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A jazz saxophonist, Ersahin released She Said in 1996 and Home in 1997 to wide success, especially in his homeland of Turkey. But soon after he began to move in a different direction: fusing jazz with electronic dance music, a then-burgeoning genre. The result was Wax Poetic, a group that had elements of Thievery Corporation and Joe Henderson all at once. Ilhan’s work with Wax Poetic brought him to collaborations with Saul Williams, N’Dea Davenport, and the then-unknown Norah Jones; and it also propelled him into the world of Nublu. Nublu was the club Ersahin opened in the summer of...

(June 15, 1925 – October 10, 2005) was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer. Attilâ İlhan was born in Menemen in İzmir Province, Turkey. He received most of his primary education in İzmir. However, because of his father's job, he completed his junior high school education in different cities. Aged 16 and enrolled in İzmir Atatürk High School, he got into trouble for sending a poem by Nazım Hikmet, a famous dissident communist Turkish poet, to a girl he was in love with. He was arrested and taken into custody for three weeks. He was also dismissed from...

Marilena Samantoura is the artist behind the "Sesen" project. With many years of experience as a music composer and vocalist and extensive music studies in her background, she started producing electronic music in 2005. Her music style is downtempo electronic chill out with psychedelic influences. With her first releases in Ultimae Records, one of the most respected record labels in chill out scene and collaborations with many artists, Marilena is one of the most promising upcoming artists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhUQn3LSeE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klK1HPM5EGI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzCCEbxU7TA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKCDsMzmSdk http://www.facebook.com/sesen01 http://soundcloud.com/sesen-1 .