Together with Esra Kayıkçı in the album Seslen Bana, produced by Hakan Kamalı and Esra Kayıkçı; The works of valuable songwriters such as Baki Duyarlar (Imperishable), Elif Çağlar (Gel de Anlat), Değer Deniz (Mavi, Orhan Deniz’s arrangement) and Mustafa Alp (Herkesin Şarkısı) are also available with their own arrangements. The album is a crossover songwriter album with an acoustic concept in which you can hear examples of swing, ballad, rock and country music.
Cover photo: Anna Mikulina / Cover design: Mehmet Karadağ
The album was recorded at Babajim Studios in February 2022. Recording and mixing was done by Cihan Barış and mastering by Güven Ersoysal. Hakan Kamalı played acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fretless classical guitar, fretless electric guitar, ebow and trumpet on the album, together with the music director of the album and the arrangement of 5 tracks belonging to Esra Kayıkçı.
Demir Demirkan was featured on the electric guitar as a guest in the song “Seslen Bana”, which gave its name to the album. Fırtına Kıral and Ediz Hafızoğlu (Mavi) on drums, Orhan Deniz on fretless bass guitar, Baki Duyarlar and Uraz Kıvaner on piano, Sarpay Özçagatay on flute and Halil İbrahim Işık on flugelhorn with their music and valuable ideas. In Herkesin Şarkısı by Mustafa Alp, Tolga Bedir (1st violin), Ulaş Kurugüllü (2nd violin), Burak Kayan (viola) and Deniz Doğangün (cello) accompanied the piece in string quartet. In addition to being a singer and songwriter, Esra Kayıkçı played the double bass on the album besides being a singer and songwriter.
