Murat Ses was founding member, composer, keyboard, harmonica, and saz player of the group Mogollar, which was a trendsetter in modern Turkish and Eurasian folk music. He was the creator of a unique musical style called 'Anadolu Pop' in the 1970s that's still played today in Turkey. Hiis 1971 LP Danses et Rythmes de la Turquie d'hier à aujourd'hui was awarded Grand Prix du Disque by the Charles Cros Academie in Paris. Nearly all of the music on that album is Murat's compositions and/or his arrangements from authentic Anatolian music.
His music of 60s and 70s is still en vogue. Murat's Psychedelic music based on Anatolian ethnic musical structures is a gorgeous example of Turkish pop based on ethnic sources. He has broad live experience and wrote numerous scores for film, TV, and documentaries. Murat's point of view looks beyond the contemporary issues in a way that builds bridges between Western and Eastern values. In this approach, there would be 'no clash of cultures', since we all are 'one and same thing'. Maybe we are conceiving the whole 'one' matter from different perpectives and we believe that we are seing and experiencing differing matters. We should never forget that we are the same and 'one' thing. As a journalist he writes on topics such as music, contemporary culture, social aspects of the information age and independent art productions for the Istanbul daily "Cumhuriyet."
His 1990 solo album Automaton was released in Austria by Clou. It served as soundtrack for some documentary films including the scientific series 'Ancient Seamen' and 'Medical File'. This was follwed by 1995's Binfen and 1999's Culduz. In 2005 he relased Automaton² (automaton squared) and Binfen 2005 Remix which give a new, electronic sheen to his previous compositions. —Courtesy Calabash Music
