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Nerelisin

Just arrived in California!

About Me


Nerelisin (formerly Eliot Bates ve Kaliforniya Saz Arkadaslari): 4 Californians in Istanbul, playing really unique, arranged, and maniacal versions of Turkish popular, protest, folk and Anatolian ethnic music, led by Eliot Bates , an American musician with 14 years of experience performing Turkish music. Each one of our shows is very unique, whether they're featuring guest artists like VJ team Artificial Eyes , or programs of special repertoire (rebetika and syrian folk music are 2 recent examples)
They have quickly gained a large following of fans, mostly Turkish but some Americans, Europeans, and other wayward travellers, and smoothly move between sad deyis songs (everyone MUST sing along), to psychedelic Cem Karaca covers, to totally rocking Roman gypsy dance numbers.
The band just moved to San Francisco from Istanbul, where they regularly gigged at various venues (including Victoria Lokantasi and U-Turn Bar ) and for private events. Let us know if you would like Nerelisin to perform in your hometown!
Be sure to regularly check here, and on our other music download site , for free mp3s, concert info, photos, blog stuff, and more. If you like what we're about, don't forget to add us to yer friends listings!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/30/2007
Band Website: musiq.com/nerelisin/
Band Members: Eliot Bates - 'ud and screaming vocals
Samuel Atchley - clarinet
Sean Tergis - percussion
Ladi Dell'aira - vocals
Influences: Erkan Ogur
The Bad Plus
Ismail Hakki Demircioglu
Hasret Gultekin
Grup Yorum
Zülfü Livaneli
Selim Sesler
Amon Tobin
Haig Manoukian, Polly Tapia Ferber & Souren Baronian
Cem Karaca
Cemali
Brenna MacCrimmon
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Kervan performances (Kervan konserleri) - Bay Area

Just wanted to let Nerelisin fans know about 2 upcoming shows that feature 2/3 of Nerelisin. Eliot and Sean are playing with Kervan, a 5-piece group specializing in Istanbul music of many varieties, f...
Posted by Nerelisin on Fri, 09 May 2008 12:27:00 PST

Son Istanbul'daki program gelecek... (our last Istanbul event is coming)

Tonight, we played our best gig to date at Jazz-Play Studio, the funky space owned by Donovan Mixon, a stellar jazz guitarist who lives and teaches in Beyoglu. We had special guests Hedi Güven, Calvi...
Posted by Nerelisin on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:37:00 PST

Singles party... Bekarlar partisi

We just played a "singles party" at Victoria - it was interesting seeing how Turks conceive of a singles party. Besides our uptempo dance music (a bit more uptempo than usual), Elvis Presley filled t...
Posted by Nerelisin on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:47:00 PST

Viktoria Lokantasina gidenler çok tesekkur ederiz

Last night, had one of our most fun gigs to date at Viktoria Lokantasi, the Taksim cistern/basement venue we've been playing at since the fall. We always enjoy our Thursdays there, but this night ther...
Posted by Nerelisin on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

Milliyet Gazete (reportaj)

So, we became famous today in Turkey. Don't worry, it won't last more than a week. But a feature story on us appeared in the April 1 edition of Milliyet, the nation's largest newspaper (check our pics...
Posted by Nerelisin on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:30:00 PST

Reportaj günü (a day for promotion and interviews)

We're finally getting the time together to do a bit of promotional work and all the non-musical stuff that goes into a band. We're going to be in Time Out Istanbul magazine in April, and had some fun ...
Posted by Nerelisin on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST