic & electric guitars,kopuz,Turgut Alp Bekoglu-drums,Ilkin Deniz-bass,Alp Ersonmez-bass
Sounds Like: A Selection of the Discography

Quartet Muartet
DOKUZ PARÇA-NINE PIECES : bass player,composer(on tracks 5&6),arranger (selected as the second best album of 2005 among the Jazz Magazine readers in Turkey
DOKUZ PARÇA DAHA-NINE PIECES MORE: bass player,composer(on track 8,Eldivenler Gloves),arranger

Wax Poetic Istanbul
WAX POETIC ISTANBUL : bass player,co-composer

Önder Focan & Ercüment Vural Project
KIRMIZIYA ÇALIYOR-LIKE RED : bass player on all tracks

Akin Eldes
TÜRLÜ : bass player on tracks 1)Eklektik Oyun Havasi, 4)Hayal Meyal, 6)Agirparça, 7)J.H., 8)Türlü

Cahit Berkay
FILM MÃœZIKLERI VOLUME 3 : bass player on all tracks except Track 1

Tarkan
METAMORFOZ : bass player on all tracks

Mert Içgören
MERT IÇGÖREN : bass player on tracks 1)Beden Egitimi, 2)Üç Gün Üç Gece Bodrum, 3)Türk Mali

Sedar Öztop
MUTLULUGUN GÖZYASLARI : bass player on track 2)Kaytan

Teoman
RENKLI RÜYALAR OTELI : bass player on tracks 2)Ask Kirintilari, 3)Renkli Rüyalar Oteli

Kenan Dogulu
DEMEDI DEME : bass player on tracks 3)Demedi Deme, 5)Sorma, 6)Ben O Degilim
FESTIVAL: bass player on tracks 4)Rahatla, 9)Ara Beni Lütfen

Soundtracks
LOST SONGS OF ANATOLIA,VESAIRE VESAIRE...

Other Pop Albums
Ozcan Deniz-Hediye,S--la-...dan sonra,Murat Boz-Maksimum

Compilations
GRILLENUNDCHILLEN : bass player on CD1,track 13)Bora Uzer-You Are (with Pete Adams on piano and Ashley Soan on drums)
KAHVALTIDA CAZ : bass player on track 8)Ercüment Vural&Önder Focan-Big Pleasure

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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Quartet Muartet,Ankara If,14.05.2008

Quartet Muartet,Ankara If,14.05.2008
Posted by alp ersonmez on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:44:00 PST

KANGROOVE at Ankara,istanbul and Bodrum Mavi

Hi,Kangroove (the original line up Bora,Can,Alp and Mert) will be playing at Ankara if at July3,2008 and starting from July8,everynight at Bodrum Mavi.Hope to meet you there.
Posted by alp ersonmez on Fri, 02 May 2008 02:59:00 PST

Quartet Muartets new album "Nine Pieces More" out now

Quartet Muartet,released their second album "Nine Pieces More".The first album,"Nine Pieces" was released in 2004.There are 8 Sarp Maden originals and one composition by Alp Ersonmez on the album.The ...
Posted by alp ersonmez on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:50:00 PST

Wax Poetic Istanbul album Out Now!

Wax Poetic Istanbul (Ilhan Ersahin-sax,samples,Rhodes/Turgut Alp Bekoglu-drums/Izzet Kizil-percussion/Alp Ersonmez-bass) has released their album with the same title. The idea of this album is recordi...
Posted by alp ersonmez on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:29:00 PST