Origin Edirne, Turkey Name Cem Adrian Instruments Vocals, keyboards Role Singer-songwriter | Years active 2003-present Education Bilkent University Website www.cemadrian.com | |
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Born November 30, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-11-30 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, author, producer, director Labels UJR Productions, M2K Productions Genres Avant-garde music, Alternative rock Albums Kayip Cocuk Masallari, Seker Prens ve Tuz Kral, Siyah Bir Veda Opucugu, Essentials / Seckiler, Cam Havli Profiles | ||
Cem Adrian-Mutlu Yıllar (cover)
Cem Adrian (born 30 November 1980.) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, author, producer and director. He is known for his ability to sing from bass to soprano, as his vocal cords are three times the length of an average person's.
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Early life and education
Born as Cem Filiz in Edirne, Turkey, he started his musical studies and released his first recordings during his secondary school terms.
Career
Adrian started his career in radio publishing at eighteen, and continued for about six years. At the same time he studied theatre and photography and recorded about 250 of his own songs at the studios of a radio station where he used to work.
In 2003, he performed as the singer and dancer of the ethnic music band "Mystica" which he founded, in Istanbul. In the autumn of 2004, he started his education as a "special student" at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Bilkent University, at the invitation of Fazil Say.
In February 2005, Adrian released his first album Ben Bu Sarkiyi Sana Yazdim. This album includes the songs which Adrian had recorded by himself between 1997 and 2003 in Edirne, and the live recordings of his first academic performance with Fazil Say. This demo album achieved sales of 16,000 copies.
He performed in a series of concerts which started with "Babylon" in 2005 in Istanbul, and continued with the premiere of the Hamburg Music Season with the Bremen Jazz Festival, including Fazil Say and Burhan Ocal.
In 2006, he started working on his second self-produced album, which was published in November 2006 by the name Aşk Bu Gece Şehri Terk Etti.
In 2008 he released two albums, Essentials / Seçkiler and Emir, and produced the music for Abdullah Oğuz's film Sıcak, where he also played the role of a young imam.
Albums
Adrian has released five albums. The first, Ben Bu Şarkıyı Sana Yazdım – I Wrote This Song To You, was released in 2005. He released his second, Aşk Bu Gece Şehri Terk Etti – Love Has Left the City Tonight, the following year. After a gap of a year he released two more, Essentials / Seçkiler, Emir (Order) in 2008 and Kayıp Çocuk Masalları – Lost Fairy Tales in December 2010.