Manga (band)

Manga (band)
Manga (stylised as maNga) is a Turkish rock band whose music is mainly a fusion of Anatolian melodies with electronic elements. In 2009, they won both the Best Turkish Act award from MTV Turkey and consequently the Best European Act award from MTV Networks Europe in MTV Europe Music Awards 2009. They represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "We Could Be the Same" and took second place.
History
maNga was formed in the year 2001. It was guitarist Yağmur Sarıgül's idea to name the band after Japanese comics. Initially, they were mostly underground, playing covers of other rock and metal bands. The band made the music for Aşık Veysel's poem Kara Toprak, and later used a different poem by Göksel for the song which came to be known as Dursun Zaman (by the title of Göksel's poem "Dursun Zaman"). They came into the public spotlight after becoming runner-up at the Sing your song music contest. This caught the attention of artist manager Hadi Elazzi (GRGDN), who immediately promoted the band to Sony Music, which resulted in their first, self-titled album being published in 2004, becoming a hit. Following this, they performed at various music festivals and have worked with various famous Turkish singers as Koray Candemir (of Kargo fame), Vega and Göksel. On 13 August 2006, maNga became the first Turkish rock band to take stage at the Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary. In 2006 they also had concerts in the Netherlands and Germany. 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 blending nu metal and hip hop in a "pot" with melodies of Anatolia. maNga's duet with Göksel is included in one of the most successful (with almost a million viewers) Turkish films, Sınav (featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme). Their song Bir kadın çizeceksin was featured among the music of the FIFA 06 game. The band headlined several Turkish music festivals, including Saklıfest, Patlıcan, Rokofest and Rock'n Coke. The band was to take stage in the Wembley Stadium in London, together with Tarkan, but maNga did not perform due to technical difficulties on 13 April 2008. They also played in London's O2 Academy Islington on 4 December 2009. On 12 January 2010 the Turkish broadcaster TRT announced that maNga would be the Turkish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. They came second with 170 points, behind Germany.
Members
Current members
Ferman Akgül - vocals (2001–present), keyboards (2013-present)
Yağmur Sarıgül - guitar (2001–present)
Cem Bahtiyar - bass guitar (2001–present)
Özgür Can Öney - drums (2001–present)
Former members
Orçun Şekerusta - bass guitar (2001)
Efe Yılmaz - DJ, electronics (2001–2013)
Guest musicians and upcoming members
Turgut Özüfler - Qanun
Jarrod Cagwin - Percussion
İlker Aksungar - DJ
*official membership of the Guest Musicians is to be announced at the release of maNga's next album*
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Other appearances
Awards and nominations
Participations in festivals
Important festivals maNga has participated so far:
7. METU Rock Festival, 2002, Turkey
European Youth Festival, 2002, Turkey
Tuborg Rock Festival, 2004, Turkey
Rockistanbul festival, 2004, Turkey
Eregli Festival 2005, Turkey
Rock'n Coke 2005, Turkey
Rock 'N Live, 2005 Turkey
Mimar Sinan University, 2005, Turkey
Saklifest Ankara 2006, Turkey
Ankirockfest 2006, Turkey
BİMFEST! 2006, Turkey
Sziget, 2006, Hungary
Eggplant, 2007, Turkey
Rock 'n Coke, 2009 Turkey
ITU Spring Festival of 2009, Turkey
Cukurova University Fest., 2009, Turkey
Gazi University Fest., 2009, Turkey
Rock the Balkans 2009, Bulgaria
Rock'n Coke 2009, Turkey
Emerging talents in 2010 Bilkent University, Turkey
Uludag University Spring Festival of 2010, Turkey
AİBÜ, 2010 Spring Festival, Turkey
Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Norway
Fanta Youth Festival 2011, Turkey
Spring Festival 2011 Marmara University, Istanbul / Turkey
Fatih Dershaneleri Spring Festival in 2012, Turkey
TED Ankara College of Traditional Dry Bean Day 2012, Turkey
Istanbul Aydin University Spring Festival of 2012, Turkey
METU College 2012-2013 Academic Year Opening Concert, September 30, 2012, Turkey
Gordion Youth Festival Interview Signing Day and December 8, 2012, Ankara / Turkey
Fest'13 Gediz Gediz University, Izmir / Turkey
Rock'n Coke 2013, Istanbul / Turkey
Altug, Mehmet Niyazi Anatolian High School, MNAFEST May 12, 2014 in Istanbul / Turkey
The Vefa High School, vefafest'14, June 6, 2014, in Istanbul / Turkey
Çankaya Municipality Anıtpark, April 19, 2015, Ankara / Turkey
Olive Rock Festival, August 29, 2018, Balıkesir / Turkey
milyonfest Istanbul, September 14, 2018, in Istanbul / Turkey
Young Bi Festival, May 4, 2019, in Istanbul / Turkey
METU Northern Cyprus Campus 12th Spring Festival, 12 May 2019, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
See also
Turkish rock
Rock'n Coke
Manga
References
External links
maNga official website
2001 establishments in Turkey
Alternative metal musical groups
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2010
Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups from Ankara
Nu metal musical groups
Turkish alternative rock groups
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Turkey
Turkish heavy metal musical groups
MTV Europe Music Award winners