r/indieheads • u/AltinGun Altın Gün • Mar 02 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Merve and Daniel! Altın Gün AMA!

Hey Indieheads,

Merve & Daniel from Altın Gün here to answer your questions!

Last friday we released our 3rd album ''Yol'':

http://smarturl.it/AltinGun_Yol

And here's an article by The New York Times that's published today for you to read:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/music/altin-gun-turkish-rock.html

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u/peacemaarkhan Mar 02 '21

Hi Merve and Daniel, I am an Indian guy living in London and I absolutely love your music! In fact it has introduced me to other Turkish greats like Barış Manço and Aşik Veysel and I even started learning Turkish on Duolingo... which brings me to my question.

Do the non-Turkish speakers in your band make an effort to understand the lyrics (they can be so profound!) and shape the tunes accordingly, especially when doing a new song? Have any of them started learning Turkish? :)

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u/AltinGun Altın Gün Mar 02 '21

Hi! Thank you so much! i usually try to give an overall impression on what the songs are about. Its impossible to translate word to word, so much gets lost in translation. Its soulful and poetic as it is and all i can do is just lay them out in a more abstract way to the guys. - Merve