Biography

Merih Aşkın is a multi instrumanist, composer and vocalist from Turkey. In 2013, his first album ''Siret'' has released by Kalan Music one of the most important labels in Turkey. He worked with important musicians like ''Erkan Oğur'', ''Derya Turkan'' in that album. ''Siret'' was a childhood dream for Merih, he sang Anatolian Folk - Bektashi Songs and with his powerfull voice and played multi instruments. In 2015 December, Kalan Music released his second album ''Terennüm'' that is the new sound, jazzy and groovy style with fretless guitar. ''Terennüm'' was a world music album and explanations of his musical journey. He offered ten songs to the public that includes his 9 compositions a harmony of Anatolian-Jazz with Fretless Guitar and one Armenian Folk song about a tragedy of 1915 that is called ''Gulo''. Also in this album, he collobrated with Ghassan Abu Haltam (clarinet) from Jordan, Hasan Gozetlik(trumpet and trombone), Koray Üsgülen(piano), Derya Türkan(classical kemenche) from Istanbul and a great sound engineer from Sweden, Lars Nilsson ''NİLENTO'' studios for mix and mastering. In 2021, he released his 3. solo album ''Aşıklarda Olmaz Hile'' by Kalan Music. The album features ten folk songs by various Anatolian minstrels such as Neşet Ertaş, Aşık Veysel. In the album that the all the arrangements and instruments performances made by Merih Aşkın in a unique way, he used his own design that to named ''Aşkın Sazı'' in this album with a new sound.