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 I was born in Bursa but I spent my childhood in Ankara, capital of Turkey. At home, I had multiple instruments to play as a child. I started learning how to play the guitar and the keyboard by myself. At age 10, I started taking drum lessons. However, my main passion was composing music.

 

 I started listening to music seriously when I was 8 years old. I had a cousin who was a metalhead -he was listening to HEAVY kind of metal, or maybe it was heavy for a 8 years old- and he also got me into metal. While I was searching for subgenres of metal and all kinds of music, I met with progressive music and fell in love with that genre immediately! Of course, over the years, I have expanded my music library and have tried to explore different sounds and genres.

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 My debut album "Left Behind" had started to take its shape when my life begun. I've written a lot of songs since I was a kid, I was also very passionate about making my own music back then. By the time I was 19, I had a small collection of songs. In the meantime, I moved to İstanbul and started college. I've met many many great musicians at that time. We had and still have great time as a "gang". We played different genres in numerous bands together. After knowing each other well, I took the songs to one of the member of the "gang" -producer of the album, Seçkin Çalışkan- and we worked on them together. He contributed a lot to the album, took it to the next level. Another factor that increased the album's quality, without a doubt, was the musicians who contributed with their great ideas, solos, and fabulous playings.​

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 The songs in the album had been with me for a long time. I had tried to mature the songs as much as possible. In the end, I had to leave these songs behind. So, "Left Behind" is my thoughts, my feelings, my taste in music and art until this time. Most importantly, it is a piece of my heart. I hope this album can touch you.

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-Kara