Asia Minor
Biographie de l'artiste pour Asia Minor
There Are Currently 2 Bands Under The Name Of "Asia Minor"
1. Asia Minor The Turkish-French Progressive Rock Band Of The '70s Based In Paris.
2. Asia Minor Indonesian Hardcore Band Formed At 2001. 1. Asia Minor Turkish-French Band. The Group’s Genesis Was In The Meeting In 1971 Of Guitarist/flautist Eril Tekeli B.25.4.54 Guitarist/singer Setrak Bakirel B.19.11.53 And Drummer Can Pronounced Jan Kozlu Three Turkish Students In Istanbul. Setrak And Can Were Self-Taught Musicians Much Influenced By Rock Whereas Eril Who Had Attended Flute Classes Was Influenced By Jazz. Fond Of English Rock But Immersed In Middle-Eastern Culture And Music They Decided To Form A Group Whilst Continuing Studies At College. In 1971 They Won Two Prizes For Composition And Interpretation At A Musical Contest Gathering Together Participants From High Schools All Over Turkey. In Order To Carry On With Their Studies However The Three Decided To Emigrate In 1973. Eril And Setrak Settled In Paris And Can In Grenoble. They Benefited Form This Move Greatly As The Musical Scene In Turkey Was Too Restricted For Them To Fulfil Their Artistic Ambitions. Sharing The Same Musical Orientation And Ambition Eril And Setrak Decided To Perform As A Duo In 1974 Under The Name Of Layla Referring To The Well-Known Clapton Song As Well As A Character From Perion Mythology . They Became Acquainted With The Local Music Scene In Paris And Worked On Improving Their Technique Acquiring Better Equipment Which They Needed To Sharpen Their Instrumental Skills. During The ‘74 Easter Holidays Eril And Setrak Visited Can In Grenoble And Recorded Some Tracks With Him. After This Session Can Decided To Go To Paris And Join Layla Followed By A Bass-Player Named Hervé In 1975 The Year Of Their First Concerts.
They Performed At The Youth-Centre Rue Borrego Theatre Mouffetard The Facility Of Architecture And As Backing Musicians For A Play Of Three Nights At The Paris Festival. In 1976 Hervé Left The Group And Was Replaced By Setrak’s Fellow Student Jean-Philippe Bottier.
The Band Took The Name Asia Minor Process Title Chosen By The Whole Group As A Reference Of Their Origins And The Kind Of Musical Style They Wanted To Develop Inspired By Middle-Eastern Culture. At The Beginning Of 1977 Can Left The Group To Pursue Jazz-Oriented Career In The States. Eril And Setrak Recruited A 16-Year Old Drummer Lionel Beltrami B. 11.6.60 Through A Small Ad He Had Placed For A Vacancy In A Progressive Rock Band. He Auditioned In April ‘77 Passed And Joined The Band. At His Suggestion The Band Then Shortened Its Name To Asia Minor.
At The Audition. Lionel Had Been Accompanied By A Friend Keyboard-Player Robert Kempler. Lionel Had Played With Him A Year Before In A Progressive Outfit Called Atlantis Whom He Had Left In Search Of A More Challenging Gig. He Suggested That Robert Join Asia Minor To Enrich The Group’s Sonic Palette But At The Time Eril And Setrak Weren’t Keen On Introducing Keyboards Into Their Music. Focused As It Was Very Much On The Sound Of Guitars And Flutes. Lionel Was A Self-Taught Drummer. He Had Started Learning Drums And Piano At The Age Of Thirteen. He Played His First Gig As A Drummer With A Band Called Phenix In December 1974 Shortly Afterwards While With Another Group Graal He Began To Work On His Own Compositions Influenced By The English Progressive Movement. An Excellent Drummer With A Strong Technique And An Individual Style He Was An Ideal Partner For Asia Minor. When He Joined The Band His Creativity Opened Up New Perspective Enabling The Band To Spread Its Wings Anew. Harmonic And Rhythmic Language Was Considerable Enhanced By His Contribution. Shortly After Lionel Joined Jean-Philippe Bottier Left The Group For Personal Reasons And Paul Levy Also Recruited Through An Advertisement Joined On Bass. The Musical Format A Quartet With Two Guitarists Reflected The Personal Choice Of The Musicians. They Were Quite Satisfied With This Rather Conventional Line-Up As Both The Front Men Were Adaptable Eril And Setrak Both Playing Guitar And Singing Lead Vocals With Guitars The Lion’s Share Of The Spotlight. Keyboards Were Excluded They Were Thought To Be Superfluous To The Role Played By The Guitar Duets Between Eril And Setrak Which Dominated The Music. The Group Started Work On A Personal Repertoire Composed By The Two Leaders. Asia Minor’s Musical Identity Was However Predominantly The Work Of Eril. Their Originality Lay In Compositions That Combined Middle Eastern Scales With Anglo-Saxon Progressive Rock A Style Much Admired By Eril And Setrak Though They Didn’t Consider It A Major Influence. The Middle Eastern Influence Most Obviously Manifests Itself In The Melancholy And Sinuous Shape Of The Themes And In Setrak Bakirel’s Nostalgic Vocal Style. Time Signatures Of Great Complexity And Syncopation Are Also Apparent These Are Characteristic Of Much Eastern Music. Eril And Setrak Composed Prolifically And Met Up Every Day To Work On New Pieces Which Would Be Worked Out In Rehearsal With The Others. Suggestions Were Made As To Thematic Developments Which Were Sometimes So Radical That The Tune Became Almost Unrecognizable Except As A Small Motif In The Background. On 18th-19th February 1978 For Their Debut Recording Lionel Suggested Once Again That The Band At Least Enlarge Their Sound By Adding Some Keyboards Parts By Way Of Ornamentation. Lionel Was Friendly With Grime’s Keyboardist Nicolas Vicente Whom He Had Met At A Concert. Nicolas Played On The Recording - Three Numbers Cut At Tai Phong’s Eight-Track Home Studio. This Five-Man Line-Up Also Played At The Faculty Of Architecture On 29.3.78.
During The First Week Of May 1978 The Group Landed A Five-Day Residency At The Drugshow In Paris Their Show Was Very Sober Favouring The Intensity Of Musical Performance Over Any Great Display Of Stagecraft. Without An Album To Their Credit And Subsequently Largely Unknown To Much Of The Audience Asia Minor Surprised Everyone With Their Original Music Which Stood Proudly Against The Prevailing Trends Of The Time But They Had To Wait Until September For Their First Next Gig Two Performances At The Boule Noire Also In Paris. As They Had No Manager The Group Had To Contact The Venues Themselves To Secure What Few Contracts There Were. To Distinguish Themselves From Other Parisian Groups And Gain More Credibility They Recorded A Demo-Tape Hoping To Make A Name With The Media And Concert Promoters And Managers As Well As Obtaining National - Or Even International - Recognition.
With This In Mind They Contacted Record Companies Without Results. One Of CBS’ A&R Men Liked What He Heard And Even Sat In On A Rehearsal But Sadly Couldn’t Persuade His Bosses To Sign The Group. Following This Setback Asia Minor Decided To Produce An Album By Themselves With The Financial Help Of Their Parents And Friends. The Lack Of Professional Support Didn’t Discourage The Band. To Their Way Of Thinking This At Least Meant Complete Artistic Freedom! Moreover They Had Sufficient Knowledge Of Studio Techniques To Be Confident Of Showing Off Their Compositions Their Best Advantage Whilst Recording Them. The Band Booked The Obscure Maia Studios In Bondy Near Paris Yet Only A Fortnight Before Recording Was Due To Begin Paul Levy Left For Personal Reasons. As The Group Were Unable To Recruit Another Bassist At Such Short Notice Eril And Setrak Decided To Tackle The Album’s Bass Parts Themselves. Lionel Asked Nicolas Vicente To Participate Once Again And The Sessions Took Place Between A6 And 28 October 1978. The Recording Was Made On 16 Tracks Under The Supervision Of Sound Engineer Serge Dudit Assisted By Guy Adams. As The Original Mixes Proved Unsatisfactory The Band Decided To Remix The Album To Their Own Tastes At The Studio De La Grande Armée In Paris And Achieved A Better Result.
The Album Contains Nine Tracks And Features Two Songs Sung In Turkish. All Vocals Are Performed By Setrak Except For The Final Bars Of “Mahzun Gözler” Where Eril Takes Over And Setrak Sings Backing Vocals. All The Tracks From The Session Were Retained With The Exception Of “Boundless” Which Eventually Found Its Way Onto The Second Album. Two Other Numbers From Their Repertoire Remained Unissued. The Lyrics Serve Mainly As Support For The Music Suggesting Images And Emotions Which Fit The Melodies. Singing In English Seemed An Obvious Choice Given The Element Of English Rock In Their Musical Background. But Their Publisher Suggested That A Couple Of Songs In Turkish Be Included After Some Consideration The Band Agreed That Their Native Language Would Sound Better On Some Of The Tunes And Agreed To The Suggestion. Following The Recording Sessions The Group Searched Once Again For A Company Willing To Distribute The Album But Met With The Same Indifference That Had Greeted Their Efforts With Their Demo-Tape. The Group Resigned Itself To Issuing The Disc At Their Own Expense Creating A Label For The Occasion Called W.A.M. Ware Of Asia Minor . Setrak And Eril Designed The Sleeve With Layout Exclusively By Setrak. The Album Was Called “Crossing The Line” Eril’s Title Symbolizing The Line Dividing Dream Form Reality Or In Another Sense The Band’s Hope Of Recording Its Music And The Final Realization Of That Dream. It Was Issued On 19 April 1979. The Band Struggled Hard To Arouse Interest In The Media But Without The Help Of A Record Company Or PR Officer They Only Got As Far As Winning A Few Lines’ Space In Rock ‘n’ Folk. Asia Minor’s Music With Its Instrumental Virtuosity And Complexity And Melodic Originality Contrasted Totally With The Musical Fashion Of The Time Namely Punk. The Press Subsequently Gave Their Album Short Shrift Preferring To Laud The Then More Lucrative Punk Acts. The Album Was Only Distributed Among Some Parisian Record Shops. In Spite Of This Relative Commercial Failure The Group’s Enthusiasm And Faith In Its Music Was Undiminished. While Commercially Unfavored The Album Nonetheless Represented Considerable Artistic Success. In It The Listener Discovers An Original Highly Sophisticated And Technically Proficient Music The Work Of Young Musicians Who Had Managed To Record An Album In The Face Of Great Odds. For That Alone The Record Deserves A Place As One Of The Most Notable And Certainly Unique Turkish And French Progressive Issues Of The Era Proposing A Music Arisen From The Symbiosis Of Two Very Different Musical Traditions. 2. Asia Minor - Indonesian Hardcore Band. Were Formed Since 2001 With The First Formed Ajie Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum Zen Vocal . With The Early Members Aji Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum And Zen Vocal . Because Of One Reason Zen Went Out From The Band And Replaced By Firman From Nosebleed. However This Formation Was Not Long Last Because Firman Also Went Out From The Band. Finally The Solid Members Are AJI RAHMAN HAKIM GUITAR 2 ANGGA KUSUMA GUITAR 1 M.RIDWAN BASS ERWIN NIAGARA DRUM SANI SUGEMA VOCAL We Were Got To Know Each Other Since We Were Child And Had The Same Of Vision Also Perseption To Formed A Hardcore Band Called “ASIA MINOR” The Concept Of Music Has Been Depeloving To Find The Band Identity. Colaborate Between Minor Chords And Hardcore Beat Spirit And Atitude Who Implied In Lyrics. We Were Tried To Exsist Among All The Scene In Bandung. Support Is A Energy For Us. Thank You Guys For Support And Being Part Of ASIA MINOR. You’re All The Best.
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50 Meilleurs Titres de Asia Minor - Frogtoon Musique
Asia Minor - Nightwind Asia Minor - Northern Lights Asia Minor - Boundless Asia Minor - Dedicace Asia Minor - Dreadful Memories Asia Minor - Lost In A Dream Yell Asia Minor - Mystic Dance Asia Minor - Preface Asia Minor - Misfortune Asia Minor - Landscape Asia Minor - Visions Asia Minor - Without Stir Asia Minor - Postface Asia Minor - Mahzun Gözler Asia Minor - Mahzun Gozler Asia Minor - Deadline Of A Lifetime Asia Minor - In The Mist Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Günler Için Asia Minor - Crossing In Between Asia Minor - Radyo Hatirasi Asia Minor - Oriental Game Asia Minor - Melancholia's Kingdom Asia Minor - The Twister Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Gunler Icin Asia Minor - Urban Silk Asia Minor - Haval Dolu Gunler Icin Asia Minor - Kokomo 45 Version Asia Minor - Kokomo Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Günler İçin Asia Minor - Perfect Love Asia Minor - Mahzun Gцzler Asia Minor - ยิ้มทั้งน้ำตา Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Güler Için Asia Minor - Serenity Now Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Guler Icin Asia Minor - Membuka Era Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Gьnler Iзin Asia Minor - Hayal Dolu Ünuler Icin Asia Minor - Gözler Asia Minor - Showdown In Tokyo 3 Asia Minor - Zaviye Asia Minor - คนหลงทาง Asia Minor - Maybe We'll Crash Asia Minor - Mahzun Gzler Asia Minor - The Cube Remains Asia Minor - Tuna Asia Minor - 1959 Asia Minor - Kedi Rüyası Asia Minor - Istanbul Asia Minor - Hicazkar Swing50 Meilleurs Paroles de Asia Minor - Frogtoon Musique
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Biography - Asia Minor
There Are Currently 2 Bands Under The Name Of "Asia Minor"
1. Asia Minor The Turkish-French Progressive Rock Band Of The '70s Based In Paris.
2. Asia Minor Indonesian Hardcore Band Formed At 2001. 1. Asia Minor Turkish-French Band. The Group’s Genesis Was In The Meeting In 1971 Of Guitarist/flautist Eril Tekeli B.25.4.54 Guitarist/singer Setrak Bakirel B.19.11.53 And Drummer Can Pronounced Jan Kozlu Three Turkish Students In Istanbul. Setrak And Can Were Self-Taught Musicians Much Influenced By Rock Whereas Eril Who Had Attended Flute Classes Was Influenced By Jazz. Fond Of English Rock But Immersed In Middle-Eastern Culture And Music They Decided To Form A Group Whilst Continuing Studies At College. In 1971 They Won Two Prizes For Composition And Interpretation At A Musical Contest Gathering Together Participants From High Schools All Over Turkey. In Order To Carry On With Their Studies However The Three Decided To Emigrate In 1973. Eril And Setrak Settled In Paris And Can In Grenoble. They Benefited Form This Move Greatly As The Musical Scene In Turkey Was Too Restricted For Them To Fulfil Their Artistic Ambitions. Sharing The Same Musical Orientation And Ambition Eril And Setrak Decided To Perform As A Duo In 1974 Under The Name Of Layla Referring To The Well-Known Clapton Song As Well As A Character From Perion Mythology . They Became Acquainted With The Local Music Scene In Paris And Worked On Improving Their Technique Acquiring Better Equipment Which They Needed To Sharpen Their Instrumental Skills. During The ‘74 Easter Holidays Eril And Setrak Visited Can In Grenoble And Recorded Some Tracks With Him. After This Session Can Decided To Go To Paris And Join Layla Followed By A Bass-Player Named Hervé In 1975 The Year Of Their First Concerts.
They Performed At The Youth-Centre Rue Borrego Theatre Mouffetard The Facility Of Architecture And As Backing Musicians For A Play Of Three Nights At The Paris Festival. In 1976 Hervé Left The Group And Was Replaced By Setrak’s Fellow Student Jean-Philippe Bottier.
The Band Took The Name Asia Minor Process Title Chosen By The Whole Group As A Reference Of Their Origins And The Kind Of Musical Style They Wanted To Develop Inspired By Middle-Eastern Culture. At The Beginning Of 1977 Can Left The Group To Pursue Jazz-Oriented Career In The States. Eril And Setrak Recruited A 16-Year Old Drummer Lionel Beltrami B. 11.6.60 Through A Small Ad He Had Placed For A Vacancy In A Progressive Rock Band. He Auditioned In April ‘77 Passed And Joined The Band. At His Suggestion The Band Then Shortened Its Name To Asia Minor.
At The Audition. Lionel Had Been Accompanied By A Friend Keyboard-Player Robert Kempler. Lionel Had Played With Him A Year Before In A Progressive Outfit Called Atlantis Whom He Had Left In Search Of A More Challenging Gig. He Suggested That Robert Join Asia Minor To Enrich The Group’s Sonic Palette But At The Time Eril And Setrak Weren’t Keen On Introducing Keyboards Into Their Music. Focused As It Was Very Much On The Sound Of Guitars And Flutes. Lionel Was A Self-Taught Drummer. He Had Started Learning Drums And Piano At The Age Of Thirteen. He Played His First Gig As A Drummer With A Band Called Phenix In December 1974 Shortly Afterwards While With Another Group Graal He Began To Work On His Own Compositions Influenced By The English Progressive Movement. An Excellent Drummer With A Strong Technique And An Individual Style He Was An Ideal Partner For Asia Minor. When He Joined The Band His Creativity Opened Up New Perspective Enabling The Band To Spread Its Wings Anew. Harmonic And Rhythmic Language Was Considerable Enhanced By His Contribution. Shortly After Lionel Joined Jean-Philippe Bottier Left The Group For Personal Reasons And Paul Levy Also Recruited Through An Advertisement Joined On Bass. The Musical Format A Quartet With Two Guitarists Reflected The Personal Choice Of The Musicians. They Were Quite Satisfied With This Rather Conventional Line-Up As Both The Front Men Were Adaptable Eril And Setrak Both Playing Guitar And Singing Lead Vocals With Guitars The Lion’s Share Of The Spotlight. Keyboards Were Excluded They Were Thought To Be Superfluous To The Role Played By The Guitar Duets Between Eril And Setrak Which Dominated The Music. The Group Started Work On A Personal Repertoire Composed By The Two Leaders. Asia Minor’s Musical Identity Was However Predominantly The Work Of Eril. Their Originality Lay In Compositions That Combined Middle Eastern Scales With Anglo-Saxon Progressive Rock A Style Much Admired By Eril And Setrak Though They Didn’t Consider It A Major Influence. The Middle Eastern Influence Most Obviously Manifests Itself In The Melancholy And Sinuous Shape Of The Themes And In Setrak Bakirel’s Nostalgic Vocal Style. Time Signatures Of Great Complexity And Syncopation Are Also Apparent These Are Characteristic Of Much Eastern Music. Eril And Setrak Composed Prolifically And Met Up Every Day To Work On New Pieces Which Would Be Worked Out In Rehearsal With The Others. Suggestions Were Made As To Thematic Developments Which Were Sometimes So Radical That The Tune Became Almost Unrecognizable Except As A Small Motif In The Background. On 18th-19th February 1978 For Their Debut Recording Lionel Suggested Once Again That The Band At Least Enlarge Their Sound By Adding Some Keyboards Parts By Way Of Ornamentation. Lionel Was Friendly With Grime’s Keyboardist Nicolas Vicente Whom He Had Met At A Concert. Nicolas Played On The Recording - Three Numbers Cut At Tai Phong’s Eight-Track Home Studio. This Five-Man Line-Up Also Played At The Faculty Of Architecture On 29.3.78.
During The First Week Of May 1978 The Group Landed A Five-Day Residency At The Drugshow In Paris Their Show Was Very Sober Favouring The Intensity Of Musical Performance Over Any Great Display Of Stagecraft. Without An Album To Their Credit And Subsequently Largely Unknown To Much Of The Audience Asia Minor Surprised Everyone With Their Original Music Which Stood Proudly Against The Prevailing Trends Of The Time But They Had To Wait Until September For Their First Next Gig Two Performances At The Boule Noire Also In Paris. As They Had No Manager The Group Had To Contact The Venues Themselves To Secure What Few Contracts There Were. To Distinguish Themselves From Other Parisian Groups And Gain More Credibility They Recorded A Demo-Tape Hoping To Make A Name With The Media And Concert Promoters And Managers As Well As Obtaining National - Or Even International - Recognition.
With This In Mind They Contacted Record Companies Without Results. One Of CBS’ A&R Men Liked What He Heard And Even Sat In On A Rehearsal But Sadly Couldn’t Persuade His Bosses To Sign The Group. Following This Setback Asia Minor Decided To Produce An Album By Themselves With The Financial Help Of Their Parents And Friends. The Lack Of Professional Support Didn’t Discourage The Band. To Their Way Of Thinking This At Least Meant Complete Artistic Freedom! Moreover They Had Sufficient Knowledge Of Studio Techniques To Be Confident Of Showing Off Their Compositions Their Best Advantage Whilst Recording Them. The Band Booked The Obscure Maia Studios In Bondy Near Paris Yet Only A Fortnight Before Recording Was Due To Begin Paul Levy Left For Personal Reasons. As The Group Were Unable To Recruit Another Bassist At Such Short Notice Eril And Setrak Decided To Tackle The Album’s Bass Parts Themselves. Lionel Asked Nicolas Vicente To Participate Once Again And The Sessions Took Place Between A6 And 28 October 1978. The Recording Was Made On 16 Tracks Under The Supervision Of Sound Engineer Serge Dudit Assisted By Guy Adams. As The Original Mixes Proved Unsatisfactory The Band Decided To Remix The Album To Their Own Tastes At The Studio De La Grande Armée In Paris And Achieved A Better Result.
The Album Contains Nine Tracks And Features Two Songs Sung In Turkish. All Vocals Are Performed By Setrak Except For The Final Bars Of “Mahzun Gözler” Where Eril Takes Over And Setrak Sings Backing Vocals. All The Tracks From The Session Were Retained With The Exception Of “Boundless” Which Eventually Found Its Way Onto The Second Album. Two Other Numbers From Their Repertoire Remained Unissued. The Lyrics Serve Mainly As Support For The Music Suggesting Images And Emotions Which Fit The Melodies. Singing In English Seemed An Obvious Choice Given The Element Of English Rock In Their Musical Background. But Their Publisher Suggested That A Couple Of Songs In Turkish Be Included After Some Consideration The Band Agreed That Their Native Language Would Sound Better On Some Of The Tunes And Agreed To The Suggestion. Following The Recording Sessions The Group Searched Once Again For A Company Willing To Distribute The Album But Met With The Same Indifference That Had Greeted Their Efforts With Their Demo-Tape. The Group Resigned Itself To Issuing The Disc At Their Own Expense Creating A Label For The Occasion Called W.A.M. Ware Of Asia Minor . Setrak And Eril Designed The Sleeve With Layout Exclusively By Setrak. The Album Was Called “Crossing The Line” Eril’s Title Symbolizing The Line Dividing Dream Form Reality Or In Another Sense The Band’s Hope Of Recording Its Music And The Final Realization Of That Dream. It Was Issued On 19 April 1979. The Band Struggled Hard To Arouse Interest In The Media But Without The Help Of A Record Company Or PR Officer They Only Got As Far As Winning A Few Lines’ Space In Rock ‘n’ Folk. Asia Minor’s Music With Its Instrumental Virtuosity And Complexity And Melodic Originality Contrasted Totally With The Musical Fashion Of The Time Namely Punk. The Press Subsequently Gave Their Album Short Shrift Preferring To Laud The Then More Lucrative Punk Acts. The Album Was Only Distributed Among Some Parisian Record Shops. In Spite Of This Relative Commercial Failure The Group’s Enthusiasm And Faith In Its Music Was Undiminished. While Commercially Unfavored The Album Nonetheless Represented Considerable Artistic Success. In It The Listener Discovers An Original Highly Sophisticated And Technically Proficient Music The Work Of Young Musicians Who Had Managed To Record An Album In The Face Of Great Odds. For That Alone The Record Deserves A Place As One Of The Most Notable And Certainly Unique Turkish And French Progressive Issues Of The Era Proposing A Music Arisen From The Symbiosis Of Two Very Different Musical Traditions. 2. Asia Minor - Indonesian Hardcore Band. Were Formed Since 2001 With The First Formed Ajie Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum Zen Vocal . With The Early Members Aji Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum And Zen Vocal . Because Of One Reason Zen Went Out From The Band And Replaced By Firman From Nosebleed. However This Formation Was Not Long Last Because Firman Also Went Out From The Band. Finally The Solid Members Are AJI RAHMAN HAKIM GUITAR 2 ANGGA KUSUMA GUITAR 1 M.RIDWAN BASS ERWIN NIAGARA DRUM SANI SUGEMA VOCAL We Were Got To Know Each Other Since We Were Child And Had The Same Of Vision Also Perseption To Formed A Hardcore Band Called “ASIA MINOR” The Concept Of Music Has Been Depeloving To Find The Band Identity. Colaborate Between Minor Chords And Hardcore Beat Spirit And Atitude Who Implied In Lyrics. We Were Tried To Exsist Among All The Scene In Bandung. Support Is A Energy For Us. Thank You Guys For Support And Being Part Of ASIA MINOR. You’re All The Best.
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1. Asia Minor The Turkish-French Progressive Rock Band Of The '70s Based In Paris.
2. Asia Minor Indonesian Hardcore Band Formed At 2001. 1. Asia Minor Turkish-French Band. The Group’s Genesis Was In The Meeting In 1971 Of Guitarist/flautist Eril Tekeli B.25.4.54 Guitarist/singer Setrak Bakirel B.19.11.53 And Drummer Can Pronounced Jan Kozlu Three Turkish Students In Istanbul. Setrak And Can Were Self-Taught Musicians Much Influenced By Rock Whereas Eril Who Had Attended Flute Classes Was Influenced By Jazz. Fond Of English Rock But Immersed In Middle-Eastern Culture And Music They Decided To Form A Group Whilst Continuing Studies At College. In 1971 They Won Two Prizes For Composition And Interpretation At A Musical Contest Gathering Together Participants From High Schools All Over Turkey. In Order To Carry On With Their Studies However The Three Decided To Emigrate In 1973. Eril And Setrak Settled In Paris And Can In Grenoble. They Benefited Form This Move Greatly As The Musical Scene In Turkey Was Too Restricted For Them To Fulfil Their Artistic Ambitions. Sharing The Same Musical Orientation And Ambition Eril And Setrak Decided To Perform As A Duo In 1974 Under The Name Of Layla Referring To The Well-Known Clapton Song As Well As A Character From Perion Mythology . They Became Acquainted With The Local Music Scene In Paris And Worked On Improving Their Technique Acquiring Better Equipment Which They Needed To Sharpen Their Instrumental Skills. During The ‘74 Easter Holidays Eril And Setrak Visited Can In Grenoble And Recorded Some Tracks With Him. After This Session Can Decided To Go To Paris And Join Layla Followed By A Bass-Player Named Hervé In 1975 The Year Of Their First Concerts.
They Performed At The Youth-Centre Rue Borrego Theatre Mouffetard The Facility Of Architecture And As Backing Musicians For A Play Of Three Nights At The Paris Festival. In 1976 Hervé Left The Group And Was Replaced By Setrak’s Fellow Student Jean-Philippe Bottier.
The Band Took The Name Asia Minor Process Title Chosen By The Whole Group As A Reference Of Their Origins And The Kind Of Musical Style They Wanted To Develop Inspired By Middle-Eastern Culture. At The Beginning Of 1977 Can Left The Group To Pursue Jazz-Oriented Career In The States. Eril And Setrak Recruited A 16-Year Old Drummer Lionel Beltrami B. 11.6.60 Through A Small Ad He Had Placed For A Vacancy In A Progressive Rock Band. He Auditioned In April ‘77 Passed And Joined The Band. At His Suggestion The Band Then Shortened Its Name To Asia Minor.
At The Audition. Lionel Had Been Accompanied By A Friend Keyboard-Player Robert Kempler. Lionel Had Played With Him A Year Before In A Progressive Outfit Called Atlantis Whom He Had Left In Search Of A More Challenging Gig. He Suggested That Robert Join Asia Minor To Enrich The Group’s Sonic Palette But At The Time Eril And Setrak Weren’t Keen On Introducing Keyboards Into Their Music. Focused As It Was Very Much On The Sound Of Guitars And Flutes. Lionel Was A Self-Taught Drummer. He Had Started Learning Drums And Piano At The Age Of Thirteen. He Played His First Gig As A Drummer With A Band Called Phenix In December 1974 Shortly Afterwards While With Another Group Graal He Began To Work On His Own Compositions Influenced By The English Progressive Movement. An Excellent Drummer With A Strong Technique And An Individual Style He Was An Ideal Partner For Asia Minor. When He Joined The Band His Creativity Opened Up New Perspective Enabling The Band To Spread Its Wings Anew. Harmonic And Rhythmic Language Was Considerable Enhanced By His Contribution. Shortly After Lionel Joined Jean-Philippe Bottier Left The Group For Personal Reasons And Paul Levy Also Recruited Through An Advertisement Joined On Bass. The Musical Format A Quartet With Two Guitarists Reflected The Personal Choice Of The Musicians. They Were Quite Satisfied With This Rather Conventional Line-Up As Both The Front Men Were Adaptable Eril And Setrak Both Playing Guitar And Singing Lead Vocals With Guitars The Lion’s Share Of The Spotlight. Keyboards Were Excluded They Were Thought To Be Superfluous To The Role Played By The Guitar Duets Between Eril And Setrak Which Dominated The Music. The Group Started Work On A Personal Repertoire Composed By The Two Leaders. Asia Minor’s Musical Identity Was However Predominantly The Work Of Eril. Their Originality Lay In Compositions That Combined Middle Eastern Scales With Anglo-Saxon Progressive Rock A Style Much Admired By Eril And Setrak Though They Didn’t Consider It A Major Influence. The Middle Eastern Influence Most Obviously Manifests Itself In The Melancholy And Sinuous Shape Of The Themes And In Setrak Bakirel’s Nostalgic Vocal Style. Time Signatures Of Great Complexity And Syncopation Are Also Apparent These Are Characteristic Of Much Eastern Music. Eril And Setrak Composed Prolifically And Met Up Every Day To Work On New Pieces Which Would Be Worked Out In Rehearsal With The Others. Suggestions Were Made As To Thematic Developments Which Were Sometimes So Radical That The Tune Became Almost Unrecognizable Except As A Small Motif In The Background. On 18th-19th February 1978 For Their Debut Recording Lionel Suggested Once Again That The Band At Least Enlarge Their Sound By Adding Some Keyboards Parts By Way Of Ornamentation. Lionel Was Friendly With Grime’s Keyboardist Nicolas Vicente Whom He Had Met At A Concert. Nicolas Played On The Recording - Three Numbers Cut At Tai Phong’s Eight-Track Home Studio. This Five-Man Line-Up Also Played At The Faculty Of Architecture On 29.3.78.
During The First Week Of May 1978 The Group Landed A Five-Day Residency At The Drugshow In Paris Their Show Was Very Sober Favouring The Intensity Of Musical Performance Over Any Great Display Of Stagecraft. Without An Album To Their Credit And Subsequently Largely Unknown To Much Of The Audience Asia Minor Surprised Everyone With Their Original Music Which Stood Proudly Against The Prevailing Trends Of The Time But They Had To Wait Until September For Their First Next Gig Two Performances At The Boule Noire Also In Paris. As They Had No Manager The Group Had To Contact The Venues Themselves To Secure What Few Contracts There Were. To Distinguish Themselves From Other Parisian Groups And Gain More Credibility They Recorded A Demo-Tape Hoping To Make A Name With The Media And Concert Promoters And Managers As Well As Obtaining National - Or Even International - Recognition.
With This In Mind They Contacted Record Companies Without Results. One Of CBS’ A&R Men Liked What He Heard And Even Sat In On A Rehearsal But Sadly Couldn’t Persuade His Bosses To Sign The Group. Following This Setback Asia Minor Decided To Produce An Album By Themselves With The Financial Help Of Their Parents And Friends. The Lack Of Professional Support Didn’t Discourage The Band. To Their Way Of Thinking This At Least Meant Complete Artistic Freedom! Moreover They Had Sufficient Knowledge Of Studio Techniques To Be Confident Of Showing Off Their Compositions Their Best Advantage Whilst Recording Them. The Band Booked The Obscure Maia Studios In Bondy Near Paris Yet Only A Fortnight Before Recording Was Due To Begin Paul Levy Left For Personal Reasons. As The Group Were Unable To Recruit Another Bassist At Such Short Notice Eril And Setrak Decided To Tackle The Album’s Bass Parts Themselves. Lionel Asked Nicolas Vicente To Participate Once Again And The Sessions Took Place Between A6 And 28 October 1978. The Recording Was Made On 16 Tracks Under The Supervision Of Sound Engineer Serge Dudit Assisted By Guy Adams. As The Original Mixes Proved Unsatisfactory The Band Decided To Remix The Album To Their Own Tastes At The Studio De La Grande Armée In Paris And Achieved A Better Result.
The Album Contains Nine Tracks And Features Two Songs Sung In Turkish. All Vocals Are Performed By Setrak Except For The Final Bars Of “Mahzun Gözler” Where Eril Takes Over And Setrak Sings Backing Vocals. All The Tracks From The Session Were Retained With The Exception Of “Boundless” Which Eventually Found Its Way Onto The Second Album. Two Other Numbers From Their Repertoire Remained Unissued. The Lyrics Serve Mainly As Support For The Music Suggesting Images And Emotions Which Fit The Melodies. Singing In English Seemed An Obvious Choice Given The Element Of English Rock In Their Musical Background. But Their Publisher Suggested That A Couple Of Songs In Turkish Be Included After Some Consideration The Band Agreed That Their Native Language Would Sound Better On Some Of The Tunes And Agreed To The Suggestion. Following The Recording Sessions The Group Searched Once Again For A Company Willing To Distribute The Album But Met With The Same Indifference That Had Greeted Their Efforts With Their Demo-Tape. The Group Resigned Itself To Issuing The Disc At Their Own Expense Creating A Label For The Occasion Called W.A.M. Ware Of Asia Minor . Setrak And Eril Designed The Sleeve With Layout Exclusively By Setrak. The Album Was Called “Crossing The Line” Eril’s Title Symbolizing The Line Dividing Dream Form Reality Or In Another Sense The Band’s Hope Of Recording Its Music And The Final Realization Of That Dream. It Was Issued On 19 April 1979. The Band Struggled Hard To Arouse Interest In The Media But Without The Help Of A Record Company Or PR Officer They Only Got As Far As Winning A Few Lines’ Space In Rock ‘n’ Folk. Asia Minor’s Music With Its Instrumental Virtuosity And Complexity And Melodic Originality Contrasted Totally With The Musical Fashion Of The Time Namely Punk. The Press Subsequently Gave Their Album Short Shrift Preferring To Laud The Then More Lucrative Punk Acts. The Album Was Only Distributed Among Some Parisian Record Shops. In Spite Of This Relative Commercial Failure The Group’s Enthusiasm And Faith In Its Music Was Undiminished. While Commercially Unfavored The Album Nonetheless Represented Considerable Artistic Success. In It The Listener Discovers An Original Highly Sophisticated And Technically Proficient Music The Work Of Young Musicians Who Had Managed To Record An Album In The Face Of Great Odds. For That Alone The Record Deserves A Place As One Of The Most Notable And Certainly Unique Turkish And French Progressive Issues Of The Era Proposing A Music Arisen From The Symbiosis Of Two Very Different Musical Traditions. 2. Asia Minor - Indonesian Hardcore Band. Were Formed Since 2001 With The First Formed Ajie Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum Zen Vocal . With The Early Members Aji Guitar Angga Guitar Idan Bass Erwin Drum And Zen Vocal . Because Of One Reason Zen Went Out From The Band And Replaced By Firman From Nosebleed. However This Formation Was Not Long Last Because Firman Also Went Out From The Band. Finally The Solid Members Are AJI RAHMAN HAKIM GUITAR 2 ANGGA KUSUMA GUITAR 1 M.RIDWAN BASS ERWIN NIAGARA DRUM SANI SUGEMA VOCAL We Were Got To Know Each Other Since We Were Child And Had The Same Of Vision Also Perseption To Formed A Hardcore Band Called “ASIA MINOR” The Concept Of Music Has Been Depeloving To Find The Band Identity. Colaborate Between Minor Chords And Hardcore Beat Spirit And Atitude Who Implied In Lyrics. We Were Tried To Exsist Among All The Scene In Bandung. Support Is A Energy For Us. Thank You Guys For Support And Being Part Of ASIA MINOR. You’re All The Best.
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