[Press Kit] - Bora Şahinkara & Friends Present: Turkish Progressive Hard Rock Mini Album "Coni" (Johnny) Released!

The 5-track mini album, for which Izmir-based musician Bora Şahinkara composed the lyrics and music, recorded it with his musician friends, and dedicated it to the cat "Coni" that he took care of between 2017 and 2020, was released on all music listening platforms on December 8, 2023.

The album, which is in the genre of 'progressive hard rock' and consists of 2 instrumental and 3 Turkish lyrics, contains a trilogy dedicated to the composer Bora Şahinkara's cat Coni: "Bir İsimsizin Teşrifi" (A Nameless' Coming), "Kedi"(The Cat) and "Coni (Karşılaşma & Veda) (Coni: Meet & Farewell)".

Apart from this trilogy, the album contains two more songs named "Bir Taşla İki Meşe" (Two Marbles by One Stone) and "Mülteci" (Refugee) (except for the composition of Bir İsimsizin Teşrifi, which he completed with Tarık Altun), all the lyrics and all the instrument parts were written by Bora Şahinkara.

Guitars: Bora Şahinkara
Drums: Gökhan Bektaş
Bass Guitar: Murat Küçükarslan
Guest Gutiar: Tarık Altun
Vocal of "Kedi": Ezgi Tekin
Vocal of "Bir Taşla İki Meşe": Zilan Yıldız
Vocal of "Mülteci": Serap Çiğdem Şahin
Cello of "Mülteci": Gökçe Bahar Oytun

All tracks were recorded, mixed and mastered at Phoenix Studio (Izmir, Turkey), except for "Coni" track; both of acoustic guitar parts were played and recorded by Bora Şahinkara himself. Mixing and mastering were done by Gökhan Bektaş (Phoenix Studio).

Bora Şahinkara, who does not have a band but created this album with his musician friends, is preparing to enter the process of forming a band to play these songs live.

Coni Album - Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/album/4h41ZWsfioFkRij2ORuJbM?si=k4MB26vEQmiVonRMi-zW0g 

Coni Album - Youtube:

​​​​​​​https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6fx8LmCMeV-F6iQ1IQq5vaocneAHIjzE 

Coni Album - Apple Music:

​​​​​​​https://music.apple.com/us/album/coni/1718028740 

Bora Şahinkara - Musician Page - Instagram:

​​​​​​​https://www.instagram.com/borasahinkara.mi/ 

Bora Şahinkara - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/borasahinkara/ 

​​​​​​​Ezgi Tekin - Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@ezgitekin84/videos 

Gökçe Bahar Oytun - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/gokcebaharoytun.cellist/ 

Gökhan Bektaş

Murat Küçükarslan - Spotify Artist Page: https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/1j5jmPnK5EBmvdMlX1Xg4f?si=ZpZXoGfwQuOEQBjue9e1kg 

Serap Çiğdem Şahin - Spotify Artist Page: https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/artist/5GeAPXZUlz3EI0ZbFNYFuI?si=TjjUSxX1TYytqIkHXkLEsA 

Tarık Altun

Zilan Yıldız - Personal Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/zilanhasretyildiz/ 

Album Cover

Murat Küçükarslan & Bora Şahinkara (Photo by Mehmet Ali Ersözlü, December 2022, Phoenix Studio)

(Photo by Mehmet Ali Ersözlü, December 2022, Phoenix Studio)

Gökçe Bahar Oytun (March 2023, Phoenix Studio, Photo by Bora Şahinkara) 

Bora Şahinkara (Photo by Noha Ahmed)

Gökhan Bektaş & Tarık Altun (March 2023, Phoenix Studio, Photo by Bora Şahinkara)

Serap Çiğdem Şahin (2023, Phoenix Studio, Photo by Bora Şahinkara)

Ezgi Tekin (December 2022, Phoenix Studio, Photo by Mehmet Ali Ersözlü)