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maNga is a popular Turkish rock band. Their music is mainly a fusion of alternative metal and hip hop music, with a touch of Anatolian melodies; with heavy use of turntables, invoking comparisons with modern American nu metal bands.

Contents

1 Band history
2 Members

2.1 Ferman
2.2 Yamyam
2.3 Cem
2.4 Efe
2.5 Özgür
2.6 SPA

3 Discography

3.1 Albums
3.2 Featurings

4 Interesting facts

4.1 The meaning of their names
4.2 Cover songs
4.3 maNga abroad

5 External links
6 Sources
7 See also

Band history

maNga was formed in the year 2002, being named after the word for Japanese comic books, Manga. Initially, they were mostly underground, playing covers of other rock and metal bands. They came into the public spotlight after finishing runner-up at the Sing your song' music contest. This caught the attention of Sony Music, who immediately signed them up in 2004. Their self-titled debut album was released soon after, becoming a massive hit.

Following this, they performed at various music festivals and have worked with such famous Turkish singers as Koray Candemir (of Kargo fame) and Göksel. Most of their songs are written by the group members.

The genre of their music was described by Yağmur, the author of most of the songs, as having a touch on nu-metal, rap, hip-hop and mixing these all in a "pot" with melodies of Anatolia.

Members

Members of the band:

Ferman

Full name: Ferman Akgül
Instrument: vocal
Birthdate: 25 December, 1979

Ferman, who was born on 25 December 1979, in Ankara, has graduated from Gazi University Architecture department and is currently doing PhD in the same field . Ferman, who started his music career playing the guitar, had been in a variety of music groups as a soloist and appeared on stage quite a lot of times. He joined maNga at the beginning of 2002

Yamyam

Full name: Yağmur Sarıgül
Instrument: Electric guitar
Birthdate: 26 August, 1979

He was born on 26 August 1979, in Antalya. Yagmur, who has been given musical training since primary school, was trained also in piano and violin, before he started playing the guitar. Yagmur became a student of piano at Hacettepe Conservatorium, of violin at the preparational programme of Bilkent University, guitar at Ankara Anadolu Fine Arts High School and now he studies guitar at the Music Faculty of Gazi University. At the Sing Your Song music contest, where maNga finished 2nd in 2002, he was chosen „Best Assistant Musician”. He uses seven-string guitars, an Ibanez K7 and a Washburn.

Cem

Full name: Cem Bahtiyar
Instrument: Bass guitar (Yamaha TRB-5)
Birthdate: 18 January, 1979

He was born in Denizli. He had classic guitar lessons at high school, then finished the Denizli Conservatory and became a student at Bilkent University in Ankara. Currently he also works with Göksel.

Efe

Full name : Efe Yılmaz
Instrument : Turntable
Birthdate: 3 October, 1979

He was born in Ankara. He started making remixes quite early, with equipment set up in his home. He studied computer technology at the University of South Florida in the USA and currently studies Business Administration at Anatolia University.

The set he uses:

Numark ttx turn table
Stanton scratch master needle
Stanton SA-12 DJ mixer
Akai MPC 2000 sampler
Motu 828 mk2 soundcars
Mac G4 power book
Pioneer EFX 500 digital effector
Custom vynl

Özgür

Full name: Özgür Can Öney
Instrument: Drums (Pearl elx, Turkish Ziller)
Birthdate: 21 July, 1980

He was born in Ankara. He studies Astronomy at Ankara University and Business Administration at Anatolia University at the same time. He composed the music for several theatrical plays. In his free time he is engaged with martial arts, particularly kick-box.

SPA

The mascot of the band, who features in every one of their videos, as an animated character.

He was born on 24 August 2004, in Istanbul
Type: toy
Sex: 100% male
State of mind: in love

Discography

Albums

Cover	Year	Title
	2004	maNga

Featurings

Cover Year Artist / Title

2005 Cem Karaca:
Mutlaka Yavrum

Interesting facts

The meaning of their names

In Turkish almost every name and surname has a meaning.

Cem: whole, Bahtiyar: lucky, happy
Yağmur: rain, Sarıgül: yellow rose
Ferman: imperial edict, order, Akgül: white rose
Özgür: free, Can: soul
Efe: brave brother, Yılmaz: brave, the one who is not afraid

Cover songs

Songs covered by maNga (played at live concerts):

Du Hast by Rammstein
My Own Summer by Deftones
Evdeki ses by Cartel
Raptiye Rap Rap by Cem Karaca

maNga has made the music for Aşık Veysel's poem Kara Toprak, and later wrote a completely new lyrics for the song which became known as Dursun Zaman.

maNga abroad

The first performance of the band outside of Turkey (not considering Northern Cyprus as a foreign country) will be at Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary; on 13th August 2006. maNga is about to make history being the first Turkish rock band ever to take stage at the festival, and generally, in Hungary.

External links

[maNga official website] () ()
[maNgafaNclub iNternational] With translation of the lyrics in English and Hungarian! () ()
[MFI Forum] () ()
[Turkish Music Links Portal] () ()
[maNgafanclub.com] - The band members visit its forum! ()
[Kaan Demirçelik], the artist creating the manga-characters of the band

Sources

[MangaClub]>> maNga >> Biyografi
[maNga official site]

Cover	Year	Artist / Title
	2005	Cem Karaca: Mutlaka Yavrum