Uzun bir s\u00fcredir \u0130ngiltere\u2019de ya\u015fayan s\u00f6z yazar\u0131, besteci, d\u00fczenlemeci ve yorumcu Olcay Bay\u0131r\u2019\u0131n d\u00f6rt \u015fark\u0131dan olu\u015fan yeni EP alb\u00fcm\u00fc \u2019\u0130\u00e7erde\u2019\u00a0 t\u00fcm dijital platformlarda yerini ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
EP’den ilk \u015fark\u0131 “Ela” \u00f6ncesinde dinleyicisi ile bulu\u015ftu ve yay\u0131nland\u0131\u011f\u0131 ilk g\u00fcnden itibaren kendilerinden olumlu not almay\u0131 ba\u015fard\u0131.<\/p>\n
T\u00fcm d\u00fcnyay\u0131 derinden etkileyen pandemi d\u00f6neminin \u00fcr\u00fcn\u00fc olan Bay\u0131r\u2019\u0131n bu \u00fc\u00e7\u00fcnc\u00fc alb\u00fcm\u00fc, farkl\u0131 co\u011frafyalarda farkl\u0131 m\u00fczisyenlerin bir araya gelmeden yapt\u0131klar\u0131 kay\u0131tlar\u0131n sonradan birle\u015ftirilmi\u015f olmas\u0131 \u00f6zelli\u011fiyle \u00f6ne \u00e7\u0131k\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
S\u00f6zleri \u00fcnl\u00fc halk ozan\u0131m\u0131z Karacao\u011flan\u2019a, m\u00fczi\u011fi Olcay Bay\u0131r\u2019a, d\u00fczenlemesi Deniz Mahir Kartal\u2019a ait olan \u201cEla\u201d adl\u0131 \u00e7\u0131k\u0131\u015f \u015fark\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n yan\u0131 s\u0131ra, alb\u00fcmde \u201cAsude\u201d (s\u00f6z: Engin Sagun; m\u00fczik: Erdo\u011fan Bay\u0131r; d\u00fczenleme: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde\/ Olcay Bay\u0131r), \u201cKay\u0131p \u00c7ocuk\u201d (s\u00f6z ve m\u00fczik: Olcay Bay\u0131r; d\u00fczenleme: Alistair Mac Sween) ve son olarak da \u201cYaln\u0131zl\u0131k\u201d (s\u00f6z: Olcay Bay\u0131r\/ Mehmet Bal; m\u00fczik: Olcay Bay\u0131r; d\u00fczenleme: Olcay Bay\u0131r\/ Christian Prior) adl\u0131 par\u00e7alar yer al\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
Alb\u00fcm\u00fcnde kendisine e\u015flik eden m\u00fczisyenler ise her biri enstr\u00fcman\u0131nda ustala\u015fm\u0131\u015f isimlerden olu\u015fuyor: Serdar Bar\u00e7\u0131n (fl\u00fct), Christian Prior (piyano), Alistair Mac Sween (piyano), Kostas Kopanaris (perk\u00fcsyon), Tom McCredie (bas), Erdi Arslan (duduk), Deniz Mahir Kartal (kaval, davul, gitar), Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde (gitar), H\u00fcseyin Murat S\u0131\u011f\u0131rc\u0131 (ba\u011flama) ve Memed Mert Baycan (perk\u00fcsyon).<\/p>\n
Olcay Bay\u0131r\u2019\u0131n m\u00fczi\u011fi, ge\u00e7mi\u015finden izler ta\u015f\u0131yan Anadolu\u2019nun \u00e7ok k\u00fclt\u00fcrl\u00fc miras\u0131yla, art\u0131k yuvas\u0131 olarak benimsedi\u011fi Londra\u2019n\u0131n canl\u0131 ve eklektik t\u0131n\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n do\u011fal bir bile\u015fimi.<\/p>\n
Her alb\u00fcm\u00fc farkl\u0131 bir deneyiminin yans\u0131mas\u0131 olan Bay\u0131r, bu alb\u00fcm\u00fcnde de pandeminin beraberinde getirdi\u011fi h\u0131zl\u0131 de\u011fi\u015fimlerin bir sonucu olarak ki\u015fisel bir yolculu\u011fa \u00e7\u0131k\u0131yor; bu s\u00fcre\u00e7te ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f k\u0131r\u0131kl\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131, gelecekle ve mesle\u011fiyle ilgili kayg\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 m\u00fczi\u011fine yans\u0131t\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
Belirsizli\u011fin egemen oldu\u011fu, ancak dayan\u0131\u015fma ve i\u015fbirli\u011finin de ayn\u0131 oranda a\u011f\u0131rl\u0131k kazand\u0131\u011f\u0131 pandemi s\u00fcrecinde g\u00f6\u00e7men m\u00fczisyenler aras\u0131nda en \u00e7ok destek alan sanat\u00e7\u0131lardan biri olan Olcay Bay\u0131r\u2019\u0131n \u0130\u00e7erde alb\u00fcm\u00fc de m\u00fczik \u00fcretiminin s\u00fcrd\u00fcr\u00fclmesi y\u00f6n\u00fcnde \u00e7aba harcayan Help Musician UK deste\u011fiyle ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirildi.<\/p>\n
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Gaziantep’te d\u00fcnyaya geldi. \u00c7ocuklu\u011fu Anadolu’nun farkl\u0131 illerinde, birbirinden zengin geleneklere sahip \u00e7evrelerde ge\u00e7ti.<\/p>\n
Anadolu gelene\u011finden gelen bir halk ozan\u0131, a\u015f\u0131k ve s\u00f6zl\u00fc tarih el\u00e7isi olan babas\u0131ndan esinlenerek m\u00fczi\u011fe y\u00f6nelen Bay\u0131r, hen\u00fcz 6 ya\u015f\u0131ndayken beste yapmaya ba\u015flad\u0131. On alt\u0131 ya\u015f\u0131nda ailesiyle birlikte yerle\u015fti\u011fi Londra’da klasik soprano lisans e\u011fitimi ald\u0131. Ancak sonradan k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fckl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcnde dinledi\u011fi halk ezgileri gelene\u011finden ve ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 farkl\u0131 co\u011frafyalardan beslenen kendi \u00f6zg\u00fcn m\u00fczi\u011fini olu\u015fturmay\u0131 se\u00e7ti.<\/p>\n
D\u00fcnyan\u0131n d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndan sanat\u00e7\u0131larla m\u00fczikal i\u015fbirli\u011fini s\u00fcrd\u00fcren ve kendisini bir d\u00fcnya vatanda\u015f\u0131 olarak tan\u0131mlayan Bay\u0131r, \u00e7ok farkl\u0131 k\u00fclt\u00fcrlerden beslenen d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncelerini \u015f\u00f6yle dile getiriyor: “K\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcn, ulusal ve dinsel bir kimlik sa\u011flamaktan \u00e7ok, ki\u015filik \u00f6zelliklerini belirleyici bir unsur oldu\u011fu kan\u0131s\u0131nday\u0131m. Tam da bu y\u00fczden kendimi salt gelenekler ve co\u011frafyalar \u00fczerinden tan\u0131mlamay\u0131 ye\u011fliyorum. Hangi dinden ya da \u00fclkeden olursan ol, \u00f6ncelikle sen sensin. Elbette ki, din ve dilin kimliklerin olu\u015fumundaki etkisini yads\u0131mam s\u00f6z konusu olamaz. Ancak her ikisinin de kimlik tan\u0131m\u0131nda yetersiz kald\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131, olsa olsa ayn\u0131 b\u00f6lgede ya\u015fayan insanlar i\u00e7in ortak bir k\u00fclt\u00fcrel de\u011feri yans\u0131tt\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyor ve bu nedenle kendimi “Anadolulu” olarak tan\u0131ml\u0131yorum.”<\/p>\n
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